.png) Cite Unseen in action on Citizens United v. FEC sources | |
| Description | User script that adds iconic indicators to Wikipedia citations Changelog: User:SuperHamster/CiteUnseen/Changelog |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | SuperHamster, Sky Harbor |
| First released | May 17, 2019 |
| Updated | July 31, 2023 |
| Source | User:SuperHamster/CiteUnseen.js |
| GitHub repository | CiteUnseen |
Cite Unseen is a user script that adds categorical icons to Wikipedia citations, providing readers and editors a quick initial evaluation of citations at a glance. This helps guide users on the nature and reliability of sources, and to help identify sources that may potentially be problematic or should be used with caution (key word is may - see the usage guide below).
Cite Unseen's categorization dataset currently holds over 3,400 domains in 20 categories. These categories include:
- Perennial sources list statuses (generally reliable; marginally reliable; generally unreliable; deprecated; blacklisted)
- Advocacy groups; books; blogs; user-generated news; editable sites; state media; news; opinion pieces; press releases; satire; social media sites; sponsored articles; tabloids; and TV and radio programs
- Predatory journals listed on the predatory source list
Initially developed at CredCon in November 2018, Cite Unseen was jointly developed by Kevin Payravi (SuperHamster) and Josh Lim (Sky Harbor), with support from the Credibility Coalition and the Knowledge Graph Working Group. The project saw more development at Wikimedia Hackathon 2019.