Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

A belated congratulations to the Android team for this release! I've started editing image captions and it's excellent and, based on some preliminary numbers, it looks like our users are happy too! -J On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 2:38 PM Dmitry Brant wrote: > Hey everyone, > > We're excited to

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v6.3 published to app store

Congratulations to the iOS team! These are great additions to the iOS contributor experience. -J On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 1:48 PM Joshua Minor wrote: > Hello mobile Wikimedians, > > The Wikimedia iOS app team is excited to announce our next major update is > now available on the app store: >

[WikimediaMobile] Fwd: [Offline-l] Wikimed Mini release

apparently this didn't reach mobile-l -- Forwarded message -- From: Stephane Coillet-Matillon Date: Thu, Aug 24, 2017 at 12:38 AM Subject: [Offline-l] Wikimed Mini release To: mobile-l , Using Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app v5.5.0 released

Congratulations, iOS team!! On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 3:28 PM, Joshua Minor wrote: > Hello mobile Wikimedians, > > The iOS team is excited to announce that v5.5.0 of the Wikipedia app for > iOS is now available in the app store: >

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Prague Pre-Hackathon - registration and travel scholarships open

Hi Pine, That's a great question and one we've thought about a lot on the app teams. It would obviously increase our image contributions a great deal if we connected the ease of uploading of the commons app with the user base of the Wikipedia app. However, given the quality and copyright issues

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Readership metrics for the timespan until February 5, 2017

On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Jon Katz <jk...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > early results suggest the number for both apps is much higher than the web. Hey Pine, I need to walk this portion of my email back. I'm not saying the opposite is true, just that it is just too ear

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Readership metrics for the timespan until February 5, 2017

consideration. > Thanks, > > Pine > > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 9:54 AM, Jon Katz <jk...@wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jk...@wikimedia.org');>> wrote: > >> Hi Pine, >> I think for those who are not used to working with it, the da

Re: [WikimediaMobile] New “On this day” service and location data in summaries

Congratulations to those involved! This will enable important (and asked for) features for our users, and another step in the right direction technically as we leverage more services across multiple platforms and the broader ecosystem. -J On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 8:15 AM, Derk-Jan Hartman <

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Readership metrics for the timespan until February 5, 2017

Hi Pine, I think for those who are not used to working with it, the day 7 retention rate can look low, but it's important to remember that this day 7 retention metric is not the number of users who continue to use the app after 7 days. It is the number of people who actually visit on the 7th (not

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Apps] New Android production release

Congratulations, team! It looks great. On Fri, Sep 30, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Dmitry Brant wrote: > Hi everyone, > > We're excited to bring you an updated version of the Wikipedia Android app > , > rolling out now

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikipedia app for iOS v5.1.0 released

Congrats, iOS and the volunteer contributors! Find in page is huge. -J On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Joshua Minor wrote: > Hello, > > This morning the WMF's iOS app team released version 5.1.0 to the app > store [1] > > This version includes: > *- Search within

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Wikimedia-l] Fwd: "Among mobile sites, Wikipedia reigns in terms of popularity"

Hi, For those of you following who I haven't worked with before, I am the lead product manager for the reading team. I think James is right that the content is a primary barrier and its an issue we are exploring across both reading and editing. For what its worth, this applies not just to the

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Similar articles feature performance in CirrusSearch for apps and mobile web

On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 5:01 PM, Erik Bernhardson < ebernhard...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Back testing thousands of user queries and comparing them to user click > through or satisfaction (clickthrough + dwell) Thanks, Erik! This is very helpful. What do you mean by 'back testing'? Also, even

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Similar articles feature performance in CirrusSearch for apps and mobile web

are favored. Is that a fair assessment? -J On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 4:15 PM, Gergo Tisza <gti...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Jon Katz <jk...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Can someone on this list point me to where the more-like code sits? Or >>

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Similar articles feature performance in CirrusSearch for apps and mobile web

Hi, Can someone on this list point me to where the more-like code sits? Or better, yet would be someone documenting the rules that govern prioritization of suggestions. I would like to document the logic for our communities so that we can have an open discussion about what variables and weighting

Re: [WikimediaMobile] MobileWikiAppShareAFact event stream was: [Analytics] Stopping eventlogging events into MobileWikiAppShareAFact table

+ Dmitry Hi Nuria, I will ask Dmitry to confirm, but I think a pause is fine for the next couple of days as long as we are given the timestamps for outage can note it on the schema wiki page. Is this a sudden increase or has it always been sending to high of a volume? Regardless, I imagine a

