Re: [Wikimedia-l] An updated design for the Wikimedia Foundation website

[Samuel Klein]

Hello Greg + all! Gorgeous, text- & image-rich, substantive, structural,
inspiring, multilingual. 11/10.German? -SJ

On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 9:32 PM Gregory Varnum  wrote:

> Hello!
>
> Today, we are  thrilled to share an updated visual design style on the
> Wikimedia Foundation website (wikimediafoundation.org)!
>
> This updated design was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Product
> design team. We worked on feedback from Meta-Wiki, emails, Phabricator, and
> hundreds of conversations paired with user testing with people in the
> target audiences for the website. We are incredibly appreciative of the
> great care that team has taken in making strategic, data-led design
> decisions and really helping us amplify the website's ability to convey our
> story to people generally unfamiliar with Wikimedia.
>
> We have also expanded on the information about the website on its Meta-Wiki
> page,[1] and updated the public mirror of the code base to reflect the
> technical changes made to the site for this updated design.[2]
>
> Thank you to the now hundreds of people that have been involved in helping
> us build a website for the Foundation which we can be proud of!
> -greg & the Wikimedia Foundation Communication team
>
> = A bit more about the site =
>
> == How is the site doing? ==
>
> Since the site's soft launch in July 2018, traffic has continued to
> increase. There has also been a significant increase in donations collected
> via this website. Two key audiences, potential staff and partners, have
> shared positive feedback on the site’s content and organization, enabling
> them to find jobs and contact key teams respectively. Additionally, user
> testing has shown a positive response to the content and overall
> architecture of the site.
>
> == What brought us here ==
>
> The Wikimedia Foundation Communications department has been collecting
> feedback on the Foundation's website since late 2016 and beginning in
> early 2017 has been working on addressing the backlog of issues related to
> the website. The original Foundation site, launched in 2004, did not have a
> clear audience, and as a result was not effectively serving any of the
> hundreds of uses people saw for it. Maintaining the site's content beyond
> English had become a growing problem - leaving visitors with different
> information, depending on which language they were using, on basic details
> like our address and executive staff. Additionally, the site had over
> 17,000 pages - a vast majority of which were either out of date or no
> longer in use.
>
> In 2017-18, the Communications department ran a "Discovery" process to help
> inform our decision making. This process included reviews of methods used
> by other organizations, assessment of our current communication channels,
> collecting feedback at Wikimania, and interviews with dozens of volunteers,
> donors, contractors, and staff. The resulting report[3] and recommendations
> helped identify the objectives and audiences of the website,[1] and were
> utilized throughout the initial design and development of the new website.
>
> Shortly after the soft launch, the department began working with the
> Product department's design team to perform user testing, process feedback
> collected in the weeks following the soft launch, and collect additional
> feedback to help us make informed decisions. They helped us collect and
> process feedback from hundreds of individuals within and outside of the
> movement.
>
> Based on feedback, they conducted user testing and developed the updated
> design we deployed this morning. We will continue to use a data and
> feedback informed decision making in managing the site. Given the external
> audience nature of the site, it has consistently proven important to take
> the time to collect feedback and data from a wide variety of sources -
> including volunteers, press, donors, partner organizations, and readers of
> the projects.
>
> == What comes next ==
>
> More languages! The Communications department will continue to work on
> content development and expanding translations to additional languages. If
> you are interested in our plans for translations, please check out the
> information shared recently about the Organization communications
> translators group.[5]
>
> == Providing feedback ==
>
> The Communications department will continue to monitor the talk page for
> the Foundation's website on Meta-Wiki.[6] Additionally, I will be attending
> Wikimania in Stockholm and available to chat with folks.[7]
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_website
> [2] https://github.com/wikimedia/wikimediafoundation-org
> [3]
>
> https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/foundation/1/1b/Wikimedia_Foundation_website_-_2017-2018_update_-_Discovery_brief.pdf
> [5]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Communications/Organization_communications_translators_group
> [6] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Wikimedia_Foundation_website
> [7] https:/

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Banning real identities

[Alphos OGame]

Well, considering my life was already kind of in shambles beforehand, there
wasn't much more to be done, and I didn't risk much, but still, I valued my
privacy then - and still do.

I live in France with french citizenship, where I enjoy a rather
comfortable freedom of expression, but I'm also thinking of contributors in
less free countries who, despite being potentially despicable by
potentially deserving global bans, are also potentially being targets from
local authorities or groups of other sorts should their real identities be
ever divulged, not because of their global bans or the reasons thereof, but
because of their legitimate contributions to free culture and knowledge
(you know, what we *usually* do on the Wikimedia projects, other than
bicker on these mailing lists about whether or not the Wikimedia Foundation
should have done things differently).

The least information we give publicly about (current and former) members
of the community, the better. No matter whether we like them or not, even
if we absolutely despise them, even if they "deserve it" : they don't.
Even if they were one of my harassers, even if they lived in a free
country, I'd be sternly, strongly, and strictly against it.

