The initial reference check user experience we've been defining in T325711 includes an option for people to //forego// adding a reference to the content they are attempting to add:
|Dismiss adding a citation|Edit summary screen
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|{F36824591}| //Per the idea @nayoub raised on 8 March, we're thinking people who decline to add a source be prompted to articulate why using the existing edit summary step/screen, pre-populated with helper text that is informed by the response the person provided in the "Dismiss adding a citation" dialog."//
|Source: [Figma](https://www.figma.com/file/t1MMZZiDjkqZMJwkjhyJNB/Editing%2FEdit-Check?node-id=815%3A33166&t=5JShMcc2XOcn0Hzw-0)|
This task involves the work with defining what happens in this case? What actions/choices will we present to people in this moment?
=== Stories
- As a newcomer/Junior Contributor who has chosen to forego adding a reference to the content they are planning to publish to Wikipedia, I would like to know what information/content I can offer to the experience volunteers who are likely to review/patrol this soon-to-be published edit, so that I can increase the likelihood that the contribution I consider to be useful and worthwhile remains on the wiki.
- As an experienced volunteer who is reviewing an edit in which someone has **a)** added new content //and// **b)** decided NOT to verify that new content with a reference, I would like to know why this person made this decision so that I can decide what – if any – action (e.g. revert the edit, post a message on the person who made the edit's talk page, etc.) to take in response
=== Requirements
=== Open questions
- [ ] 1. What additional information/context might Senior Contributors find helpful in determining what action to take in response to someone who published an edit that they explicitly //declined// to accompany with a reference?
- [ ] 2. How will we log when people engage with this view in some way (read: when they take an action to //explicitly// acknowledge that they've decided not to include a reference)? //This information will affect how we go about evaluating the impact of Edit Check. Reason: we are currently considering someone explicitly declining to add a reference and also explaining why as a positive outcome.//
=== Loose
- Per what @Whatamidoing-WMF raised in the `Needs Discussion` meeting the Editing Team convened on 8 February, we came to agree that the moment/experience this task is asking us to design ought to feel necessary and important. //Said another way: ideally, people would not experience this moment like they do other standard feedback forms that sometimes accompany new features.//