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Add notice to Visual Editor that unsourced edits may be reverted
- Problem: There is no notice in the Visual Editor that unsourced edits will be reverted. Users who use the Visual Editor are likely to then publish edits that are then reverted because they were unaware that adding a source was required.
Such a notice is already present in the Wikitext editor ("Content that violates any copyrights will be deleted. Encyclopedic content must be verifiable through citations to reliable sources.") - Proposed solution: A notice in the "Publish changes" dialogue of the Visual Editor that states that unsourced edits will be reverted.
- Who would benefit: New contributors and patrollers
- More comments:
- Phabricator tickets: phab:T300942
- Proposer: Lectrician1 (talk) 06:30, 25 January 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
Discussion
- @Lectrician1: Thank you for adding this proposal! This seems technically straightforward and clear to me.
- I suppose the only question is if other community members agree that this text will help new editors. As with all new editor onboarding, it's a balance between providing enough direction and keeping guidance concise enough to ensure it's clear and not overwhelming for newcomers.
- This wish sounds somewhat related to an Editing team project called Edit Check T265163. One idea the Editing team is exploring is around surfacing guidance within Visual Editor when an editor is adding text that likely needs a citation. This in-the-moment direction might be more likely to be read by new editors and prompt a change in behavior. I don't believe this wish conflicts with that work; perhaps both ideas are worth considering?
- Thanks for adding this wish and thinking about onboarding new editors! --KStoller-WMF (talk) 19:15, 25 January 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- The wikitext editor shows that message along next to the save button. The equivalent place in VE is the save dialog, where the copyright notice is more verbose and less informative. That would be trivial to improve, either in the software or as an on-wiki interface message override. --Tgr (talk) 07:11, 30 January 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- I also think VE should add notice that unsourced content may be removed because in the source editor, we already have a notice. However it is hard to think of a place to display the message. Thingofme (talk) 14:58, 6 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
Voting
- Support Support RenkoTheBird (talk) 20:26, 10 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Rtfroot (talk) 20:57, 10 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support SeGiba (talk) 21:06, 10 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Strainu (talk) 21:23, 10 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support TLSOSLT (talk) 21:29, 10 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Roundish (talk) 21:34, 10 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Lectrician1 (talk) 23:02, 10 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support SHB2000 (talk | contribs) 23:21, 10 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support NMaia (talk) 23:56, 10 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support DemonDays64 (talk) 00:01, 11 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Skimel (talk) 00:55, 11 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Hyruspex (talk) 00:59, 11 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support. Note: They are usually marked with "Citation needed". --NGC 54 (talk|contribs) 01:56, 11 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Yeeno (talk) 02:08, 11 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Hehua (talk) 03:07, 11 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Tgr (talk) 03:40, 11 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support * Pppery * it has begun 03:57, 11 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Soumendrak (talk) 06:44, 11 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]
- Support Support Jurbop (talk) 07:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC) [reply ]