On 02/12/2014 05:58 PM, Fabrice Florin wrote:
Lastly, we recommend further discussions between the
community and the
foundation on how to give readers a voice on our sites. Suggested topics
include how to make it easier for readers to comment on articles they
read — as well as how to enable readers to participate in decisions that
impact them, so that we can better serve the needs of all our users in
the free culture movement.
I think a prime focus should be on how we can help readers become
contributors (that's also related to my team's primary goals). This
does not just mean editing, but any form of contribution, including
creating drafts, fixing disambiguation links (and other
micro-contributions), uploading images, categorization, adding labels
(Wikidata), and so much more.
There are small steps people can take into contributing, which I think
is better than a small step where they still define themselves as simply
a reader.
If/when we provide ways for readers to provide constructive feedback, we
should look at having them anchor it to something concrete, whether it's
a section, a range of text, a particular image, etc.
Matt Flaschen