 | This is an explanatory essay about WP:New pages patrol. This page provides additional information about concepts in the page(s) it supplements. This page is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines as it has not been thoroughly vetted by the community. |
This page contains short guides and advice for reviewing various types of articles as part of new pages patrol. Where the main instructions page focuses on a mechanical view of how to process an article, this page summarizes key things to look out for on specific types of articles, as well as resources and likely outcomes.
If you feel like you're out of your depth evaluating an article, add the article to your watchlist and move on to the next article. Note what the next editor to review it does, and if it varies significantly from what your hunch was, start a discussion about it.