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
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Trey Jones <tjones(a)wikimedia.org> 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 <
dtankersley(a)wikimedia.org> 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
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On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Huji Lee <huji.huji(a)gmail.com> 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 <
dtankersley(a)wikimedia.org> 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
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