Thank you for this summary, the increased focus on languages and the changes in overall quality.
On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Deborah Tankersley < [email protected]> wrote: > A cool thing we've found is that with the new additions we've made to the > portal page, our google pagespeed insight tests are *much* better! > > We've gone from a rating of *59* (mobile) and *76* (desktop) from the old > version of the page to *91* (mobile) and *97* (desktop) with all the > recent changes, yay! > > For fun, you can test the new page here > <https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikipedia.org&tab=desktop> > and old page here > <https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20160105135515%2Fhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.wikipedia.org%2F&tab=desktop> > (old > page is from 01 Jan 2016 via the way back machine > <https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.wikipedia.org>). > > Cheers, > > Deb > > -- > Deb Tankersley > Product Manager, Discovery > IRC: debt > Wikimedia Foundation > > On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 10:27 AM, Deborah Tankersley < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Everyone who uses the wikipedia.org <https://www.wikipedia.org/> [1] >> portal is familar with the look of the page: a beautiful puzzle globe >> encirled by the top ten viewed languages; a long list with Wikipedias in >> hundreds of languages that can all be read and explored; the search box >> that can make queries in nearly any language; and a compilation of related >> Wikimedia projects. >> >> >> Over the last eight months, the Wikimedia Foundation's Portal team >> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_Portal> [2], part of the >> Discovery >> department <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Discovery> [3], has >> been busy improving the discoverability of information within the portal to >> make it more contemporary and easier to use. >> >> To start, we’ve updated the search box. When you are entering a query, >> you will now see images and metadata that correspond to your search >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia,org-searchbox_highlight-Aug2016_screenshot.png> >> [4], and you're also free change the search language without leaving the >> page. >> >> We’ve also optimized the portal site, making it load faster by utilizing >> smaller sized images and streamlining the page code. >> >> A fairly inconspicuous change to the page will immediately detect your >> browser’s preferred (or default) language and rearrange the top ten links >> to display those languages first, along with the remaining top ten viewed >> wiki’s by language, around the globe. >> >> In this example >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWikipedia.org-globe-sorted-languages_screenshot.png> >> [5], The Free Encyclopedia is displayed in Portuguese, since it is the >> browser’s first preferred language and English is the second. >> >> Here is a helpful site >> <https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-lang-priorities> [6] that >> explains how to change your preferred language on various browsers. >> >> We’ve also added sister project descriptions >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia.org-sister-projects-text_screenshot.png> >> [7], located in the page’s footer, which will hopefully spark curiosity >> as to what a person might find when they visit those individual projects. >> >> The look and feel of the long list of every available language wiki >> (sorted by article count) has been modernized and placed inside an >> elegant drop down >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia.org-language-dropdown_screenshot.png> >> [8]. This new feature makes finding your language wiki a bit easier on >> the eyes as well as providing easy access on any device. >> >> We hope you enjoy using the new portal page! You can view a short video >> <https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Wikipedia.org-new-layout_movie-Aug2016.ogg> >> [9] that shows some of these new features. >> >> *And, if you don’t quite remember what the old Wikipedia portal site >> looked like before we made any changes, here’s a reminder >> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia.org-01Jan2016.png> * >> [10]. >> >> Cheers from the Discovery Portal Team! >> >> [1] https://www.wikipedia.org/ >> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_Portal >> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Discovery >> [4] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia,org-search >> box_highlight-Aug2016_screenshot.png >> [5] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWikipedia.org-glob >> e-sorted-languages_screenshot.png >> [6] https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-lang-priorities >> [7] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia.org-sister >> -projects-text_screenshot.png >> [8] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia.org-langua >> ge-dropdown_screenshot.png >> [9] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8c/Wikipedi >> a.org-new-layout_movie-Aug2016.ogg >> [10] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia.org-01Jan2016.png >> >> >> -- >> 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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