This is a tracking task to organize the work of deploying the Multi-Check (Reference) experience to all Wikipedias.
Deployment date
Wednesday, 25 June 2025
Next step(s)
- Editing engineering to write config
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@ppelberg to publish A/B test findings (T379131) on-wiki- Peter is OoO and the results are available on analytics.wikimedia.org
- @Trizek-WMF draft language for Tech/News
- @MNeisler to review the draft
Tech/News Announcement
To include:
- Summary of this feature
- Summary of the findings "users are more likely to..."
- Default configuration (for instance: how many checks can be shown)
Mesage for Tech News
This week, the Editing team will release Multi Check to all Wikipedias (except English Wikipedia). This feature shows multiple Reference check within the editing experience. This encourages users to add citations when they add multiple new paragraphs to a Wikipedia article. We tested this feature as an A/B test. The test shows that users who are shown multiple checks are more 1.3 times more likely to add a reference to their edit, and their edit is less likely to be reverted (-34.7%).
Deployment scope
Multi-Check (References) will be made available at all wikis where Reference Check is already enabled (every Wikipedia except English) in a single deployment.
QA
- Visit any Wikipedia except en.wiki
- Add 3 paragraphs of new text without reference
- Press Publish
- Verify 3 Reference Checks are shown
