yeh I emailed Stephen separately :) On 24 Nov 2014 09:24, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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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