On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 05:07:11PM -0700, Fabrice Florin wrote:
A. Simple 'Edit? button: (5)
Provide an ?Edit? tool above the fold, so that advanced users can quickly go to the
Commons description page to edit it. Restrict this to logged-in users only?
? Pros: gives editors a much-needed edit tool, in a compact format that is easy to
understand (pencil icon), making it easier for them to do their work
? Cons: readers could get confused by this tool, which takes them to a completely
different site (so we may want to not show it to them at all).
One thing I'm not totally clear on - is this a link to the edit page,
or to the description page? The former would be hard technically, but
the latter would be less useful for power users (maybe?)
C. 'More details on Commons?: (7)
Provide a call to action inviting new users to check more details on Commons, explaining
what it is and how to get there. Shown below the fold, after key details.
? Pros: Clarifies what Commons is and why users might want to go there: to get more
details and share free media. Larger panel makes it easier to find.
? Cons: Below the fold position means many users will not see it. Consider using it in
combination with Options A or B above?
The problem I have with this is that it's really Commons centric. I have
seen enough Commons-centric crap go into UploadWizard that I'm really
cautious about this now, and this smells funny to me.
In particular, the text that is in the mockup doesn't seem to come from
anywhere API-accessible, so we would either need to add another field to
the siteinfo API ("subtitle for this wiki on remote sites using it as a
repository for images..." verbose) or hard-code it in for Commons (see
above), which both sound unappealing.
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Mark Holmquist
Software Engineer, Multimedia
Wikimedia Foundation
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