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Publish technical documentation needed for people to leverage Edit Check
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Description

This task involves the work of updating, and if needed, creating the on-wiki documentation people will need to understand how Edit Check works and leverage it.

Documentation updates

AudienceDocumentation objective(s)Page(s) needing updatedStatusNotes
New editors participating in the Wikipedia Education ProgramEnsure students are of and understanding of what they can expect to see if they add new content to an article without including a corresponding citationTraining materials (exact "materials" TBD)Talk to User: Ian (Wiki Ed)
Editing QAEnsure members of the Editing Team know how Edit Check is expected to behave so that they can QA the feature accordinglySee Help:VisualEditor/User guide
Volunteer developersEquip volunteer developers motivated to maintain and improve the quality of content on Wikipedia with the technical building blocks (e.g. T351780) needed to develop features/gadgets/scripts that offer feedback relevant to the specific change(s) someone is seeking to make while they are Editing using VE editing surfaces.
Edit-a-thon organizersEquip edit-a-thon organizers with the know-how they need to both: A) update the VE-related training materials they share during events and B) help the newcomers they're guiding become unstuck when they encounter blockers in the process of attempting to make/publish edits
WMF developers

Thank you to @EAkinloose and @Mathglot for drawing our attention to the need for a ticket of this sort (T330807#8736789).