Hi Deb,

Great improvement!

Looking at the page, I only notice one major error. My language is Dutch
(nl), and so my browser/computer system is set that way. However the phrase
is spelled wrong: it says: "De vrieje encyclopedie" while it should say "De
vrije encyclopedie". So: vrieje -> vrije. "vrieje" is not a Dutch word. Can
this be fixed?

Further I would recommend one thing to be added to the page. Because large
parts of the word visit Wikipedia through internet cafés and computers
elsewhere, I would suggest in the top right/left corner an option to change
the language.

And one final question: will the bottom section of the page also be
translatable?

Thanks!
Romaine



2016-06-07 0:05 GMT+02:00 Deborah Tankersley <[email protected]>:

> Hello,
>
> The Discovery team recently updated the wikipedia.org portal page to
> detect what the visitor's browser's preferred language(s) are and then
> arrange the language links around the globe to match those language
> preferences.
>
> Earlier this year, we ran a successful A/B test
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_Portal_A/B_testing#A.2FB_test:_browser_language_detection_.28completed.29>
> that proved promoting our visitor's preferred languages resulted in
> increased visibility and interest into these projects. Also, the display of
> '*The Free Encyclopedia*' phrase is now localized to the visitor's first
> preferred browser language. If there isn't a translation available, the
> phrase will be displayed in English (view a screenshot
> <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AWikipedia_portal_top_10_links_re-sort.png>)
> as it currently is today.
>
> Additionally, a new A/B test
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_Portal_A/B_testing#A.2FB_test:_languages_by_article_count_.28in_progress.29>
>  will kick
> off this week to determine if the listing of languages by article count can
> be displayed in a more modern and streamlined way without decreasing usage
> of the links. Our goal is to promote easy scrolling through the long list
> of languages by article count, but in a dropdown format while also
> providing greater discovery of the sister wiki project links.
>
> More information on past and future work can be found on the wiki page
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_Portal> as well as the
> sprint <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/discovery-portal-sprint/>
>  and backlog
> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/discovery-portal-backlog/> boards. 
> We're
> always interested in receiving constructive feedback from the community: if
> you have a question or comment, please start a discussion on the talk page
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Wikipedia.org_Portal>.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Deb
> --
> Deb Tankersley
> Product Manager, Discovery
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
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