There are about 100 times more page views than edits, sometimes even more. John
Gerard Meijssen skrev: > Hoi, > A newspaper wants people to read. We want very much that readers consider > the option to edit. The approach is therefore different. When I goto > Wikipedia as a reader, I might be enabled to change my role and consequently > get a different layout. > Thanks, > GerardM > > 2009/3/25 John at Darkstar <[email protected]> > >> One additional note, in Norway a lot of the newspapers used a layout >> like Monobook (sort of) but has lately dismissed the solution in favor >> of radically much simpler designs. Especially the list of links in a >> left bar has been abandoned in favor of more directed approaches with >> horizontal menus in the top of the pages. Some of the newspapers has >> reported instantaneous increase in click rates. >> >> It is thought provocative as most of the left bar is for wikipediams, >> and therefore is usable to only a small percentile of the total users >> (in page views). The rest of the users need navigational aids for the >> main space. >> >> John >> >> Hay (Husky) skrev: >>> Ten is a low number indeed, however, if those people are indeed >>> 'typical users' instead of Wikipedians and you given them a few >>> specific tasks (say, searching for an article on a topic they are >>> interested in and editing it to add some information) you will >>> probably encounter lots of problems soon enough. >>> >>> On a different note: i'm not sure if this has been discussed before >>> but will the usability study also take uploading media on Commons in >>> account? Editing text is one thing, but adding media (and hence, using >>> Commons) is almost as common and could also use *lots* of work on >>> increasing usability. >>> >>> -- Hay >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:55 AM, John at Darkstar <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>>> 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 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
