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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 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> 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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> discovery mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/discovery >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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