Wikipedia Add A Fact

A browser extension for adding facts to Wikipedia

Add-on stats

Users: 192 ▼ -3
Rating: 4.00 (1)
Version: 0.3.1 (Last updated: 2024-09-10)
Creation date: 2024-08-27
Weekly download count: 1
Firefox on Android: No
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • scripting
  • activeTab
  • storage
  • sidePanel
  • contextMenus
Host permissions:
  • http://localhost:8000/find_citation
  • https://citation-needed-api.toolforge.org/*
  • https://*/*
Size: 3.21M

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Add-on summary

A browser extension for adding facts to Wikipedia

Found a fact online that belongs on Wikipedia? The Future Audiences team at the Wikimedia Foundation built an experimental AI tool to help you more quickly add information to English Wikipedia without going to the website. You can now send information to be debated or added to articles to article talk pages without leaving your current open tab.

How it works:

• While browsing the web, select a short passage of text to add to Wikipedia. • Using Llama3-70b, the Add A Fact extension quickly searches for and analyzes Wikipedia articles that may be most relevant for the fact you’ve found to land in. • You will get back information about whether the fact you’ve found is in, partially mentioned or not at all in the relevant articles. • If none of the articles are to your liking, you can search for your preferred one. • Then add the fact with your comments to the article talk page to edit into the article later yourself, or to be debated or added by others. • Note: to use the posting functionality, you will need to be logged into a Wikimedia account that has autoconfirmed user rights (registered for 4+ days and with at least 10 edits) on English Wikipedia.

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User reviews

Worked smoothly and intuitive interface. Suggestion -- cut down the size of the inserted Talk page section. Remove line breaks before the quote, the source, and the wikitext snippet, and the user signature. Maybe add <ref></ref> to wikitext or a brief instruction.
by H Gray, 2024-09-26
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Risk impact

Wikipedia Add A Fact requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Wikipedia Add A Fact is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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