Typically, articles flagged for removal on Wikipedia enter a seven-day discussion period during which community members determine whether the site should delete the article. The newly adopted rule will allow Wikipedia administrators to circumvent these discussions if an article is clearly AI-generated and wasn’t reviewed by the person submitting it. That means looking for three main signs:

• Writing directed toward the user, such as “Here is your Wikipedia article on…,” or “I hope that helps!”
• “Nonsensical” citations, including those with incorrect references to authors or publications.
• Non-existent references, like dead links, ISBNs with invalid checksums, or unresolvable DOIs.

These aren’t the only signs of AI Wikipedians are looking out for, though. As part of the WikiProject AI Cleanup, which aims to tackle an “increasing problem of unsourced, poorly written AI-generated content,” editors put together a list of phrases and formatting characteristics that chatbot-written articles typically exhibit.