+1 Manoj Khurana. I have expressed and stressed upon this very serious issue during the ICC-2014. To say it rather harshly, 'Wikipedia (read:it's interface as perceived by average Indian) is obsolete'. :(
-Viswam On 12 February 2015 at 06:59, Manoj Khurana <he...@manojkhurana.com> wrote: > Hello Asaf, > I'm Manoj. I contribute mainly on Hindi wiki. Regarding software issues I > had one suggestion since the very beginning ( i joined actively in Aug-13). > > In India, internet connectivity is very poor in semi urban and rural areas > which has long kept 70% of Indian population away from Internet. Starting > from last 2-3 years this is changing very rapidly thanks to smartphone > revolution. Presently we have millions (soon it may be billion) of > smartphones, primarily Android, in hands of rural young indians. So need of > the hour is to work more on android app which is mostly designed for > viewing rather than editing. In this direction software team still has > miles to go. And I can bet this is the future of wiki, especially in India. > If this issue is not handled NOW, it may be late to attract new generation. > > We must also try to convince phone manufacturers and marketers to bundle > Wiki english and Indian languages wiki to be available as pre-installed > apps on their phones. For them it will be an additional selling point. > > Thanks. > > Manoj. > Chandigarh, India. > On Feb 12, 2015 3:27 AM, "Asaf Bartov" <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> This is a significant shift in Engineering processes at the Wikimedia >> Foundation. I want to make sure it reaches people not subscribed to >> Wikimedia-l or wikitech-l. >> >> A. >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Damon Sicore <dsic...@wikimedia.org> >> Date: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:31 PM >> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Engineering Community >> To: "wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org" <wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org> >> >> >> >> Dear Wikimedians, >> >> We are changing our engineering processes to improve how we engage with >> you -- our valued contributors and editors -- around software development. >> >> We are beginning with the collaborative buildout and deployment of >> VisualEditor. We are moving community engagement processes and product >> decisions into earlier stages of development, and making them iterative. In >> a perfect world this process would start prior to feature development, but >> in this case VisualEditor is already in-flight, so your participation now >> is critical. With your participation, we can work together to ensure this >> new process works. >> >> In this new process, we commit to: >> >> • Collectively identify success criteria for each target audience, from >> new editors (simple feature set) to expert editors (complex feature set). >> • Ensure success criteria represents the quantified and qualified goals. >> The feature will only be shipped when the success criteria is met. >> • Enable the feature for only portions of specific audiences that would >> best benefit (a process known as “incremental roll-out”) at a time. >> • Triage and prioritize all bugs and feature requests on a weekly basis >> to ensure they are addressed in a timely fashion. Publicly post responses, >> assessment, and target implementations. This will replace the RFP process >> and ensure we are tracking on all requested features efficiently. >> >> How you can engage: >> >> • Report bugs or enhancement requests in Phabricator: >> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/visualeditor/ >> • Join any of the weekly triage meetings to nominate a release blocker. >> Please see the instructions at: >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:VisualEditor/Portal >> • Participate in development. You can find the team on IRC in the >> #mediawiki-visualeditor channel on irc.freenode.net. >> >> We are excited to get this long-standing feature to the level of quality >> and success we all want and need. It is a collective effort. You are not >> only a stakeholder, but an active contributor in this work. We want to all >> to be proud of the outcome. 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