Volunteers in various conversations [i][ii] have noted the potential for people to to knowingly or unknowingly exploit the reference edit check (as currently implemented) to vandalize Wikipedia.
@Sdkb noted a specific scenario wherein people might be inclined to obfuscate new content by "cloaking" it using a reference that already exists on the page they're editing.
This tasks involves the work of identifying the ways in which we could minimize the likelihood of the above occuring.
Approaches
Approach #1: Hide, or otherwise disable, Citoid's Re-use button [iii] when shown via Edit Check
- Considerations
- This approach would make it more difficult for people adding new content in good faith from an existing source to cite said existing source
Approach #2: TBD
- Considerations
Approach #3: TBD
- Considerations
i. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Editing_team/Community_Conversations#3_March_2023
ii. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Edit_check#c-PPelberg_(WMF)-20230815224300-Nardog-20230812030000
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