Hi all,
Just a quick note to let you know that we made these revisions today on the English Wikipedia, at the community's request: • switched AFT5 to 'opt-in' mode • disabled feedback tool on AFT5 'lottery' articles • disabled AFT4 feedback tool
This removed Article feedback tools from most of the articles on the English Wikipedia, as requested by the community in this RfC closure statement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/Article_feedback
Going forward, editors who wish to enable AFT5 on articles they watch can simply add 'Category:Article_Feedback_5' to these articles -- and the feedback form will automatically appear at the bottom of these pages. Editors who add AFT5 using this 'opt-in' method are encouraged to moderate feedback periodically for those articles (using the reader feedback link at the top of their article talk pages).
To learn more about our next steps for Article Feedback, check out this 2013 release plan for Article Feedback: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Version_5/Release_Plan_2013
Here are the key milestones we are now aiming for:
Week of March 11: • deploy an updated version of the tool on a new database cluster for both English and German Wikipedias • discuss decisions about Article feedback settings (e.g.: inappropriate posts, feedback link, abuse filter)
Week of March 18: • deploy Article Feedback on a few articles on the French Wikipedia (for a technical test for the first two weeks). • test the new version with a small group of volunteers on English, French and German Wikipedias + fix bugs
Week of March 25: • deploy and test bug fixes with a larger group of volunteers • finalize decisions about Article feedback settings for each wiki.
Week of April 1: • deploy a final release version on English, French and German Wikipedias • increase the pilot footprint on the French Wikipedia to 42,000 articles • socialize all 3 releases with a broader community • publish a blog post about these new releases • track and study feedback metrics
Please let us know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions about this plan, which we will keep updating regularly.
All the best,
Fabrice
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Fabrice Florin Product Manager, Editor Engagement Wikimedia Foundation