Grants talk:Programs/Wikimedia Community Fund/Rapid Fund/Comprehensive anti-spam external link service (the Citron project) (ID: 22667747)

Endorsement

•  Support A highly trusted admin. I'm sure this Citron project is in good hands, especially after Zinnia project. Nguyentrongphu (talk) 00:33, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Endorsement from NewUniverse (talk)

1. I think that the development of this tool will be very beneficial in the battle against spam and advertisements on the Vietnamese Wikipedia. Currently, the only real solution available to our Wikipedia community to address this issue is the laborious task of manually reviewing every edited version one at a time. I believe that this tool will quickly come as the best resolve to the issue I've mentioned.
2. I am aware that this project's specification and plan have been worked out in great detail. This aids in the community's deepest understanding of the project's purpose and method. The large number of members who signed on to support the project is evidence of support in our community.
4. As previously indicated, this project will significantly aid the Vietnamese Wikipedia, which is the target of this tool. Once more, the tool will assist in automating certain tasks and lessen the patrollers' workload. This should be seen as an important development for our project.

--NewUniverse (talk) 01:06, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

Endorsement from MrMisterer (talk)

1. This tool, if successfully developed and implemented, would go a long way with regards to anti-spam work. As a regular patroller of the Vietnamese language Wikipedia, I can definitely say that we are seeing more frequent link spamming. We are also seeing more sophisticated link spam techniques, employed to conceal the links from patrollers. As a results, spam links in articles are getting more numerous and tend to last longer before detection and removal. All this is to say that I believe the usual anti-vandalism tools are no longer sufficient, and new tools need to be developed to save patrollers both time and effort.

5. I think the proposal is coherent in terms of the objectives, strategies, budget, and the metrics with which to measure results.

--MrMisterer (talk) 10:18, 28 May 2024 (UTC)