Re: [WikimediaMobile] simple english

> simple and normal? I d love to do this easy for every article not as a > general setting. > > Rupert > On Dec 11, 2015 21:13, "Jon Katz" <jk...@wikimedia.org > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jk...@wikimedia.org');>> wrote: > >> Hi Folks, >>

[WikimediaMobile] simple english

Hi Folks, TLDR: want to introduce the idea of surfacing simple english version of wikipedia in a more prominent way to test if this appeals to our readers. no timeline, no action items, just an intro to the concept and a request for feedback/suggestions. *Bakground:* As a refresher/summary, as

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Some interesting stuff from Google

e an introduction on AMP at SFHTML5 Meetup on 23 Oct: >> http://www.meetup.com/de/sfhtml5/events/219966898/ >> >> I'm in. >> > > FWIW, Google appears to be serious about this: > http://searchengineland.com/google-amp-coming-rank-fast-238046 > > Luis >

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Android application]Project WikiJourney

github.com/WikiJourney/wikijourney_website/wiki/API-:-How-does-it-work%3F >> >> However, as I said, we may need some help integrating collections, but >> we'll post questions on appropriate sections :) >> >> Thanks for your answers - the app should be in beta in the play store

Re: [WikimediaMobile] MobileWebClickTracking schema

Apologies: my email below was referring to a table different from the one Nuria was asking about. No objections from me to remove the table you were discussing. On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 2:09 PM, Jon Katz <jk...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > To confirm, this schema is still alive and growing-

Re: [WikimediaMobile] MobileWebClickTracking schema

> The discovery team has MobileWebSearch_12054448 which tracks search > behaviour. > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 12:09 PM, Jon Katz <jk...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> I think we should remove search events from it, but currently this is > the > >> o

Re: [WikimediaMobile] MobileWebClickTracking schema

I think we should remove search events from it, but currently this is the only schema that tracks article-level actions. A while back we shrunk its predecessor by removing the hamburger menu actions, but the search actions account for the vast bulk of this table. Now that there is a separate

[WikimediaMobile] scrapping the special:user profile page

Hey Folks, Based on the thread on this ticket, T119412 , it looks like we have addressed all of the concerns raised and can move forward with scrapping mobile's special:userprofile (T85929 ) page in favor of:

[WikimediaMobile] Tilman is joining the Reading Team!

Hi Everyone, I’m happy to announce that, as of today, Tilman Bayer has officially joined the Reading product team as a Senior Analyst. He will increase our capacity for understanding our users and the impact of our efforts through data analysis. Tilman is responsible for: - generating our

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Browse Hypothesis Results

that can keep it more accessible than the mailing list archive > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2015-October/009827.html>. > > Any help with formatting or text corrections would be appreciated. > > > On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Jon Katz <jk...@wikimedia.org&

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Browse Hypothesis Results

gt;dive educational experience) > > Me too! it is very hard to learn anything from a first stab like this > >1. Also loved the win/needs-improvement breakdown at the end > > Thanks! > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Jon Katz <jk...@wikimedia.org> wrote: &g

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Browse Hypothesis Results

Thanks for thinking through this, Jon. I think I made something unclear--responses inline. In green to make reading easier: On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 8:58 AM, Jon Robson wrote: > Jon thanks so much for writing this up and thanks Joaquin for putting it > on the wiki (you

[WikimediaMobile] Browse Hypothesis Results

Hi Team, I just wanted to update you on the results of something we internally referred to as the '*browse' *prototype. TLDR: as implemented the mobile 'browse by category' test did not drive significant engagement. In fact, as implemented, it seemed inferior to blue links. However, we started

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Some interesting stuff from Google

On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Joaquin Oltra Hernandez < jhernan...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > If you really wanted to, you can subset what you send to mobile browsers > and get the same benefits (provided you use a really good CDN). I think this announcement + the transcoding work Google is

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Readership metrics for the week until September 20, 2015

+ Analytics Tilman, this is great. I find myself enjoying the stats/graphs and analysis/commentary equally and so far I don't see anything that isn't very helpful. Two considerations: - Two app-level metrics I would like to see moving forward would be a number showing a daily/monthly

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Readership metrics for the week until September 13, 2015

Thanks, Tilman! This is a great start. Oliver, thank you for your offer of support! For now, we are still in an early 'agile' stage of prioritizing features based on stakeholder's feedback (like the one Pine raised). I think dashboard is something we will consider when we are further down the

