[Foundation-l] Usability study in progress

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
Naoko is Naoko and Aphaia is someone else..

http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Naoko_Komura_December_2008.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Benutzer_Aphaia.jpg

Thanks,
       GerardM

2009/3/25 Ivan Lanin <ivan.lanin at wikimedia.or.id>

> Dear Aphaia,
>
> I'm really excited to get the result of this study since one of the common
> input that I got from newbie contributors either online or during workshops
> are that it's harder for them to write Wikipedia than to write blogs :)
> Though I still don't get it why they think that way ;)
>
> Good luck and success for the effort.
>
> --
> Ivan Lanin | Wikimedia Indonesia | http://wikimedia.or.id
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Naoko Komura <nkomura at wikimedia.org>
>
> Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 20:28:45
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List<foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>; <
> wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [Foundation-l] Usability study in progress
>
>
> Howdy.
> (adding wikien-l folks to this thread.  my apology for not including
> wikien-l with my initial email.)
>
> The usability study has started today as scheduled.  The usability team
> is monitoring the interviews and how ten test participants interact with
> Wikipedia when they are asked to edit an article at the lab facility in
> San Francisco today and tomorrow.  The remote usability study on
> Thursday (March 26 PDT) will be done remotely, which means we recruit
> participants from Wikipedia through the site notice, and connect with
> them through web conferencing.  Therefore the site notice for
> recruitment will appear again on Thursday.  We expect to compile the
> results in a few weeks and the findings with you.
>
> Naoko Komura
> Program Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
>
>
> Naoko Komura wrote:
> > One of the important components of the usability initiative is to
> > conduct multiple rounds of usability tests.  The plan is to conduct at
> > least three rounds of tests for qualitative usability evaluation over
> > the span of twelve months, i) the initial evaluation, ii) the progress
> > evaluation, and iii) the final evaluation.  The initial usability test
> > is scheduled on March 24, 25th and 26th.  In-person lab tests are
> > conducted in San Francisco at the first two days, and remote tests will
> > be conducted on the third day.
> >
> > As a preparation for the initial usability test, we incorporated the
> > recruiting tool into English Wikipedia's site notice. You might have
> > encountered site notice inviting for the participation. The target
> > audience of testers are Wikipedia readers who have little or no
> > experience in editing the Wikipedia articles.  The banner is displayed
> > within the range of 1:400 to 1:100 page views, and it will continue till
> > early next week.
> >
> > We look forward to learning from the usability tests and sharing the
> > result with you.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Naoko ... on behalf of the usability team.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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