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On August 2025, the Wikipedia community created a policy that allowed users to nominate suspected AI-generated articles for [[speedy deletion]]. Editors usually recognize AI-generated articles because they use citations that are not related to the subject of the article or fabricated citations. The wording of articles is also used to recognize AI writings. For example, if an article uses language that reads like an [[LLM]] response to a user, such as "Here is your Wikipedia article on” or “Up to my last training update”, the article is typically tagged for speedy deletion.<ref name=":0"/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Maiberg |first=Emanuel |date=August 5, 2025 |title=Wikipedia Editors Adopt 'Speedy Deletion' Policy for AI Slop Articles |url=https://www.404media.co/wikipedia-editors-adopt-speedy-deletion-policy-for-ai-slop-articles/ |access-date= |website=[[404 Media]] |language=en}}</ref> Other signs of AI use include excessive use of [[em dashes]], overuse of the word "moreover", promotional material in articles that describes something as "breathtaking” and formatting issues like using curly [[Quotation mark|quotation marks]] instead of straight versions. During the discussion on implementing the speedy deletion policy, one user, who is an article reviewer, said that he is “flooded non-stop with horrendous drafts” created using AI. Other users said that AI articles have a large amount of “lies and fake references” and that it takes a significant amount of time to fix the issues.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roth |first=Emma |date=August 8, 2025 |title=How Wikipedia is fighting AI slop content |url=https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250810012316/https://www.theverge.com/report/756810/wikipedia-ai-slop-policies-community-speedy-deletion |archive-date=August 10, 2025 |access-date= |website=[[The Verge]] |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gills |first=Drew |date=August 8, 2025 |title=Read this: How Wikipedia identifies and removes AI slop |url=https://www.avclub.com/wikipedia-ai-slop-read-this |access-date= |website=[[AV Club]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
Ilyas Lebleu, founder of WikiProject AI Cleanup, said that he and his fellow editors noticed a pattern of unnatural writing that they managed to connect to ChatGPT. He added that AI is able to mass-produce content that sounds real while being completely fake, leading to the creation of [[hoax]] articles on Wikipedia that he was tasked to delete.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Maiberg · |first=Emanuel |date=October 9, 2024 |title=The Editors Protecting Wikipedia from AI Hoaxes |url=https://www.404media.co/the-editors-protecting-wikipedia-from-ai-hoaxes/ |url-access=subscription |access-date= |website=[[404 Media]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Lomas |first=Natasha |date=October 11, 2024 |title=How AI-generated content is upping the workload for Wikipedia editors |url=https://techcrunch.com/2024/10/11/how-ai-generated-content-is-upping-the-workload-for-wikipedia-editors/ |access-date= |website=[[TechCrunch]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Wikipedia created a guide on how to spot signs of AI-generated writing, titled "[[Wikipedia:Signs of AI writing|Signs of AI writing]]".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clair |first=Grant |date=August 20, 2025 |title=Wikipedia publishes list of AI writing tells |url=https://boingboing.net/2025/08/20/wikipedia-publishes-list-of-ai-writing-tells.html |access-date= |website=[[Boing Boing]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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