Wikipedians should not be used to asses usabillity problems with Wikipedia, this is rule number one if you want to get information about why a newbie has problems with a system. A typical wikipedian is simply not a valid newbie. Ten participants are not nearly enough, they can only give you some clue about the real problem.
John Naoko Komura skrev: > Howdy. > (adding wikien-l folks to this thread. my apology for not including > wikien-l with my initial email.) > > The usability study has started today as scheduled. The usability team > is monitoring the interviews and how ten test participants interact with > Wikipedia when they are asked to edit an article at the lab facility in > San Francisco today and tomorrow. The remote usability study on > Thursday (March 26 PDT) will be done remotely, which means we recruit > participants from Wikipedia through the site notice, and connect with > them through web conferencing. Therefore the site notice for > recruitment will appear again on Thursday. We expect to compile the > results in a few weeks and the findings with you. > > Naoko Komura > Program Manager, Wikimedia Foundation > > > Naoko Komura wrote: >> One of the important components of the usability initiative is to >> conduct multiple rounds of usability tests. The plan is to conduct at >> least three rounds of tests for qualitative usability evaluation over >> the span of twelve months, i) the initial evaluation, ii) the progress >> evaluation, and iii) the final evaluation. The initial usability test >> is scheduled on March 24, 25th and 26th. In-person lab tests are >> conducted in San Francisco at the first two days, and remote tests will >> be conducted on the third day. >> >> As a preparation for the initial usability test, we incorporated the >> recruiting tool into English Wikipedia's site notice. You might have >> encountered site notice inviting for the participation. The target >> audience of testers are Wikipedia readers who have little or no >> experience in editing the Wikipedia articles. The banner is displayed >> within the range of 1:400 to 1:100 page views, and it will continue till >> early next week. >> >> We look forward to learning from the usability tests and sharing the >> result with you. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Naoko ... on behalf of the usability team. >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
