Mobile-l July 2016

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Title: [Apps] Android Wikipedia beta app release (v2.3.149-beta-2016-07-19)
by Stephen Niedzielski 20 Jul '16

20 Jul '16

The Android team[0] is pleased to announce a new Wikipedia Android app beta release, v2.3.149-beta-2016-07-19[1]. This revision is a maintenance release with the following fixes[2]: - Fix crash when pluralizing Feed text in certain languages. - Respect image download preference in the Feed. - Correct Feed status bar color on older Android devices. Help make it better! Read our getting started guide[3]. We can't wait for your contributions! -The WMF Android team [0] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team [1] Rolling out at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia.beta [2] A complete list of changes is available at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/APAW/history/master/;beta/2.3.1… [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Apps/Team/Wikipedia_Android_app_ha…

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Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Wiki-research-l] Mobile Wikipedia, Commons, Wikidata, and Pokémon
by Pine W 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

I was thinking along similar lines as Stuart, using OSM to navigate and encouraging users to take photos of landmarks and other buildings where that's permitted by FOP. Landmarks for which we have only small photos, old photos (more than about 3 years), or no photos could be prioritized. Also, for readers, how about showing the readers an OSM view of the world and noting which nearby features have Wikipedia articles as the users navigate on the map? Finally, I'd like users to have emotionally rewarding experiences when exploring our content, as well as creating new content or editing existing content. Editing is painful on mobile, and even on desktop in VE there are bugs which are frustrating. I'd like our tools to work properly, fast, and intuitively. I realize that WMF has a limited budget, but our interface is a ways from being a smooth and enjoyable experience, both on VE and on wikitext. And for readers, I'd like to have robust multimedia search and interactive features. We are far behind in our interfaces compared to sites and apps that others provide, and I hope that we can close that gap within the next two to three years. If WMF does not improve its interfaces rapidly, this leaves the door open for competitors to remix our content with better interfaces, and also encourages potential contibutors to leave Wikimedia for places that provide nice, modern designs and user experiences. Pine On Jul 14, 2016 15:03, "Stuart A. Yeates" <syeates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > A game built on a travel-photograph-upload loop would be a great way to > build our depth of imagery. > > cheers > stuart > > -- > ...let us be heard from red core to black sky > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Toby Negrin <tnegrin(a)wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Hi Pine -- did you have any specific ideas? I spent some time in the >> gaming industry and am familiar with Ingress, the game that Pokeman Go is >> based on, as well as the theories behind mechanics/compulsion loops that >> mobile games use. >> >> I'll share one general thought -- the research-edit-publish loop is a >> great mechanism -- it's quick and easy and very gratifying, especially >> combined with a google search. >> >> However, we've generally found that the notion that we use gaming >> mechanics to encourage people to read or edit wikipedia does not have broad >> support in our communities. >> >> -Toby >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi WMF Mobile and Research, >>> >>> I'm wondering if we (mostly meaning "you" but perhaps with external >>> collaborators) have considered how the Wikipedia mobile apps, Wikipedia >>> mobile web, the Wikidata game, and/or the Commons app could borrow some >>> design ideas or features from Pokémon Go to make Wikimedia offerings more >>> appealing, particularly to younger audiences. This would apply to content >>> consumption and contribution, as well as community aspects of Wikimedia >>> experiences, particularly on mobile platforms. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Pine >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mobile-l mailing list >>> Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki-research-l mailing list >> Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >

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Fwd: geo search is now live
by Erik Bernhardson 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

This week we shipped a new feature at the request of the mobile apps team, geo integration to full text search. (bare bones) Documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:CirrusSearch#Geo_Search Quick example usage for bounded geo search: https://people.wikimedia.org/~ebernhardson/mapsearch.html#Pittsburgh|intitl… https://people.wikimedia.org/~ebernhardson/mapsearch.html#San_Francisco|has… :"National_Register_of_Historic_Places_in_California" https://people.wikimedia.org/~ebernhardson/mapsearch.html#200km,Moscow|inca… Direct search example: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?fulltext=1&search=incategory%3AKremlin… Also implemented a "boost" version which increases the search score of pages within a particular area, rather than the default which limits to a geographic area. Compare: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?fulltext=1&search=boost-neartitle%3A%2… vs. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?fulltext=1&search=museum

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mobile-l:产品经理该如何定位？其职责是什么？
by grbediw 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

当一个企业从单一产品线向多产品线跨越的时候，必须突破的一个瓶颈就是公司产品经理的培养，因为产品经理是公司价值链中最重要的一个环节，是直接面向客户、带领团队创造价值的领军人物，因此产品经理个人及其所率领的团队的能力往往决定了该产品在市场上的竞争力。然而，很多发展中的企业在构建产品管理体系和培养产品经理的过程中却面临很多困惑，比如： 1.产品经理该如何定位？其职责是什么？ 2.产品经理需要具备什么样的能力？如何培养？ 3.如何与客户有效沟通，从而发掘客户的隐性需求？ 4.如何从大量的需求信息中提炼出核心的客户需求？ 5.如何策划有竞争力的差异化产品？ 6.如何确保策划的核心需求在开发过程中被充分实现？ 7.如何把新产品成功的推向市场？ 8.如何避免产品经理沦落成“问题经理”？ 9.如何实现产品经理从“单挑”模式向“打群架”模式的转变？ 10.如何构建适合产品经理成长的优良土壤？ 2016-7-1513:39:06 ktz4kp

