I like the idea. Where you envision to let the user switch easy between simple and normal? I d love to do this easy for every article not as a general setting.
Rupert On Dec 11, 2015 21:13, "Jon Katz" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Folks, > > TLDR: want to introduce the idea of surfacing simple english version of > wikipedia in a more prominent way to test if this appeals to our readers. > no timeline, no action items, just an intro to the concept and a request > for feedback/suggestions. > > *Bakground:* > As a refresher/summary, as part of the reading team's strategic process > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Strategy>, we identified 4 > reading strategies that we are exploring and want to test hypothesis that > will help us determine which strategies are more impactful. > > I am reviewing our strategy tests (i.e. tests that can help us determine > if a particular strategy is one we should focus on) and came across some > notes I made with Abbey (copied) around the potential strategy "Guided > Educational Experiences" that I wanted to surface and run by you. This > potential strategy is one where the reading team focuses on enhancing > learning (comprehension and/or retention) of content. Ideas in this theme > include identifying prerequisite articles, a suggested order to reading > articles (curricula), simple or practical versions of articles, quizzes or > even games. To be clear, this is a potential strategy that we are > evaluating along with others, as described here > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Strategy/Strategy_Process/Testing#About>. > I also want to acknowledge that there have likely been other experiments in > this area--if you have specific examples you would like to share, please do > so. The test proposed below came about from one such awareness. > > *The test:* > One idea for this strategy was "simplified versions of articles"--versions > of articles for readers who were unfamiliar with the topic or lacked a > basic educational foundation. That wikipedia articles are sometimes to > advanced is not a novel observation, but it's a tough nut to crack. > > We had originally framed the test as "will editors want to create > simplified versions of articles" and we planned on asking them. However > the work that James Helman is doing with editors translating medical > documents into more practical guides in Swahili [link?] seems to show there > is interest here. However, we felt that SimpleEnglish was, in itself, a > remarkable test of what is being proposed, even though its focus is on > simple wording rather than concept simplicity. The most often-cited problem > (anecdote) with SimpleEnglish is that very few readers can find it. This > makes sense: someone confused by sophisticated vocabulary or looking for a > summary of an article is not likely to check the language list to see if a > simple version of the article sits there. > > So the proposed test would be to surface simple english in a more > prominent way and to test if this led to higher comprehension using either > quick surveys or a proxy, like pageviews. I added the broad outlines of the > test to our strategy test document, here > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Reading/Strategy/Strategy_Process/Testing#Create_deep-dive_.28guided.29_educational_experience> > . > > *The ask:* > This is not part of our proposed Q3 plans or even our Q4 plans, but I > would like to hear feedback and ideas around how we could effectively > integrate it into our plans. One idea would be to implement it on one of > the apps, first, since we can move things around there without disturbing > as many people. We are open to suggestions. > > Best, > > J > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mobile-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l > >
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