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Edit check/Glossary

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Glossary of terms used by Edit check project.

Edit check
A set of tools that aims provide actionable feedback about Wikipedia policies to users while they are editing. Not to be confused with References check.
References check
A type of edit check to encourage users to add citations in articles. It is the first check the Editing team released.
Deployed/Activated
Deployed wikis are wikis where Edit check is available, as the regular experience, as an A/B test , or as a shadow feature.
Activated wikis are wikis where at least one Edit check was recorded. This edit check is tagged in history pages
Multi-check
When multiple edit checks are displayed at the same time, we call this state "multi-check".
Proofreading state
State of an edit, where the user clicks on Publish changes. This is where References check is displayed.