Talk:Community Notes/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: Czarking0 (talk · contribs) 21:43, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for detailed review, I will work on making those changes as advised, all very useful. I was using inline citations as per WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV, but you think they should all be removed if not quoting the source? Happy to remove them if you think not necessary, maybe the information is more factual than biased opinion? My only other query here is ADL not being a reputable source, despite being listed as reliable WP:RSPADL? Hence the inline attribution there, as advised for what appears to be an opinion piece. Thanks again. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 10:41, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Great response, I am working on these comments here. As far as the ADL point goes I think you have the right of it. WP:ATTRIBUTEPOV should only be used for statements you see as biased. If you think statememts are biased give it a second thought as to if they are sufficiently notable as to be included in the article or if there is a less biased source/way to phrase the point that should be made. I won't harp the on inlines any more Czarking0 (talk) 20:25, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

Have made changes based on suggestions up to the criticism section, as waiting on confirmation of the above, so just WP:INTEXT to remove from there as far as I can tell. Have removed Le Monde opinion, as indeed isn't very notable. It was leftover text from original article prior to more sources becoming available for context sake. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 11:57, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Working on getting through all your changes Czarking0 (talk) 20:26, 20 January 2024 (UTC)

I added comments below Czarking0 (talk) 00:45, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Hello and thank you for your contribution. I believe this article is close to GA and I want to add some comments to be addressed before approving. I was skeptical of this being sufficiently noteworthy but your sources demonstrate notability. This section of the review is just based on your writing. I will review sources if you implement these changes. Also the sections are just history, operation, and criticism. Are there potentially other sections that should be added? "

Introduction

• "Community Notes, formerly Birdwatch, is a feature on X (formerly Twitter) where contributors can "add context" in order to provide fact-checks, under a post, image or video." My understanding is that fact checking is not the sole purpose here I think think this would be better "Community Notes (formerly Birdwatch) is a feature on X (formerly Twitter) where contributors can "add context" such as fact-checks to posts, images, videos, or comments.  Done

• Multiple times throughout the article you say "As of [month] " put the year in afterwords otherwise in 5 years it becomes confusing to read.  Done

• Try to keep your coverage of events in the last 90 days brief since wikipedia is not for current events

• "It has been considered as an attempt to debunk propaganda and misinformation[12] and as a replacement for Trust and Safety staff,[13] although former head of the department, Yoel Roth, states this was never the intention.[9]" The grammar here is not great. Try to never user "It has been considered" has this naturally raises the question: by whom? Alternatively try, "Its goal is to debunk propaganda and misinformation, but its scope was greatly expanded when it replaced the Trust and Safety staff".  Done

• "Posts receiving notes on X are no longer eligible for ad revenue[20][21] and users are no longer able to report misleading content.[22]" This sentence does not really read as intended. It sounds like user's are only no longer able to report misleading content on posts with notes, but I think the sources indicate that no user reports for misleading content are still supported.  Done

• "The program has also been inconsistent in its application of notes and combating of misinformation, especially from the 2023 Israel-Hamas war.[a]" This falls squarely into current events. I like the note itself but I don't think including it in the introduction to the article is appropriate at this time.  Done

New feedback:

• " It has been described as a community-driven content moderation program" why not: "It is a community-driven content moderation program"?

History

• "but was considered to be a very small portion" by whom?  Not done

The reason I ask by whom here was meant to be rhetorical sorry for being unclear there. This is not a biased claim so it does need in next citation. The better presentation to the user would be "This then increased to 156 on the day of the invasion, a small fraction of the propaganda by the Internet Research Agency. You can either use a ref from that page or

Still slightly confused here. I assume you mean "does not need in text citation" as opposed to "does need"? The reference you provided is from 2019, so also don't understand how this could be used to reference community notes in 2022. I've however removed the in-text, and changed "considered" to "estimated" as per the source "probably a tiny sliver", as opposed to definitively a very small amount. Hope that's better. Otherwise, this sentence might be better removed, as is based on speculation rather than definitive numbers. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:13, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

• "In October 2022 The Verge found that the most commonly published notes were related to COVID-19 misinformation based on historical usage." This is not encyclopedic. The encyclopedic way to write this is "The most commonly published notes in 2022 were related to COVID-19 misinformation". The citation will show The Verge. You should fix this anywhere you see the same issue.

