Hello,
Thanks for the feedback on the account creation process. We finished testing three
diffrent processes against each other during the summer. The report can be found here:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Report_from_Lennart%27s_Fellowship.…
In theory, the tests are finished, but as you know, getting the community to come to a
consensus can be hard work. I have tried to get a consensus on the English Wikipedia
Village Pump for some time now, and very few have participated, so I said that unless
someone protested, that I would change the process. The deadline was last Friday, but due
to other things going on in my life after the Fellowship (I am preparing Wikimedia
Sverige's stand at the Gothenburg Book Fair that starts in two days), I have not yet
changed the account process. Of course, anyone with admin rights on English Wikipedia can
help out (I no longer have my staff rights, so I cannot do it myself anyway).
When we change the process, that version of the account creation process will not be
used.
(Sorry for taking so much space to talk about that angle of the thread.)
Best wishes,
Lennart
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From: jutta.von(a)cancer.org.au
To: gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 11:07:11 +1000
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Question for the Foundation about photographs
Message: 1
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:33:30 -0700
From: Pete Forsyth <peteforsyth(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Question for the Foundation about photographs
of women
To: Increasing female participation in Wikimedia projects
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Update, and a request:
The discussion thread John started has been very active, with I think about
30 posts from a wide variety of customer service (OTRS) volunteers.
This could be a good idea, but let's not forget that women who start editing
Wikipedia first need to find out how to get help and this needs to be obvious in the
interface.
I recently supported a female colleague of mine to join and start editing Wikipedia and I
witnessed her signing up etc. and it was surprisingly hard and confusing... Unfortunately,
we ended up in this testing group for account creation
:http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Account_Creation_Improvement_Project/Testing_content/Login_page/Frank%27s_proposal
In this testing group, the second screen is the one about topics. 'Health', the
topic that we needed, was not one of them, so we selected 'biology' instead and a
whole list of topics that need improvements was presented to us... However, she already
knew which article she wanted to create, so it was a bit like 'Ok, how can I get out
of here and draft my article?' I ended up showing her how she can do this and also
ended up putting the Template:New_user_bar manually onto her user page, so that she's
got a nicer profile page. I am sure we would potentially have lost her without my help...
I thought I share this little experience. I think what I'll do next, is
"test" her and see how she goes in getting some help without asking me ;-)
Cheers,
Jutta
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