Thanks for the comments about the RTL wikis - during
prototyping and
testing, we'll be paying close attention to the layout to be sure we don't
have weird things happening!
Cheers,
Deb
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Trey Jones <tjones(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Huji, thanks for the reminder about RTL wikis,
which is always welcome.
To expand on Deb's answer, searchers are randomly chosen to see new
results in our A/B tests, so you can't volunteer yourself as a user. Unlike
a beta feature, where motivated and knowledgeable users opt in, the random
tests give us a better idea of how average users will react to the proposed
changes.
Deb (& Jan), have we looked at how the current design will work on RTL
wikis? (With Arabic, Persian, and Hebrew being the three biggest by volume,
according to a glance at the dashboards.) Some designs, like the result
list on the side, may need extra design work to be made RTL-friendly.
—Trey
Trey Jones
Software Engineer, Discovery
Wikimedia Foundation
On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 9:04 AM, Deborah Tankersley <
dtankersley(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Thanks, Huji, to answer your question - this will
be a short series of
tests on Wikipedia that will display additional relevant search results
across wikis in the same language to a selected number of users that fall
into our bucketing schema. Not everyone will see the new results every time
if they land on a search results listing page.
Cheers,
Deb
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On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 6:11 PM, Huji Lee <huji.huji(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I think it would be best if we test it in at
least one RTL wiki. I will
mention this in the VP of Persian Wikipedia (FA WP).
If it is meant to only be shown for select users and has no impact for
others, I am wiling to volunteer myself as a tester.
Huji
On Thu, Nov 10, 2016 at 6:03 PM, Deborah Tankersley <
dtankersley(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> The Discovery Search team is looking for a few language specific
> Wikipedia sites that would be interested in helping with A/B testing for
> cross-wiki search results. These tests would evaluate if adding search
> results across wiki projects in the same language would be useful,
> relevant, and are of interest to users.
>
> We've written up the details
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_Improvements> [1],
> came up with a multitude of designs
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_Improvements/Design>
> [2], and had many conversations on both talk pages and with our own
> internal Design team. We have also outlined the initial tests
> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_Improvements/Testing>
[3]
> that we'd like to run.
>
> These planned A/B tests would run for about a week and would only be
> shown to a small subsection of users that visit the Wikipedia(s) that the
> tests are running on. The analyzed results of these tests will be posted on
> wiki so that everyone can see how they did in terms of usage and adoption
> of the test group.
>
> We would like to know if there are any particular Wikipedias that
> would want to help us test these new search results across projects in
> their language. Interested community members might want to post something
> to their project's Village Pump to build consensus. Wikipedias that are
> related culturally or linguistically would also be of interest.
>
> Please post on our testing talk page
>
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Cross-wiki_Search_Result_Improvements/Testing>
> [4] if there are any questions, concerns, or volunteers!
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> [1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_
> Improvements
> [2]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_
> Improvements/Design
> [3]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Cross-wiki_Search_Result_
> Improvements/Testing
> [4]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Cross-wiki_Search_Re
> sult_Improvements/Testing
>
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