This task involves the work with implementing a way for the experienced volunteers to see why someone declined to add a reference when Edit Check invited them to do so.
Story
As a volunteer motivated to: A) ensure the knowledge Wikipedia contains is reliable and B) shrink the project's knowledge gaps, when I notice someone adding new content to an article without a source, I'd like to know what motivated them to do make this edit in this way, so that I can decide what I'll do in response (e.g. revert the edit, write on the person's user talk page, "Thank" them, etc.)
Requirements
NOTE: this section will be defined once we converge on an "Approach"
Approaches
| Approach | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Automatically populate edit summary dialogue based on what option people select from within the Not adding a citation” view | Technically feasible; experienced volunteers may take issue considering existing mistrust of automatic edit summaries. See: en:#canned edit summary. |
References
- @Sdkb: T327330#8566409
- T329593: Prompt people to contextualize why they are declining to reference new content they are adding
- @suffusion_of_yellow: "First, on every popup, have a prominent "report error" button. Not some ad hoc system like we have with edit filters, but built right in to the extension. When they click that, it's clearly disclosed that now the contents of the edit form will be made public (and also CC-BY-SA, you are editing logged out, blah blah blah). They can click "cancel" if there's a something private or copyrighted." | source