page
directly on all devices. In the RfC page, I have placed images of what it
would look like on both desktop and mobile. This will not affect the
apps, as they have their own interface.
We have the request for comment (RfC) article on mediawiki and have asked
for it to be translated and it will eventually get to the Village Pumps as
well.
Since this update is not changing the content of the page - just the
layout - I felt that since the other portal pages are on mediawiki, that it
would be an appropriate place for the RfC.
Cheers,
Deb
On Friday, July 8, 2016, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Deb,
1. Is the proposed new page for mobile, desktop, or both?
2. Would the change affect the Apple and Android apps?
3. My personal first impression is that I like the new proposal. However,
because it is a content/design change, it should go through a community RfC
on Meta. My hunch is that it will be approved after about a month. Whether
or not the change is approved, the discussion should provide some valuable
feedback for future possibilities of that portal.
Thanks,
Pine
On Jul 7, 2016 14:46, "Deborah Tankersley" <dtankersley(a)wikimedia.org
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wrote:
Hello,
The Wikimedia Foundation Discovery Portal team [1] has recently
completed tests to
see if a new
Wikipedia.org [3] page design would be
easier to navigate by adding a dropdown that contained all the languages by
article count list.
The test results [4] did indeed find that visitors were more likely to
click
through to a link and there was a lower amount of 'non-action' on the
page, because of the new design. We also tested the page with many
Wikipedia users and received comments that the new page design was
aesthetically pleasing and less cluttered.
Based on this information, we would like to promote this into production
on the
Wikipedia.org portal, but we want to ask the community for
feedback and/or suggestions [5].
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipedia_Portal_AB_Test_of_Collaps…
[5]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikipedia.org_updated_page_layout
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