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On 26 August 2014 15:46, Oliver Keyes <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > EE mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee > >
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