A game built on a travel-photograph-upload loop would be a great way to
build our depth of imagery.

cheers
stuart

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On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Toby Negrin <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Pine -- did you have any specific ideas? I spent some time in the
> gaming industry and am familiar with Ingress, the game that Pokeman Go is
> based on, as well as the theories behind mechanics/compulsion loops that
> mobile games use.
>
> I'll share one general thought -- the research-edit-publish loop is a
> great mechanism -- it's quick and easy and very gratifying, especially
> combined with a google search.
>
> However, we've generally found that the notion that we use gaming
> mechanics to encourage people to read or edit wikipedia does not have broad
> support in our communities.
>
> -Toby
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi WMF Mobile and Research,
>>
>> I'm wondering if we (mostly meaning "you" but perhaps with external
>> collaborators) have considered how the Wikipedia mobile apps, Wikipedia
>> mobile web, the Wikidata game, and/or the Commons app could borrow some
>> design ideas or features from Pokémon Go to make Wikimedia offerings more
>> appealing, particularly to younger audiences. This would apply to content
>> consumption and contribution, as well as community aspects of Wikimedia
>> experiences, particularly on mobile platforms.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Pine
>>
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