Hi all,
While adding details on story #589
<https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/589> about
showing the caption above the fold in Media Viewer, I recalled that we were
considering not showing the file description below the fold for files that
have both a caption and a description. I wanted to confirm if that is the
case, and the changes it will imply.
I created story #895
<https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/895> to
capture required changes if we remove the below the fold description.
Basically it reorganises a little bit the authorship information so that is
can expand using the room the description used and avoids just having an
empty area below the fold.
The rationale for removing the description below the fold was that for
files that have both caption and description they tend to be redundant most
of the time. I did a quick exploration by picking some random vital articles
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles> and going through
62 images:
- 46% of the images lack description or it was not shown in Media Viewer
- From the rest of the files where both caption and description:
- 58% (26% of total) provide redundant information or the description
didn't add additional details (example
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_da_Vinci#mediaviewer/File:Clos_luce_04_straight.JPG>
).
- 44% (20% of total) show more details on the description or
complementary info to the caption (example
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)#mediaviewer/File:Mercuryorbitsolarsystem.gif>
).
I'm not sure how representative this is compared to all our files (any data
on the subject is welcome), but taking into account that the file
description can be accessed through the "more details" button which we plan
to make more prominent, I'm ok with removing it if we don't found stronger
evidence of its need.
Should that be made as part of the changes of #589
<https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/589>?
I don't know, I created card #895
<https://wikimedia.mingle.thoughtworks.com/projects/multimedia/cards/895> as
a separate card so that it can be done after #589 or at the same time, as
it makes more sense according to development efforts.
Any thoughts?
Pau
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Pau Giner
Interaction Designer
Wikimedia Foundation