Community Wishlist Survey 2022/Wikidata/A tool to delete all references from an item

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A tool to delete all references from an item

Problem: When, for example, one has duplicated an item but does not need the sources; or when one has found a better source for an item with only poor quality sourcing, removing all the source is time-consuming.
Proposed solution: A tool (gadget?) that puts a button or link on the page that, when clicked and confirmed, removes all citations
Who would benefit: Wikidata editors
More comments:
Phabricator tickets:
Proposer: Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 13:23, 15 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I would use this function a lot. - PKM (talk) 02:10, 18 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This sounds useful, but it seems like it would also make vandalism much easier. Silver hr (talk) 20:07, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
It is unhelpful to add an "oppose" without explaining the grounds. As for "easier vandalism", that would just as easily be revertable; but the ability could be restricted to auto conformed users. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:19, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
you can use this regular expression (?<=\<ref\>)[^\<\/ref\>]+ and use it here (coding.tools). To replace all contents of the <ref></ref>, while leaving the delimiters, so that you know, where a Reference needs to be added. Is that a tool enough? (Copy the expression here, if you want it to be explained: [1]) --Saippuakauppias (talk) 15:52, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
- @Saippuakauppias: Thank you, but that is not how references work, on Wikidata. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:59, 20 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Support Lectrician1 (talk) 02:30, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support Douglasfugazi (talk) 21:18, 29 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose KingAntenor (talk) 07:05, 2 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose easier vandalism. Maybe autoconfirmed users can quick blank an item? Thingofme (talk) 14:20, 4 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Ciao • Bestoernesto • ✉ 16:47, 6 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose — DaxServer (t · c) 12:42, 10 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]