This has been done by the way. CommunityNotesContributor (talk) 14:16, 21 January 2024 (UTC)

Operation

• "The program prioritises notes that receives ratings from a "diverse range of perspectives",[7] rather than be based on majority rule,[18] by an open-source algorithm described as "insanely complicated". The structure of this sentence is i,d,d where i is independent clause and d is dependent. This is not a valid sentence structure in the English language. Also prioritises is spelled prioritizes at least in American English. Try "Rather than majority rule publishing, the open-source Community Notes algorithm prioritizes notes that receive positive ratings from a "diverse range of perspectives" The fact that the algorithm is described as complicated is notable but again I ask "by whom?".  Done

You addressed this and now the grammar is valid (I think) but it is still a bad sentence. Avoid the present perfect continuous tense. Try something more like "The Community Notes algorithm publishes notes with agreement from contributors who have a history of disagreeing. Vitalik Buterin described it as 'insanely complicated' after reviewing the open-source implementation."

• "The contributor gets points if their note is validated,[38][17] known as "Rating Impact", that reflects how helpful a contributors' ratings have been. A contributor unlocks the ability to write notes once they have a "Rating Impact" of at least 5.[10][39][40] Any registered X user with an account older than 6 months can apply to become a contributor, provided they supply a mobile number, the user agrees to abide by the Community Notes guidelines,[7][41] and the user hasn't broken any X rules recently.[32] Users on the platform can additionally vote on whether they find the note helpful or not.[2]" I am not convinced the specific guidelines for how one becomes a contributor are notable. Also they could more easily be changed while the notable part can stay the same: Users must apply to becomes contributors and are restricted based on their "Rating Impact".

"X users are able to vote on whether they find notes helpful or not,[2] but must apply to become contributors, that is restricted based on "Rating Impact" as well as the Community Notes guidelines" It is not clear what the that in this sentence refers to.

Criticism

• "Le Monde concluded that Community Notes were useful, but were not a substitute for conventional moderation." This seems like an opinion piece from a newspaper. Is this really notable?  Done

• "The fact-checking website Snopes discovered three posts from verified users, who had shared a video of a hospitalized man from Gaza with false captions claiming it showed "crisis actors", had failed to receive any Community Notes after 24 hours.[61]" This is another example of non-encyclopedic writing. The content is fine just reword it  Done

• " The ADL documented the possibility of conflicting notes appearing, after Jackson Hinkle falsely claimed a graphic image of the 2023 Hamas attack on Israel was AI-generated, and notes initially appeared in disagreement due to unreliable information from AI detector software.[62] " The ADL is not a reputable source.  Done

• " Wired has documented that Community Notes is susceptible to disinformation, after a graphic Hamas video shared by Donald Trump Jr. was falsely flagged as being a year old, but was instead found to be part of the recent conflict.[25] The original note was later replaced with another citing the report from Wired.[9]" I just wanted to point out that this might feel like another case of non-encyclopedic writing it is actually an exception to the rule since Wired becomes part of the notable factual content.  Done

• "In November 2023, the Atlantic Council conducted an interactive study of Community Notes, with analysis from Bloomberg, " non-encyclopedic

Sources

• Mashable: you have sufficient other sources this should not be included and places where it is cited should be removed.

• https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/bird-watching-going-x-twitter-111442959.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAAfXT-IYiwYEHwJxWFpLzr6a4ZL-Br1g6SY3KdFkOadZ8A0e7etL1uu4G6vU8hRA8HdBoTyEiZTJk_XvRrbFqxYjZp8ZGVvmNBJYPiKbPJevcehPkQ-GzhxporLngv3cmDVTScMVKOZtP_vWEUzQGGhiyJGCXiScMwV99HCjnciU This is an opinion piece. Reconsider using it.

• https://www.mediaite.com/news/elon-musk-claims-state-actors-are-manipulating-community-notes-after-his-post-gets-fact-checked/ Not a reliable source

More to come — Preceding unsigned comment added by Czarking0 (talk • contribs) 00:54, 21 January 2024 (UTC)