Alphos

Le ven. 5 juil. 2019 à 13:52, Vi to  a écrit :

> Putting it simple WMF/functionaries/the community itself should take the
> less invasive actions needed to protect themselves.
>
> A public list of "persona non grata" for events is needed for sure, but I
> don't see any practical need to have it publicly shared.
>
> Vito
>
> Il giorno ven 5 lug 2019 alle ore 13:41 Andy Mabbett <
> a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> ha scritto:
>
> > > Den fre. 5. jul. 2019 kl. 11.53 skrev Thomas Townsend <
> > homesec1...@gmail.com
> >
> > > > You don;t explain why being "doxxed" was a bad thing for you, or
> > > > indeed what the downside is for anyone,  You simply assert that it is
> > > > a Bad Thing and must not happen.  Would you like to give your reasons
> > > > for those assertions?
> >
> > I lost my wallet to a pickpocket last week. Do I now need to give
> > reasons why this was a bad thing?
> >
> > Quite apart from the fact that you ignore the text "It may get them
> > jailed for the wrong reasons. It may get them harmed for their genuine
> > contributions."
> >
> > On Fri, 5 Jul 2019 at 12:25, Thyge  wrote:
> > >
> > > - and please explain the meaning of 'doxxed" as well. Is that US slang?
> >
> > If only there was some sort of free online encyclopedia, where such
> > things could be looked up:
> >
> >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doxing
> >
> > --
> > Andy Mabbett
> > @pigsonthewing
> > http://pigsonthewing.org.uk
> >
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] An updated design for the Wikimedia Foundation website

[Andy Mabbett]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2019 at 02:31, Gregory Varnum  wrote:

> Today, we are  thrilled to share an updated visual design style on the
> Wikimedia Foundation website (wikimediafoundation.org)!

Thank you. This is a vast improvement on the previous design.

However, I'm troubled that there is a scrolling background image, and
I cannot find a way to stop it moving. This is in breach of this WCAG
2 web accessibility guideline:

   https://www.w3.org/TR/UNDERSTANDING-WCAG20/time-limits-pause.html

and, if that guideline is breached right on the home page, then I am
concerned that insufficnt thought has been given to accessibility in
general.

What kind of accessibility audit was undertaken on the new design?

-- 
Andy Mabbett
@pigsonthewing
http://pigsonthewing.org.uk

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] An updated design for the Wikimedia Foundation website

[Strainu]

În mie., 10 iul. 2019 la 09:21, Kalliope Tsouroupidou
 a scris:
>
> Hey Greg,
>
> Sending privately [snip]

Nope :)

> Warm regards,
>
> K.
>
> On Wed, Jul 10, 2019 at 4:32 AM Gregory Varnum 
> wrote:
>
> > Hello!
> >
> > Today, we are  thrilled to share an updated visual design style on the
> > Wikimedia Foundation website (wikimediafoundation.org)!

I can't possibly express the relief I feel for not having to live with
the horrifying color choices of the previous version. Welcome back to
the 21st century WMF!

Strainu

> >
> > This updated design was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Product
> > design team. We worked on feedback from Meta-Wiki, emails, Phabricator, and
> > hundreds of conversations paired with user testing with people in the
> > target audiences for the website. We are incredibly appreciative of the
> > great care that team has taken in making strategic, data-led design
> > decisions and really helping us amplify the website's ability to convey our
> > story to people generally unfamiliar with Wikimedia.
> >
> > We have also expanded on the information about the website on its Meta-Wiki
> > page,[1] and updated the public mirror of the code base to reflect the
> > technical changes made to the site for this updated design.[2]
> >
> > Thank you to the now hundreds of people that have been involved in helping
> > us build a website for the Foundation which we can be proud of!
> > -greg & the Wikimedia Foundation Communication team
> >
> > = A bit more about the site =
> >
> > == How is the site doing? ==
> >
> > Since the site's soft launch in July 2018, traffic has continued to
> > increase. There has also been a significant increase in donations collected
> > via this website. Two key audiences, potential staff and partners, have
> > shared positive feedback on the site’s content and organization, enabling
> > them to find jobs and contact key teams respectively. Additionally, user
> > testing has shown a positive response to the content and overall
> > architecture of the site.
> >
> > == What brought us here ==
> >
> > The Wikimedia Foundation Communications department has been collecting
> > feedback on the Foundation's website since late 2016 and beginning in
> > early 2017 has been working on addressing the backlog of issues related to
> > the website. The original Foundation site, launched in 2004, did not have a
> > clear audience, and as a result was not effectively serving any of the
> > hundreds of uses people saw for it. Maintaining the site's content beyond
> > English had become a growing problem - leaving visitors with different
> > information, depending on which language they were using, on basic details
> > like our address and executive staff. Additionally, the site had over
> > 17,000 pages - a vast majority of which were either out of date or no
> > longer in use.
> >
> > In 2017-18, the Communications department ran a "Discovery" process to help
> > inform our decision making. This process included reviews of methods used
> > by other organizations, assessment of our current communication channels,
> > collecting feedback at Wikimania, and interviews with dozens of volunteers,
> > donors, contractors, and staff. The resulting report[3] and recommendations
> > helped identify the objectives and audiences of the website,[1] and were
> > utilized throughout the initial design and development of the new website.
> >
> > Shortly after the soft launch, the department began working with the
> > Product department's design team to perform user testing, process feedback
> > collected in the weeks following the soft launch, and collect additional
> > feedback to help us make informed decisions. They helped us collect and
> > process feedback from hundreds of individuals within and outside of the
> > movement.
> >
> > Based on feedback, they conducted user testing and developed the updated
> > design we deployed this morning. We will continue to use a data and
> > feedback informed decision making in managing the site. Given the external
> > audience nature of the site, it has consistently proven important to take
> > the time to collect feedback and data from a wide variety of sources -
> > including volunteers, press, donors, partner organizations, and readers of
> > the projects.
> >
> > == What comes next ==
> >
> > More languages! The Communications department will continue to work on
> > content development and expanding translations to additional languages. If
> > you are interested in our plans for translations, please check out the
> > information shared recently about the Organization communications
> > translators group.[5]
> >
> > == Providing feedback ==
> >
> > The Communications department will continue to monitor the talk page for
> > the Foundation's website on Meta-Wiki.[6] Additionally, I will be attending
> > Wikimania in Stockholm and available to chat with folks.[7]
> >
> > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_website
> > [2] htt