Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-08 Thread Sarah Stierch
On 8/8/12 6:07 PM, Victor Grigas wrote: Labas! The designers should post mock-ups of their work here if they are serious about making a change: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:2012_main_page_redesign_proposal And that is after we pay them lots of money to do the redesign for "us" ;)

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-08 Thread Victor Grigas
Labas! My 2 cents: Overall the team at http://www.newisnew.lt/lt have some very good ideas to share, however: If you are colorblind, the rainbow thing wont make any sense, and I strongly dislike the idea of burying smaller languages under a mouse. I think that Lithuanians (this re-design has bee

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-08 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Perfectly sound remarks, Amir. I would be a little bit more lenient about their grades. The problems linked to this proposal are smaller than the achievements. One could consider the "W" an abbreviation of "Wikimedia", or take "WM". WM Commons, WM Source, WM News, WM Wikipedia. If in your language

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedian in Latvia or Lithuania

2012-08-08 Thread Nicole Ebber
Dear all, our department for education and knowledge is looking for a contact person in Latvia or Lithuania who is active within the field of "Wikipedia and Education". We are planning a Wikipedia workshop with a German partner organisation there and would be glad to find someone to share experien

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-08 Thread Rodrigo Tetsuo Argenton
Things I would change, I think that all pages have to have the main objective of the Movement, and a comprehension of the project is part of something bigger. And this proposed segmentation is archaic, there are several items that fit into more than one segment, and knowledge should not be typifie

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-08 Thread David Gerard
On 8 August 2012 09:06, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > In the Hebrew Wikipedia the "View > history" tab is called "Previous versions", which makes a lot more > sense.) That would be an *excellent* thing to do in MediaWiki in general. - d. ___ Wikimedia-l

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-08 Thread Andreas Kolbe
I think they would consider it a vast improvement over what we have, and a 10-year leap forward. :) So, all I can say is: Yes, please, Brandon. However, the Signpost Op-Ed contains one statement I can't let pass without comment: "... featured articles are so good precisely because they are edited

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-08 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
2012/8/8 Michel Vuijlsteke > > Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion: > http://www.wikipediaredefined.com/ TL;DR: * It's so-so for a mid-term design school project: It shows that they can draw mock-ups, but I doubt that they would get high grades for typography, logo desig

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikipedia redefined -- typography and UX and such

2012-08-08 Thread Peter Gervai
On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 11:47 PM, Michel Vuijlsteke wrote: > Well, it's certainly a possible starting point for discussion: > http://www.wikipediaredefined.com/ Yes, interesting. I asked them about whether they intend to keep it "teling us" instead of "discussing it" (no email list but an email),