[WikiEN-l] Fwd: [Foundation-l] Do you want to write pages that thousands of people see every day?

[Lennart Guldbrandsson]

This is good. I'll make sure we'll test this as well.

Best wishes,

Lennart




2011/2/21 FT2 <ft2.wiki at gmail.com>

> I'm not usually one for graphic design, so this could probably do with
> improving and relevant links adding.
>
> I've added a version that could be helpful at
>
> http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Account_Creation_Improvement_Project/Testing_content/Landing_page/mod2
>
> What I'm hoping to address are:
>
>   1. Layouts "original version" and "redesign" are too close to "wall of
>   text" for many newcomers. Even though they are simple short bullet lists
>   with icons, I'm concerned they'll skip it. A better layout and a few
> brief
>   bullets may do better and also be more informative.
>
>   2. The audience is people who want to get involved, so an overview they
>   can come back to might be helpful. I have assumed this page is linked
> from
>   the toolkit so they can always find it.
>
>   3. It might be better to have a link for "editing", and save the mention
>   of policies there. At the start a user needs to know the basics, that
> some
>   stuff will be ok and some won't, and "click here to find out which". Then
>   they are reading it *by choice* and it'll probably be more "sticky" as a
>   result.
>
>   Words like "policies" may tend to overwhelm or frighten many of those we
>   want to engage.
>
>   4. The section for "readers" also includes* "Reading, or want to make
>   improvements and corrections?" *The *unstated thought *is that a reader
>   will also be someone who might want to make a small correction. Gut feel
>   says that a major route is readers who are then tempted to make their
> first
>   correction, or who need to know they *can *think of it. I'd like to see
>   the effect of including "making a small improvement or correction" *as
>   part of info for end-users*, not just keeping it separate.
>
>   Not technically accurate but may be effective this way, as "editing"
>   could be felt as overwhelming (initially) where "make a small correction"
>   may be perceived as empowering.  Many people may think "someone should
> fix
>   that" and despite all our pages, not fully realize the "someone" is
> allowed
>   to be *them*.
>
>   5. *I have not put links in yet.* I would not make individual words,
>   lines, or sentences a link. Link proliferation is a distraction, we found
>   that out in the record 2010 fundraiser. Make each section (except the
> last)
>   to be *one* link clickable anywhere. Unfortunately (bug
> 18640<https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18460>)
>   the <a href...> html tag can't be used yet in markup, otherwise I'd make
> the
>   entirety of each cell a single link to some (short) relevant subpage.
>
>   I'd actually like it done via a popup, that appears when you click a cell
>   for information. That's more classy and suited to the richer interface of
>   other modern websites, but outside my skills. Anyone else know where I
> can
>   find a basic "click this and get a dismissible popup" DIV class? :)
>
>   6. Should contain something interesting and engaging too :)
>
>
> Feedback and any design-related questions welcomed!
> Not sure where to link this from/to though.
>
> FT2
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Lennart Guldbrandsson, Fellow of the Wikimedia Foundation and chair of
Wikimedia Sverige // Wikimedia Foundation-stipendiat och ordförande för
Wikimedia Sverige