Yes, that's a good idea -- we should have something that lets users know why the ratings tool exists.
I've created the following page on the project wiki to capture feature ideas: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Public_Policy_Pilot/Workgroup/Feature_Ideas Please post any ideas you may have on improving the feature here. And please sign up for the workgroup [1] if you'd like to be more involved with the feature! Howie [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Public_Policy_Pilot/Workgroup On 9/22/10 11:55 AM, aude wrote: > On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 2:24 PM, Guillaume Paumier > <gpaum...@wikimedia.org>wrote: > >> Link to the original article: >> >> http://blog.wikimedia.org/blog/2010/09/22/article-feedback-pilot-goes-live/ >> >> As recently announced on the tech blog and in the Signpost, we're >> launching an experimental new tool today to capture article feedback >> from readers as part of the Public Policy Initiative. We're also >> inviting the user community to help determine its future by joining a >> workgroup tasked with evaluating it. >> >> > The "Article Feedback Tool" allows any reader to quickly and easily >> assess the sourcing, completeness, neutrality, and readability of a >> Wikipedia article on a five-point scale. It will be one of several tools >> used by the Public Policy Initiative to assess the quality of articles. >> We also hope it will be a way to increase reader engagement by seeking >> feedback from them on how they view the article, and where it needs >> improvement. >> >> The tool is currently enabled on about 400 articles related to US public >> policy. You can see it in action at the bottom of articles such >> as /United States Constitution/, /Don't ask, don't tell/ or /Brown v. >> Board of Education/. >> > Why does the feedback tool have no reference to the public policy > initiative? > > Casual users and readers will not know why they are seeing this tool in some > articles, and may be curious. > > @aude > > >> Another goal of this pilot is to try and find a way to collaborate with >> the community to build tools and features. As main users of the >> software, Wikimedians are in a unique position to evaluate how a feature >> performs, and what its strengths and limitations are. The Article >> Feedback Tool is still very much in a prototype state; we're hoping the >> user community can help us determine whether resources should be >> allocated to improve it (and if so, how), or if it doesn't meet the >> users' needs and should be shelved or completely rethought. >> >> More information about the tool is available on our Questions& Answers >> page [1]. >> >> If you want to try the tool to assess an article, pick a subject you're >> familiar with from the full list [2] and rate it! If you'd like to >> participate in the evaluation of the tool itself and what becomes of it, >> please join the workgroup [3]. If you're interested in article >> assessment in general, please also join the Public Policy Initiative's >> Assessment Team [4]. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Guillaume Paumier, >> on behalf of the Features Engineering team >> >> [1] >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Public_Policy_Pilot/FAQs >> [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Article_Feedback_Pilot >> [3] >> >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Public_Policy_Pilot/Workgroup >> [4] >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_United_States_Public_Policy/Assessment#Project_Evaluation >> >> -- >> Guillaume Paumier >> Product Manager, Multimedia Usability >> Wikimedia Foundation >> Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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