Hoi, I am sure that you and I have learned to create new articles. In the usability study, people who were completely new to MediaWiki were asked to perform well described tasks. All testsubjects were unable to create new articles. They did nothing wrong, they just could not figure out how to do this.
These tests were recorded on video and analysed by usability experts. Consequently the results are relevant and provide the best explanation that I have had so far why so many of our projects are failing. The good news is that the issue that has been identified is one that we can remedy. The even better news is that the UNICEF developers have created extensions that have been proven to make a difference. We only have to understand their results and apply the knowledge gained. Obviously we will want to ensure that this software complies with our standards, but this is something that we have the expertise for. This is a clear win-win situation as UNICEF stands to gain their functionality adopted by the WMF and consequently have less of a maintenance issue. Thanks, GerardM
2008/12/1 Amir E. Aharoni amir.aharoni@gmail.com
On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 10:43 PM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
At Wikimania 2008 a presentation was given by developers from UNICEF who had done proper usability
studies.
They found that 100% of their newbie testsubjects were not able to create
a
new article.
They must have done something wrong.
If they are right, then it must be an illusion that Wikipedia has several millions of articles.
I find the creation of a new article very easy. On the other hand, adding a link somewhere that says "create a new article" won't hurt.
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