Hi Romaine, We're glad you like the new page functionality! I've opened up a ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T137215> to fix the Dutch phrase translation typo, thanks for letting us know. :)
For your comment about adding in an option to change the language, I'm curious about something, as this has come up before. Would you prefer to use the portal page in the language that is detected (as we do now) or in a different language but not actually searching on that language's wiki? For instance, if your preferred language is Dutch: would it make sense for you to click on that language link on the portal page to go to nl.wikipedia.org and then do a search? Or, even if the browser's language is detected as Dutch (nl) would you rather use the portal page to search in a different language, like English? Yes, thanks for asking, the sister project links will be translated and we have a ticket <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T136441> open to get that started. We wanted the descriptive text to be visible on the page to give more insight into the sister projects, even though we don't have the text translated yet. Cheers, Deb -- Deb Tankersley Product Manager, Discovery Wikimedia Foundation On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 5:13 AM, Romaine Wiki <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors > >
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