Wikipedia:Autopatrolled

Autopatrolled is a user right given to prolific creators of clean articles and pages in order to reduce the workload of the new pages patrol process on Wikipedia.

[note 1] New articles and pages created by autopatrolled editors are still listed on new page lists and feeds, but are automatically marked as "reviewed" and "patrolled" in the system, and hence are listed as if a new page patroller has already looked through them and manually marked them as legitimate or acceptable.

It only automates a process "behind the scenes" that is normally performed by other users manually.

The differences with the article creation process between users with and without the autopatrolled user right is outlined and detailed below: Normal process: Autopatrolled process: You can request the user right at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled or from any administrator who is familiar with your work.

Autopatrolled is typically given to trusted editors who regularly create articles.