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team has been tasked with building the PIRS. The team is studying previous research and community consultations to inform their work. They are also mapping out conflict resolution flows across wikis to understand how communities are currently managing conflicts. The goal of the project is to make it
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that needs to process it. In Phase 1 of the project, the team wants to put out some rough ideas around possible product direction, consult with the community on mockups and ideas, and gather feedback from users. They also want to identify wikis that they can pilot PIRS on, establish a baseline for
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The results of quantitative (A/B and multivariate) testing and qualitative (user research and prototype) testing show that these changes make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, user page and user tools, and more, without negative effects to
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Vector (2022) is focused on making the interface more welcoming and comfortable for readers and useful for advanced users, especially those from diverse backgrounds and geographies. The skin builds upon the current default Vector legacy (2010) skin to introduce a
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and prototype) testing show that these changes make it easier to read and learn, navigate within the page, search, switch between languages, user page and user tools, and more, without negative effects to pageviews, account creation, or edit rates.
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The skin has been in development for the past three years and has gone through rigorous testing. Currently, it is the default on half of the top 20 wikis, including Japanese, French, and Portuguese Wikipedias, in addition to
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what they’re going to do in Phase 2, and identify potentially helpful metrics to look at when they start building. In Phase 2 of the project, the team wants to start building software based on Phase 1 findings and feedback.
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allows readers and editors to choose whether they want to see the main menu or not. Testing shows that this allows people to better focus on their current task - reading with a collapsed menu, or editing with an open
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that focused on equitable product development and ways in which the voices of the current communities and readers globally were central to the development of the new skin. The post is available in 7 languages.
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On Italian Knowledge, there's a 3-step policy in place for conflict resolution. This map visualizes this process and tries to identify opportunities for automation for both editors and admins.
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around the deployment. The process is expected to start in early September. If you are an English Wikipedian who has feedback or questions around the new skin, the Web team encourages you to
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collects all user links in a single place, making it easier to understand what each link does. In testing, 71% of surveyed editors reported positive experiences with the new menu
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is easier to find and makes it easier to find the correct search result from the list. This increased the amount of searches started by 30% on the wikis we tested on
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Throughout the process, the team has been writing about their experience and motivations for building the skin on the Diff blog. Most recently, they published an
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has been taking place. The discussion is focused on identifying what changes need to be made to the skin prior to launching the conversation around deployment.
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makes it easier to navigate to different sections. Readers and editors jumped between sections 50% more than with the old table of contents
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Vector (2022) deployment discussions happening now: Plus, the Private Incident Reporting System, and new bots & user scripts!
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contains more technical details, as well as explaining that the next step is fixing database tables created by extensions.
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You are invited to provide feedback and answer questions about your experiences with inappropriate behavior on
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makes it easier to access tools that editors use often. It decreases scrolling to the top of the page by 16%
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a "Private Incident Reporting System" (PIRS) to make it easy for users to
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discussion about the switch to the Vector 2022 skin on English Knowledge
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The slides to the latest Wikimania presentation about Vector 2022
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is finalizing the changes that will be needed, and preparing a
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