The citationNeeded check behaves much like the addReference check, but with slightly tweaked copy:
Open questions
- 1. What policy/guideline(s) should be linked within the Suggestion Card?
Meta
- Link to relevant wish, policy, guideline, template, etc. that demonstrates volunteers have reached consensus about the validity of the issue and way(s) to address it: #TODO!
- Suggestion scope: All Wikipedia articles (across Wikipedias) where {{citation needed}} is used
Requirements
Meta
- Default configuration
- maximumEditcount: N/A
- minimumEditcount: N/A
- Type: Suggestion
- Detection heuristic: presence of {{citation needed}}
User experience
- Card design
- Title: Citation needed
- Description (≤2 sentences): An editor has indicated that this claim needs a citation to a reliable source. Help readers understand where this information is coming from by adding one.
- Calls to action
- Add a citation: Open citoid
- Dismiss: Close suggestion card
- Success toast: Thank you for helping to make Wikipedia a resource people can rely on.
- Card focus: when you tap/click on the suggestion, only the card should be in focus. At present, the "Citation context" item also appears and it should not.:
Instrumentation
As with all Edit Checks and Suggestions, we will want to know:
- Any time a Suggestion of this type is activated within an edit session
- Any time someone views a Suggestion of this type within an edit session
- Any time someone engages with a Suggestion and how they engage with it
Background
It triggers on any {{citation needed}} template on wikis suitably configured (T427520), and suppresses any addReference check in that paragraph, so we don't duplicate the request for a citation.
The check provides a stronger, more specific signal that a reference is needed, as it has been manaully annotated by another user.
