[Foundation-l] Feedback tab on the English Wikipedia

[Oliver Keyes]

Okay, Minata: looks like I was right; if wikis want it after the design
process is finished, they can just ask for it.

On 9 February 2012 02:31, Oliver Keyes <okeyes at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Minata: I imagine the plan is "deploy on enwiki, and if other wikis ask
> for it, they can have it too", but I'll find out :).
>
> In reply to "It allows readers to provide feedback; that feedback is not
> likely to
> result in improvements except in rare cases" - actually, no. We ran
> several rounds of hand-coding, and between 35-70 percent (rounding; it
> depends on which form you use, and which criteria) of feedback is deemed
> useful by editors. This could be praise for the article, suggestions for
> new things, or notes of errors with existing content.
>
>
>
>
> On 9 February 2012 02:22, Minata Hatsune <minhhuywiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Uhm. Can I require to enable in any project through MediaZilla (such
>> as my homewiki)? Anyway, it should be deployment to many wiki, help
>> improve content quality.
>>
>> 2012/2/9, Oliver Keyes <okeyes at wikimedia.org>:
>> > We'll hopefully be finishing up development and testing within the next
>> > couple of months; I'm not sure how we plan to handle deployment to other
>> > wikis. Would you like me to find out?
>> >
>> > On 9 February 2012 02:09, Minata Hatsune <minhhuywiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> When this feature is enabled in other projects? It is very useful, and
>> >> necessary for all Wikimedia wikis.
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> 2012/2/9, Oliver Keyes <okeyes at wikimedia.org>:
>> >> > As said above...it is being moved ;p
>> >> >
>> >> > On 9 February 2012 01:18, MZMcBride <z at mzmcbride.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Oliver Keyes wrote:
>> >> >> > Well, that would be part of the Article Feedback Tool, Version 5.
>> >> We're
>> >> >> > experimenting around with new placements - personally, I *loathe*
>> >> >> > this
>> >> >> > design, but que sera. We'll be dropping it in a couple of weeks
>> and
>> >> >> playing
>> >> >> > around with others.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I think obstructing the content area (article area) should be
>> >> >> unquestionably
>> >> >> off-limits. I'm not sure how this ever even became negotiable.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> At a minimum, the tab needs to be moved to the sidebar side so that
>> >> >> it's
>> >> >> out
>> >> >> of the way. There's no feedback that you're soliciting that's so
>> >> important
>> >> >> that it should stand in the way of reading an infobox or other
>> actual
>> >> page
>> >> >> content.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> MZMcBride
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
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Wikimedia Foundation