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Mobile Wikipedia, Commons, Wikidata, and Pokémon
by Pine W 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Hi WMF Mobile and Research, I'm wondering if we (mostly meaning "you" but perhaps with external collaborators) have considered how the Wikipedia mobile apps, Wikipedia mobile web, the Wikidata game, and/or the Commons app could borrow some design ideas or features from Pokémon Go to make Wikimedia offerings more appealing, particularly to younger audiences. This would apply to content consumption and contribution, as well as community aspects of Wikimedia experiences, particularly on mobile platforms. Thanks, Pine

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Mobile sessions at Wikimania
by Tilman Bayer 07 Jul '16

07 Jul '16

At last month's Wikimania conference there were two sessions of particular interest to this list: 1. "Adapting for Mobile Consumption" <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_digest/Adapting_for_Mobile_Co…>, a presentation by Jon Katz with Nirzar Pangarkar, from the WMF Reading team. In Jon's words, the talk is an introduction for editors to the challenges we face together as we adapt our projects for mobile, with a heavy focus on reading. A video recording <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u0Upq5dGcs> is now available (including an extensive Q&A), along with the presentation slides <https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1vi3JEML9zEzZPLIdEH9qJp7Uu5l5EyjtUM4…> . 2. A separate discussion session took place on the day before, titled "Going mobile and keeping editing: needs and challenges to edit Wikipedia from mobile devices" <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discussions/Mobile> (which the organizers based partly on our session proposal <https://wikimania2016.wikimedia.org/wiki/Discussions/Submissions/Half_of_ou…> ). It saw quite lively participation; notes are at https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Wikimania2016-discussion3c . One aspect I found interesting (but which probably won't come as a surprise to any community liaisons reading along) is that Phabricator still seems foreign territory to many community members: During the session, I and other people posted links to various existing Phabricator tasks related to the suggestions/concerns that were being brought up; but as far I can see those tickets didn't receive any comments or subscriptions subsequently. -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB

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Comparison of collapsed vs. expanded section view on mobile web
by Tilman Bayer 05 Jul '16

05 Jul '16

Hi, as most on this list will be aware, on the mobile web version of Wikipedia, all top-level sections below the lead section are currently shown collapsed on initial view. Users can tap on a section heading to show the content, and to collapse it again. To examine the tradeoffs of this solution and inform future product decisions, we ran an experiment where 0.05% of mobile web users were shown all pages with every section expanded on initial load, instrumented alongside a control group of 0.05% that kept seeing the standard view where all sections all initially collapsed. A high-level summary of results is now available at https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Collapsed_vs_uncollapsed_section_v… . In particular: * Readers in the test group (sections expanded) tend to stay longer on the page * Readers in the test group tend to spend more time reading, and less time navigating * Readers in the test group tend to scroll more sections into view than readers in the control group open * Readers in the test group tend to stay shorter on the page than readers using the Android Wikipedia app (which offers a TOC for easier navigation, something not yet available in the mobile web test group) Comments and questions are welcome, feel free to use the talk page for them too. Note that this experiment only measured some aspects, and that the results don't yet allow the unambiguous conclusion that it would be better to switch to the uncollapsed view. That said, they certainly suggest that such a change should be considered. It is being planned to examine this question further with some user testing sessions. (As an experiment, I've taken the opportunity to write this up this analysis as a page in the research namespace on Meta, instead of on Phabricator or in form of an email as done on other occasions. Feedback on the format is welcome too.) -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB

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Fwd: [Wmfall] Launching Project Grants!
by Joshua Minor 01 Jul '16

01 Jul '16

Cross-posting from various lists... *TL;DR a new Foundation grant program starts today. Recent posts to this list highlighted efforts to revive and improve Android Commons app by Josephine Lim, with a similar type of grant[1]. Grants with this new program could be a great source of support for similar mobile related Wikimedia projects.* [1] - https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2016-June/010255.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alex Wang <awang(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 10:10 AM Subject: [Wmfall] Launching Project Grants! To: "Staff (All)" <wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Hi everyone, The Wikimedia Foundation Project Grants program will launch its first open call on July 1. We will be accepting proposals through August 2nd for new ideas to improve Wikimedia projects. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project>. Funds are available to support individuals, groups and organizations to implement new experiments and proven ideas, whether focused on building a new tool or gadget, organizing a better process on your wiki, researching an important issue, coordinating an editathon series or providing other support for community-building. Ideas from the current Inspire Campaign on addressing harassment are very welcome. <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire> Do you have have a good idea, but would like some feedback before applying? Put it into the IdeaLab, where volunteers and staff can give you advice and guidance on how to bring it to life. < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab> Once your idea is ready, it can be easily migrated into a grant request. Marti Johnson and I will also be hosting weekly proposals clinics via Hangouts and IRC for real-time discussions about the Project Grants Open Call. We’ll answer questions and help you make your proposal better. Dates and times are as follows: * Tuesday, July 5 - 16:00 UTC * Thursday, July 14 - 02:00 UTC * Wednesday, July 20 - 15:00 UTC * Friday, July 29 - 02:00 UTC * Tuesday, August 2 - 01:30 UTC * Tuesday, August 2 - 16:00 UTC Links for Hangouts and the IRC channel are available here: < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events#Upcoming_events> We are excited to see your grant ideas that will support our community and make an impact on the future of Wikimedia projects. Put your idea into motion, and submit your proposal between July 1 and August 2! < https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Apply> Please feel free to get in touch with me (awang(a)wikimedia.org) or Marti Johnson (mjohnson(a)wikimedia.org) with questions about getting started with your project! Warm regards, Alex & Marti -- Alexandra Wang Program Officer Community Resources Wikimedia Foundation <http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> +1 415-839-6885 Skype: alexvwang _______________________________________________ Wmfall mailing list Wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall

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