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See parent tasks for the specifics ==== Wikis where the A/B test will be performed From {T384372}: - ar.wp - afwiki - eswiki - frwiki - igwiki - itwiki - jawiki - ptwiki - swwiki - yowiki - viwiki - zhwiki ==== Start and end dates A/B test starts: **March 25, 2025** A/B test ends: ==== Tech News announcement Starting March 25, 2025, The Editing team will test a new feature for Edit Check, at a few wikis: [[ mw:Help:Edit_check#Multi-check | multi-check ]]. For half of the newcomers, we will show multiple Reference Checks within their experience (!!max number to be added!!) , while the other half will continue getting the usual experience (one check shown). The goal of this test is to see if users are confused or discouraged when shown more References checks. At these wikis, the tags used on edits that show References check will be simplified, as multiple tags could be shown within a single edit. Changes to the tags are documented on https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T373949. ==== Steps [x] Select the communities that would get the A/B test - T384372 [x] Choose a date range for the test [x] Draft the announcement [] Announce the A/B test to the concerned communities on !!March 17 max!! [] Share the conclusions of the test with the movement.

See parent tasks for the specifics ==== Wikis where the A/B test will be performed From {T384372}: - ar.wp - afwiki - eswiki - frwiki - igwiki - itwiki - jawiki - ptwiki - swwiki - yowiki - viwiki - zhwiki ==== Start and end dates A/B test starts: **March 25, 2025** A/B test ends: ==== Tech News announcement Starting March 25, 2025, The Editing team will test a new feature for Edit Check, at a few wikis: [[ mw:Help:Edit_check#Multi-check | multi-check ]]. For half of the newcomers, we will show all [[ [[ mw:Help:Edit_check#ref | | Reference Checks ]], while the other half will continue getting the usual experience (one Reference check shown). The goal of this test is to see if users are confused or discouraged when shown more References checks. At these wikis, the tags used on edits that show References check will be simplified, as multiple tags could be shown within a single edit. Changes to the tags are documented on https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T373949. ==== Steps [x] Select the communities that would get the A/B test - T384372 [x] Choose a date range for the test [x] Draft the announcement [] Announce the A/B test to the concerned communities on !!March 17 max!! [] Share the conclusions of the test with the movement.

See parent tasks for the specifics ==== Wikis where the A/B test will be performed From {T384372}: - ar.wp - afwiki - eswiki - frwiki - igwiki - itwiki - jawiki - ptwiki - swwiki - yowiki - viwiki - zhwiki ==== Start and end dates A/B test starts: **March 25, 2025** A/B test ends: ==== Tech News announcement Starting March 25, 2025, The Editing team will test a new feature for Edit Check, at a few wikis: [[ mw:Help:Edit_check#Multi-check | multi-check ]]. For half of the newcomers, we will show multiple Reference Checks within their experience (!!max number to be added!!) all [[ [[ mw:Help:Edit_check#ref | | Reference Checks ]], while the other half will continue getting the usual experience (one Reference check shown). The goal of this test is to see if users are confused or discouraged when shown more References checks. At these wikis, the tags used on edits that show References check will be simplified, as multiple tags could be shown within a single edit. Changes to the tags are documented on https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T373949. ==== Steps [x] Select the communities that would get the A/B test - T384372 [x] Choose a date range for the test [x] Draft the announcement [] Announce the A/B test to the concerned communities on !!March 17 max!! [] Share the conclusions of the test with the movement.