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Create an experimental EditCheck suggestion for citation needed templates
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We already have custom code for detecting and converting citation needed templates. It should be fairly easy to turn this into a suggestion:

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When the check shows it should suppress the "Add a citation" check, as it provides the same functionality, just with a more specific range.

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Related Changes in Gerrit:
SubjectRepoBranchLines +/-
Create CitationNeededEditCheckmediawiki/extensions/VisualEditormaster+101 -0
Customize query in gerrit

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Esanders created this task.Mar 13 2026, 1:11 PM
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gerritbot added a comment.Mar 13 2026, 1:20 PM

Change #1251312 had a related patch set uploaded (by Esanders; author: Esanders):

[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Create CitationNeededEditCheck

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1251312

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 13 2026, 1:20 PM
ppelberg added a project: VisualEditor Suggestion Mode.Mar 13 2026, 9:16 PM
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Esanders claimed this task.Mar 16 2026, 9:13 AM
Esanders moved this task from Decisions to be made to Code Review on the Editing-team (Editing-18Mar-27Mar-2026) board.
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ppelberg moved this task from Backlog to New Suggestions on the VisualEditor Suggestion Mode board.Mar 27 2026, 7:53 PM
gerritbot added a comment.Mar 30 2026, 4:07 PM

Change #1251312 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/VisualEditor@master] Create CitationNeededEditCheck

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1251312

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Mar 30 2026, 4:31 PM
ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.46-notes (1.46.0-wmf.22; 2026-03-31).Mar 30 2026, 5:00 PM
Esanders edited projects, added: Editing-team (Editing-Q4-30Mar-10Apr-2026); removed: Editing-team (Editing-18Mar-27Mar-2026).Mar 30 2026, 5:10 PM
Esanders moved this task from Decision to be made to Code Review on the Editing-team (Editing-Q4-30Mar-10Apr-2026) board.
DLynch added a project: Editing QA.Mar 30 2026, 5:24 PM
DLynch moved this task from Code Review to QA on the Editing-team (Editing-Q4-30Mar-10Apr-2026) board.
ppelberg edited projects, added: Editing-team (Editing-Q4-13Apr-24Apr-2026); removed: Editing-team (Editing-Q4-30Mar-10Apr-2026).Apr 15 2026, 4:38 PM

Moving to current sprint for me to review and close-out.

ppelberg moved this task from Decision to be made to Ready for Sign off on the Editing-team (Editing-Q4-13Apr-24Apr-2026) board.Apr 15 2026, 4:38 PM
Ryasmeen removed a project: Editing QA.Apr 21 2026, 8:29 PM
ppelberg closed this task as Resolved.May 6 2026, 10:34 PM
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