Hi Pine, Here's the link to the RfC page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_updated_page_layout on MediaWiki, and thanks for your suggestion for meta wiki - I've added it in! :)
Cheers, Deb -- Deb Tankersley Product Manager, Discovery IRC: debt Wikimedia Foundation On Mon, Jul 11, 2016 at 6:43 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > discovery mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery > >
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