Thanks to finally having some time to write code during the holiday
slow-down, I put together a little feature prototype as a research project:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/182082
The feature is just a simple interface for reporting errors on article
pages (similar to what exists on the Spanish and Russian desktop
Wikipedias). It adds a 'Report an error' button to the bottom of article
pages. When they click the button it encourages them to fix the error
themselves by editing the page. If they still want to submit the error, it
gives them a text input for doing so. The error report is then posted on
the article Talk Page, the overlay is closed, and the user is shown a toast
notification thanking them for their feedback.
This is intended to be a lightwight form of microcontribution, but without
all the extra overhead of ArticleFeedback and without the complexity of
real talk pages (or Flow). Unfortunately, it can only be used if the user
is allowed to edit, so it will be of limited value on non-Italian
Wikipedias.
Try it out and let me know what you think.
Kaldari