Yes, indeed. If I recall right, the group started after Delphine posted her thread "Can anyone really edit Wikipedia?" at Sep. 25.
Delphine, who is surely a veteran wikipedian, failed to edit the article "Facebook" because she could not find the right place for her edit through all the templates and refs. I think her example showed very good our problem. The usability problem is not only a newbies problem, but a general problem. I can very good understand Delphines difficulty and I myself have more than once sitting before an article and feeling like I am working through some other peoples code on my job. But back to the page. As always on meta and here on the list, a topic get hot and cools down again. But in the last time the topic usability is coming hot quite often. After Alexandria I this is already the fifth or sixth thread I read about this topic. So I think there is a really common feeling in the community that the problem is pressing. Maybe we should link that page direct on a prominant place on the start page of meta? Ting Samuel Klein wrote: > Indeed -- and the [[usability group]] is still the first link on that > page to people working on the topic. But I see only four interested > members there and the page is stale. > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability_group > > SJ > > On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 4:26 PM, Ting Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> phoebe ayers wrote: >> >>> On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:46 AM, Brion Vibber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >>>> Hash: SHA1 >>>> >>>> [snip] >>>> >>>> We're already aware of the UNICEF study & extensions and will be >>>> reviewing them alongside other ongoing usability testing and development >>>> projects throughout 2009. >>>> >>>> - -- brion >>>> >>>> >>> Lovely. Usability in general is an important topic, and it goes beyond >>> any particular task or set of projects; there are many things in >>> MediaWiki that could be improved. (My vote would be for working on an >>> easier referencing system, which has also been discussed many times). >>> >>> Is there a current page on Meta or elsewhere for this list of >>> potential usability projects, adding suggestions, and discussion of >>> them? >>> >>> -- Phoebe >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> foundation-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >>> >>> >> Yes there is: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability >> >> Ting >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
