This update is past due and there's 10% more to get done, but I want to share and give you guys time to look at what we've prepared.

FAQ on goal setting process
​ (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Interface/Goals_FAQ)​


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Timelines for our top 3 goals
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Goal 1: Basic styles implemented with base CSS & accompanying HTML (http://bit.ly/1lvBZjj)

☐ T118918 Extracting Less css from May’s github repo and understand current implementations at OOjs UI, Minerva (Q2)
☐ Evaluate approaches and come up with compounded initial Less file in a central Gerrit repo (Q2)
☐ Review with WMF designers and developers on the Less approach and revise the Less file (Q2)
☐ Double check to make sure that Less file is working with other frameworks with users including community members, and follow-up with WMF designers and devs (Q2)
☐ T118920 Document on MediaWiki on how to use (Q2)



Goal 2: Enhance accessibility of MediaWiki UI library / OOjs UI / LSG to screen readers and color-deficient users (http://bit.ly/1MCJE6h)

☐ Triage accessibility bugs on Phabricator (Q2)
☐ T109915 Finalize color palette (grays, blues, reds, greens, yellows, orange) that meets WCAG 2.0 guidelines (Q2)
☐ Recruit color-deficient users (Q3)
☐ Test with color-deficient users on color palette (Q3)
☐ Document on style guide and MediaWiki on how to use with community members (Q3)
☐ Make sure OOjs UI and MediaWiki UI meets reasonable WAI-ARIA standards
☐ Recruit screen reader users
☐ Test with screen reader users
☐ Document on style guide on how to use
☐ Revise and improve our current methods of communications with community members and foundation employees to raise accessibility concerns (Q3)



Goal 3: Style Guide - Guide on how/when to use components (http://bit.ly/1lvC4DD)

☐ Understand what non-technical contributors need in their work (Q2)
☐ Understand what non-technical volunteer contributors need in their work (Q3)
☐ Understand what technical volunteer contributors need in their work (Q3)
☐ Understand what developers need in their work (Q3)
☐ Understand what designers need in their work (Q3)
☐ Synthesize and develop ideas on how to best document the guide to answer use cases from developers, volunteer contributors and designers (Q3)


​If you're interested in the progress of these goals, click "subscribe" to these goals on Phabricator to be in the loop. We track our work there and make updates regularly. 


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On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 12:13 PM, May Tee-Galloway <mgalloway@wikimedia.org> wrote:
The timing should be fine, we'll respond with clarifications on the sheet.

If you find that your team has a different need that's not listed, you
can also list them down here on this Etherpad:
etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/uistdztn-teams

mm

On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Abbey Ripstra <aripstra@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the definitions, May. There were a few blank spots I asked for
> clarification in (see comments in the second tab in spreadsheet). DR team is
> working on our vote, and will be able to submit our vote before end of week.
> Is that timing OK?
>
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:23 PM, Dan Garry <dgarry@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>
>> Volker,
>>
>> Makes perfect sense to me. Thank you!
>>
>> Dan
>>
>> On 10 November 2015 at 12:53, Volker Eckl <veckl@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Dan,
>>>
>>>
>>> The email we sent out to you this morning targets to bring all the
>>> parties involved so far up-to-date with the goals syncing process.
>>>
>>>
>>> Along with other things mentioned, we will post our synced goals on the
>>> public page as soon as we have gathered final feedback and defined goals’
>>> timelines.
>>>
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Volker
>>>
>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 9:03 PM, Abbey Ripstra <aripstra@wikimedia.org>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I will be adding my team's vote before the end of the day. Thanks for
>>>> this!
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:02 PM, Toby Negrin <tnegrin@wikimedia.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> No public goals yet please. Let's get internal agreement first. Step by
>>>>> step.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Toby
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, November 10, 2015, Wes Moran <wmoran@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering/2015-16_Q2_Goals#Reading
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:35 AM, Dan Garry <dgarry@wikimedia.org>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for the updates!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> From a process perspective, I'd ask that you post your goals to the
>>>>>>> public goals page, as it's the centralised place where we keep all goals.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>> Dan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 10 November 2015 at 09:43, May Tee-Galloway
>>>>>>> <mgalloway@wikimedia.org> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We want to post an update on the progress on UI standardization’s Q2
>>>>>>>> goals.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Late last week we were able to collect most of your team priorities
>>>>>>>> so
>>>>>>>> we, the UI Standardization team, can better sync efforts to
>>>>>>>> collectively achieve UI consistency with other teams. We’ve started
>>>>>>>> with Reading, Editing and Search/Discovery. Through learnings from
>>>>>>>> more conversations, we then reached out to several teams across the
>>>>>>>> foundation that produce front-end user interfaces. These priorities
>>>>>>>> are documented here:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/a/wikimedia.org/spreadsheets/d/163SxJchYcDozOwjkzBszqnW1ai2dzC_HVmMYnZR0X0M/edit?usp=sharing
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We are still in the process of gathering feedback from more
>>>>>>>> community
>>>>>>>> members, Community Resources, and Design Research teams. The timing
>>>>>>>> hasn’t been ideal, but I am very happy to see this many
>>>>>>>> participation
>>>>>>>> from relevant parties as a start from the *entire* foundation. We
>>>>>>>> are
>>>>>>>> learning to better join forces and we are learning fast. Hence,
>>>>>>>> going
>>>>>>>> forward in the next quarters to come, we want to make it a point to
>>>>>>>> better integrate teams and community members that do similar work
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> care about this matter.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It's well into mid Q2 now, our scope for Q2 will be smaller, but
>>>>>>>> nonetheless productive and impactful. For the remaining quarter, we
>>>>>>>> will be prioritizing on these efforts:
>>>>>>>> 1- Basic styles implemented with CSS and accompanying HTML
>>>>>>>> 2- Style Guide - Guide on how and when to use UI components
>>>>>>>> 3- Improve accessibility of our interface (Vector, OOjs UI,
>>>>>>>> MediaWiki UI)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> There will be list of FAQ on our MediaWiki page
>>>>>>>> (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_User_Interface) in the
>>>>>>>> next
>>>>>>>> couple of days on how we came to prioritize these requests with your
>>>>>>>> help. We will also be sharing the estimated timelines for these said
>>>>>>>> top priorities within this week.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> We will be posting more on the public design list so our community
>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>> be in the loop and have weight even at goal settings. I hope to see
>>>>>>>> further design-related topics be brought up in the same channel as
>>>>>>>> well.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So, stay tuned! More updates to come.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> May & Volker
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> Dan Garry
>>>>>>> Lead Product Manager, Discovery
>>>>>>> Wikimedia Foundation
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Abbey Ripstra
>>>> Lead Design Researcher \\ Wikimedia Foundation
>>>> M +1 773 412 7463
>>>>
>>>> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
>>>> the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Dan Garry
>> Lead Product Manager, Discovery
>> Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
>
>
> --
> Abbey Ripstra
> Lead Design Researcher \\ Wikimedia Foundation
> M +1 773 412 7463
>
> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in
> the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality!



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