Wikipedia article triage is a procedure for when one is performing various sorts of patrols, such as "new page patrol" (fielding new pages as they appear on the list at Special:newpages).
It is based upon the idea of collaborative editing, as laid out in our Wikipedia:Editing policy. The process of improving articles can sometimes operate like a production line, with different editors performing different stages. For example:
- Editor A creates the initial page
- Editor B, on "new page patrol", places the appropriate cleanup and stub tags on it
- Editor C, on "cleanup patrol", applies cleanup
- Editor D, on "stub patrol", adds categories, "see also" section entries for related articles