Hi Deb, OK, that makes sense. Can you provide a link to the RfC page? I can't find it on MediaWiki.org.
I suggest also placing a notification about the RfC in the "Goings-on" list that's on https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page. Thanks, Pine On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Deborah Tankersley < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Pine, > > The change will be for all browsers that access the Wikipedia.org page > directly on all devices. In the RfC page, I have placed images of what it > would look like on both desktop and mobile. This will not affect the > apps, as they have their own interface. > > We have the request for comment (RfC) article on mediawiki and have asked > for it to be translated and it will eventually get to the Village Pumps as > well. > > Since this update is not changing the content of the page - just the > layout - I felt that since the other portal pages are on mediawiki, that it > would be an appropriate place for the RfC. > > Cheers, > > Deb > > > On Friday, July 8, 2016, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Deb, >> >> 1. Is the proposed new page for mobile, desktop, or both? >> >> 2. Would the change affect the Apple and Android apps? >> >> 3. My personal first impression is that I like the new proposal. However, >> because it is a content/design change, it should go through a community RfC >> on Meta. My hunch is that it will be approved after about a month. Whether >> or not the change is approved, the discussion should provide some valuable >> feedback for future possibilities of that portal. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Pine >> >> On Jul 7, 2016 14:46, "Deborah Tankersley" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > Hello, >> > >> > The Wikimedia Foundation Discovery Portal team [1] has recently >> completed tests to see if a new Wikipedia.org [3] page design would be >> easier to navigate by adding a dropdown that contained all the languages by >> article count list. >> > >> > The test results [4] did indeed find that visitors were more likely to >> click through to a link and there was a lower amount of 'non-action' on the >> page, because of the new design. We also tested the page with many >> Wikipedia users and received comments that the new page design was >> aesthetically pleasing and less cluttered. >> > >> > Based on this information, we would like to promote this into >> production on the Wikipedia.org portal, but we want to ask the community >> for feedback and/or suggestions [5]. >> > >> > >> > Cheers from the Discovery Portal team! >> > >> > >> > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_Portal >> > [2] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T131526 >> > [3] https://www.wikipedia.org >> > [4] >> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Portal_AB_Test_of_Collapsing_links_to_Wikipedia_in_other_languages.pdf >> > [5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_updated_page_layout >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Deb Tankersley >> > Product Manager, Discovery >> > IRC: debt >> > Wikimedia Foundation >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > discovery mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery >> > >> > > > -- > -- > Deb Tankersley > Product Manager, Discovery > IRC: debt > Wikimedia Foundation > > > _______________________________________________ > discovery mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery > >
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