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Sent from my iPad > On Nov 14, 2016, at 2:21 PM, [email protected] > wrote: > > Send Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Wikitech-ambassadors digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: [discovery] Request for testing / early adoption of new > cross-wiki search results (Trey Jones) > 2. Tech News (2016, week 46) (Johan Jönsson) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 11:03:07 -0500 > From: Trey Jones <[email protected]> > To: A public mailing list about Wikimedia Search and Discovery > projects <[email protected]> > Cc: Coordination of technology deployments across languages/projects > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Wikitech-ambassadors] [discovery] Request for testing / > early adoption of new cross-wiki search results > Message-ID: > <CAHf72DvBV=32wy7ggxuquqgv6poegcwzvwxg3mumm0+vxht...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 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 >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-ambassadors/attachments/20161114/4dfe152e/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:20:59 +0100 > From: Johan Jönsson <[email protected]> > To: Wikitech Ambassadors <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikitech-ambassadors] Tech News (2016, week 46) > Message-ID: > <caal5neb5wtqy+sb6itjtaeznek2hbfzakwz31bkqu9varu+...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > The latest technical newsletter is now available at < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/46>. > Below is the English version. > > You can help write the next newsletter: whenever you see information about > Wikimedia technology that you think should be distributed more broadly, you > can add it to the next newsletter at < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/Next>. > > More information on how to contribute is available at < > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News#contribute>. 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Please tell other users about these changes. > Not all changes will affect you. Translations > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Tech/News/2016/46> are > available. > > *Recent changes* > > - When you edit with the visual editor you can use meta + shift + k to > add a reference. The meta key is often the control key or command key. > [1] <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T99299> > > *Changes this week* > > - [image: Octicons-sync.svg] The new version > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.29/wmf.3> of MediaWiki will > be on test wikis and MediaWiki.org from November 15. It will be on > non-Wikipedia wikis and some Wikipedias from November 16. It will be on all > wikis from November 17 (calendar > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_1.29/Roadmap>). > - In Special:Preferences > <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences> you can choose > which language menus and buttons will be in. 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