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On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 7:04 PM, Huji Lee <[email protected]> wrote:

> All,
>
> There is a small consensus in FA WP [1] to join in on this activity. I
> understand that it is only an enhancement and will only affect some
> logged-in users. In the light of this and the small consensus, I think it
> would be good to go ahead and include FA WP in this experiment. It can help
> us tease out any potential RTL design issues faster as well.
>
> Huji
>
> On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Deborah Tankersley <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the comments about the RTL wikis - during prototyping and
>> testing, we'll be paying close attention to the layout to be sure we don't
>> have weird things happening!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Deb
>>
>>
>> --
>> deb tankersley
>> Product Manager, Discovery
>> irc: debt
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Trey Jones <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Huji, thanks for the reminder about RTL wikis, which is always welcome.
>>>
>>> To expand on Deb's answer, searchers are randomly chosen to see new
>>> results in our A/B tests, so you can't volunteer yourself as a user. Unlike
>>> a beta feature, where motivated and knowledgeable users opt in, the random
>>> tests give us a better idea of how average users will react to the proposed
>>> changes.
>>>
>>> Deb (& Jan), have we looked at how the current design will work on RTL
>>> wikis? (With Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew being the three biggest by volume,
>>> according to a glance at the dashboards.) Some designs, like the result
>>> list on the side, may need extra design work to be made RTL-friendly.
>>>
>>> —Trey
>>>
>>> Trey Jones
>>> Software Engineer, Discovery
>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>
>>> On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Deborah Tankersley <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks, Huji, to answer your question - this will be a short series of
>>>> tests on Wikipedia that will display additional relevant search results
>>>> across wikis in the same language to a selected number of users that fall
>>>> into our bucketing schema. Not everyone will see the new results every time
>>>> if they land on a search results listing page.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Deb
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> deb tankersley
>>>> Product Manager, Discovery
>>>> irc: debt
>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Huji Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think it would be best if we test it in at least one RTL wiki. I
>>>>> will mention this in the VP of Persian Wikipedia (FA WP).
>>>>>
>>>>> If it is meant to only be shown for select users and has no impact for
>>>>> others, I am wiling to volunteer myself as a tester.
>>>>>
>>>>> Huji
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Deborah Tankersley <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Discovery Search team is looking for a few language specific
>>>>>> Wikipedia sites that would be interested in helping with A/B testing for
>>>>>> cross-wiki search results. These tests would evaluate if adding search
>>>>>> results across wiki projects in the same language would be useful,
>>>>>> relevant, and are of interest to users.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We've written up the details
>>>>>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_Improvements> 
>>>>>> [1],
>>>>>> came up with a multitude of designs
>>>>>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_Improvements/Design>
>>>>>> [2], and had many conversations on both talk pages and with our own
>>>>>> internal Design team. We have also outlined the initial tests
>>>>>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_Improvements/Testing>
>>>>>>  [3]
>>>>>> that we'd like to run.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> These planned A/B tests would run for about a week and would only be
>>>>>> shown to a small subsection of users that visit the Wikipedia(s) that the
>>>>>> tests are running on. The analyzed results of these tests will be posted 
>>>>>> on
>>>>>> wiki so that everyone can see how they did in terms of usage and adoption
>>>>>> of the test group.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We would like to know if there are any particular Wikipedias that
>>>>>> would want to help us test these new search results across projects in
>>>>>> their language. Interested community members might want to post something
>>>>>> to their project's Village Pump to build consensus. Wikipedias that are
>>>>>> related culturally or linguistically would also be of interest.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please post on our testing talk page
>>>>>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Cross-wiki_Search_Result_Improvements/Testing>
>>>>>> [4] if there are any questions, concerns, or volunteers!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_
>>>>>> Improvements
>>>>>> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_
>>>>>> Improvements/Design
>>>>>> [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_
>>>>>> Improvements/Testing
>>>>>> [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Cross-wiki_Search_Re
>>>>>> sult_Improvements/Testing
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> deb tankersley
>>>>>> Product Manager, Discovery
>>>>>> irc: debt
>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
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