according to the Usability home page "initial focus on English Wikipedia, eventually this research and development will be implemented across all languages and possibly to other WikiMedia projects<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_projects#Wikimedia_projects>" so i would guess initially not.
regards mark On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Hay (Husky) <hus...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ten is a low number indeed, however, if those people are indeed > 'typical users' instead of Wikipedians and you given them a few > specific tasks (say, searching for an article on a topic they are > interested in and editing it to add some information) you will > probably encounter lots of problems soon enough. > > On a different note: i'm not sure if this has been discussed before > but will the usability study also take uploading media on Commons in > account? Editing text is one thing, but adding media (and hence, using > Commons) is almost as common and could also use *lots* of work on > increasing usability. > > -- Hay > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 11:55 AM, John at Darkstar <vac...@jeb.no> wrote: > > Wikipedians should not be used to asses usabillity problems with > > Wikipedia, this is rule number one if you want to get information about > > why a newbie has problems with a system. A typical wikipedian is simply > > not a valid newbie. Ten participants are not nearly enough, they can > > only give you some clue about the real problem. > > > > John > > > > Naoko Komura skrev: > >> 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. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l