Imported from the 2023 Community Wishlist Survey proposal

Feature summary (what you would like to be able to do and where):

A configurable system that doesn't allow users to create articles in a namespace unless they have at least one reference.

Use case(s) (list the steps that you performed to discover that problem, and describe the actual underlying problem which you want to solve. Do not describe only a solution):

Preventing articles from being created that have no references

Benefits (why should this be implemented?):

Less work for patrollers and better feedback for newcomers.