Edit checks

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Edit checks are configured at MediaWiki:Editcheck-config.json. For documentation, see Edit check/Configuration.

Base configuration

Configuration

Default configuration

enabledtrue
accountfalse
maximumEditcount100
minimumEditcount0
ignoreSections
Empty array
ignoreLeadSectionfalse
ignoreDisambiguationPagesfalse

Default checks

TitleNameDescription
Add a citationaddReference
AddReferenceEditCheck.js
Help readers understand where this information is coming from by adding a citation.
Configuration

Default configuration

minimumCharacters50
beforePunctuationfalse
ignoreDisambiguationPagestrue
Pasted contentpaste
PasteCheck.js
Please avoid copying text from other sources, even if rephrased or cited. This could be considered [$1 copyright violation or plagiarism] and may result in your content being removed or your account being blocked.
Configuration

Default configuration

enabledfalse
minimumCharacters50
Revise Tone?tone
ToneCheck.js
Configuration

Default configuration

predictionThreshold0.8

Experimental checks

TitleNameDescription
⧼citoid-referencecontextitem-convert-button⧽convertReference
ConvertReferenceEditCheck.js
⧼citoid-referencecontextitem-convert-message⧽
Disambiguation linkdisambiguation
DisambiguationEditCheck.js
Link to a specific page instead.
External linkexternalLink
ExternalLinksEditCheck.js
Generally, external links should not appear in the body of the article. Please refer to WP:ELNO. Edit this link?
Configuration

Default configuration

ignoreSections
"External links"
"References"
"Further reading"
Image needs captionimageCaption
ImageCaptionCheck.js
This image is lacking a caption, which can be important to readers to explain why the image is present. Not every image needs a caption; some are simply decorative. Relatively few may be genuinely self-explanatory. Does this image need a caption?
textMatch
TextMatchEditCheck.js
Configuration

Default configuration

maximumEditcountnull
minimumEditcountnull