Except we don't have those tools. There are a lot of domains in the ecosystem where this kind of experimentation and targeting on a per-wiki or per-project basis, but we have a big gap around functionality and expertise to let us scientifically test the efficacy of their various implementations.
On 26 August 2014 10:34, Edward Saperia <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> There's no point in polling existing community members about >> functionality they will not see. >> > > While I am a great supporter of your team's work, I'd just like to comment > on the above; > > Wiser community members are aware that they are part of a powerful > ecosystem, and that taming this ecosystem is a far more leveraged pursuit > than doing the work yourself. Creating additional endpoints for onboarding > processes that you're exposing to new users should be something that all > projects are excited to take part in, so hopefully you'd want to poll the > community for the valuable "Yes, and..." responses you'll get. > > If you find you don't get responses like this, perhaps you might want to > consider re-framing your new functionality as open infrastructure that the > rest of the community is invited to build on, for example maybe > wikiprojects themselves could specify the suggestions that are shown to new > editors who edit in their subject areas? > > Given appropriate tools to track effectiveness, this could create a huge, > open environment for experimentation that could find interesting solutions > faster than any engineering department ever could on their own. > > *Edward Saperia* > Conference Director Wikimania London <http://www.wikimanialondon.org/> > email <[email protected]> • facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia> • twitter > <http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia> • 07796955572 > 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG > > _______________________________________________ > EE mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee > > -- Oliver Keyes Research Analyst Wikimedia Foundation
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