Re: [WikimediaMobile] What people think about Wikidata descriptions in search on mobile web beta, and a question about arbitrary access of Wikidata data

This is a really interesting discussion and it seems that there is near-consensus that an automated description for entities without a manual description is not a bad idea, particularly if they are kept in a separate field. Speak now if you feel that is not correct. To S's suggestion: what steps

[WikimediaMobile] event logging bloat

Hi folks, Back in January, the size of MobileWebClickTracking had gotten to be over 200 gb, making it so slow as to be unusable. As a result, we split up the into 3 separate tables. However, it seems that 90% of the clicks are coming from the article table (or adding search created bloat) and

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Wikimedia-search] Fwd: Morelike suggestions - the results are in!

I'm late to this, but great news! I just want to commend those involved for a great example of cross-pollination between the web team and the app team. This is all the more impressive, given that the backend service was designed for A by the growth team(?), web is using it for B, and the app is

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Android app bug report template

awesome, Bernd! On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Bernd Sitzmann be...@wikimedia.org wrote: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T104086 is a bug report template for Android issues. The easiest way to file a new bug is to go there and click on the link to file a pre-populated Phab ticket. Most

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Task/bug naming conventions

Good call, Gergo, and for calling out crap when you see it. I know I am to blame on a lot of these (including the above example). I think the language solution you described is pretty good. restating suggested rules for those who don't read prose: - bugs--explain bad state in present tense

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Wikipedia article previews in Kindle app

+ Kouroush A summary of ideas: *WP as destination:* -Sister projects swipable from cards -WMF owned OS integration/browser add-ons *WP as platform:* -API for 'cards' on topics/JS library -Make sure API changes aren't breaking experience for: apple, google, amazon? -Help kindle optimize their

[WikimediaMobile] Gather update

Hi People Interested in Gather, Given the reorg and the traffic being driven to beta, we need to revisit Gather's Q4 goals: TLDR: Continue working on gather to finish MVP features (end of the month, max), not pushing to stable unless we see 2x the number of logged-in edits on beta (or 10x

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [Wikitech-l] [reading-wmf] Wikigrok code no longer being worked on

I'm inclined to agree with Matt. In fact (and to answer Oliver's question), the team is already considering the next slew of micro-contribution projects. I think it is too early to say which projects will be next, but some ideas include: choosing lead images, editing wikidata descriptions, and

[WikimediaMobile] Wikigrok code no longer being worked on

Hi, *TLDR:* Wikigrok proved that readers are interested in and capable of making casual, mobile contributions to Wikipedia. We are putting continued development of the 'Wikigrok' casual contribution feature on hold until we have a plan for optimally harnessing this interest/capability.

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Wikigrok code no longer being worked on

not working on them because we can achieve the same outcome through easier-to-implement interventions. I would be interested to hear what those interventions are. On 1 June 2015 at 14:57, Jon Katz jk...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi, TLDR: Wikigrok proved that readers are interested in and capable

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Fwd: Mobile Firendly

is trivial.. Update robots.txt but first the question is why are we blocking scripts and styles on that url? On 29 May 2015 1:17 pm, Jon Katz jk...@wikimedia.org wrote: Hi Readership team and broader community, Any changes we might have recently made to cause this warning to appear about

Re: [WikimediaMobile] [reading-wmf] Fwd: Mobile Firendly

the caches to ensure the update is fully live already. It should address the issue, assuming that the block on RL's /w/load.php entry point was the only part of the problem. On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 1:55 PM, Jon Katz jk...@wikimedia.org wrote: +external mobile and wikitech Shoot. I meant to send

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Gather sprint Help! kicked off

Thanks, Jon! For those of you who are wondering, the name of our sprint: Help! is a reference to the Beatles' album from 1965 (featuring such classic hits as Help!, Ticket to Ride and Yesterday). It is definitely not a desperate plea from the ghost of a long forgotten phabricator task or the mad

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Fwd: Content missing from mobile apps and mobile web

Hi Pine, I'm the PM for mobile web and I am listening :) I don't yet understand fully, but want to understand better. I will see if Dan Garry can get me up to speed, but can I follow up with you if I have additional questions? Thanks, Jon On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 9:07 PM, Pine W

Re: [WikimediaMobile] Gather - owner

Hi Amir, I want to help on this, but am not sure where this shows up. Can you refer us to where in the interface owner appears? Thanks, J On Sun, Mar 29, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Amir E. Aharoni amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il wrote: Hi, I am translating Gather, and I feel very uncomfortable about the