Very interesting, thanks. I believe that Stephen LaPorte had a role in creating Listen to Wikipedia, so I'm including him in this email thread with the hope that he will be pleased to hear about this use of his work (:
Pine On Nov 23, 2014 4:20 PM, "Jon Robson" <[email protected]> wrote: > I spoke to some Taiwanese students learning English (with help from a > translator) about Wikipedia, Wikimedia and mobile. Age range was 17-35 > so quite a mix. I was hoping I'd find some developers in the room but > sadly no so I focused the talk around using the mobile site. > > Interestingly everyone here used Wikipedia, but when I asked them if > they used the mobile site of Wikipedia they all said no. When I probed > more I discovered "Google" was where they got their information. I > managed to confirm that they were going to Wikipedia but most of them > didn't realise. > > Some things I notice: > * They actually were disappointed they couldn't upload images anymore. > Most wanted to edit but didn't know how. Post wikigrok it would be > interesting to see if we can use the saving mechanism there to queue > up uploads to the site. > * When I showed them Listen To Wikipedia they got really excited and > registered straight away just to see their name. Interesting tactic we > might want to explore for signups :) > * They struggled with the captcha when registering (surprise > surprise). It's English words not Chinese words. I notice everyone has > WiFi passwords here that are numbers. It would be interesting to > explore captchas that involve numbers if that is at all possible. > * In the language overlay in 3 out of 3 cases where people have used > it they all seemed to scroll down, no one realises they can search for > the language at the top. That's a UX problem I guess we need to fix. > * When they have flicked from Chinese to English Wikipedia and then > use the search bar at the top of the page to search for information > they type in chinese and expect search terms to show up there. > * They didn't seem to recognise the hamburger as a menu icon > * They asked to edit and surprise surprise I saw lots of templates in > every example I tried. The keys to the templates are English e.g. in > infoboxes. I think this makes a strong argument for being able to edit > infoboxes from wikidata (I've got an example below). > > Today is my last day working remotely from China but I'm happy on my > travels to do anymore Chinese research if you find this interesting > and want to know more about potential Wikipedians here :) > > Example infobox: > {{Taxobox > | color = pink > | name = 斑尾鹃鸠 > | status = LC > | status_system = iucn3.1 > | image = MacropygiaUnchall.jpg > | regnum = [[动物界]] Animalia > | phylum = [[脊索动物门]] Chordata > | classis = [[鸟纲]] Aves > | ordo = [[鸽形目]] Columbiformes > | familia = [[鸠鸽科]] Columbidae > | genus = [[鹃鸠属]] ''Macropygia'' > | species = '''斑尾鹃鸠 ''M. unchall''''' > | binomial = ''Macropygia unchall'' > | binomial_authority = (Wagler)<ref name='id2051'>{{cite web | url = > http://www.bioinfo.cn/db05/BjdwSpecies.php?action=view&id=2051 | title > = 斑尾鹃鸠 | work = 《中国动物物种编目数据库》 | publisher = 中国科学院微生物研究所 | author = > 中国科学院动物研究所 | accessdate = 2009-04-04 }}</ref> > }} > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >
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