Edit check/False positives
What is Edit Check?
Edit Check is a feature developed to offer people actionable feedback about Wikipedia policies while they are editing. The first iteration consists of a prompt to encourage editors to add an inline citation before publishing new information to an article.
All edits are tagged. You can suggest your ideas for other checks.
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Spoorthi Rao
- Page and diff
- Please link to the page where the check was shown, and the diff if you can. https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%AC%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%8D_%E0%B2%95%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%A1_(%E0%B2%B8%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%B8%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D_11)
- Check shown
- Please list the Edit Check tags you see associated with the edit you are reporting. [1] [2]
- Description
- Please describe why you do not think Edit Check should have been activated for this edit.
Spoorthi Rao (talk) 04:49, 1 October 2024 (UTC) Above mentioned user is citing his or her personal opinion and destroying article's credibility.
- Hello @Spoorthi Rao
- Thank you for reporting this.
- After investigation, the activation of Edit check (see here how it looks) was accurate.
- It also appears that the user you mentioned would have had changed the article no matter what. When the request to add a reference was shown, the added a random website instead of declining the request.
- Hope this helps; if you have any question, let me know! Trizek_(WMF) (talk) 14:08, 2 October 2024 (UTC)
Strainu
- Page and diff
- https://ro.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Florica_Prevenda&curid=2298559&diff=16648598&oldid=15782574
- Check shown
- Edit Check (references) activated, Edit Check (referințe) respins (incert)
- Description
- The edit contains sources. Not sure if they were added after the prompt, but either way, it's confusing to have the rejected tag
Strainu (talk) 08:38, 4 November 2024 (UTC)
- Another diff, same situation. Strainu (talk) 10:59, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Strainu Hello, technically the Edit Check detects every paragraphs to see if it contains any citations or not. As far as I can see, there are paragraphs that do not contain any sources in the provided diff, so it is not a false positive. Do you have any opinions or suggestions? Thanks. SCP-2000 (talk) 04:38, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the clarification @SCP-2000. Does the limit of characters from MediaWiki:Editcheck-config.json also applies per paragraph or overall? E.g. if I add 50 characters in one paragraph and 51 in the second with a limit of 100 characters, will EdiitCheck be triggered? Strainu (talk) 08:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Strainu: It is per paragraph. SCP-2000 (talk) 12:38, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for the clarification @SCP-2000. Does the limit of characters from MediaWiki:Editcheck-config.json also applies per paragraph or overall? E.g. if I add 50 characters in one paragraph and 51 in the second with a limit of 100 characters, will EdiitCheck be triggered? Strainu (talk) 08:00, 9 November 2024 (UTC)
- @Strainu Hello, technically the Edit Check detects every paragraphs to see if it contains any citations or not. As far as I can see, there are paragraphs that do not contain any sources in the provided diff, so it is not a false positive. Do you have any opinions or suggestions? Thanks. SCP-2000 (talk) 04:38, 9 November 2024 (UTC)