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> it was clear from the beginning that using Wikipedia means reading articles, > The most important use case for Wikipedia is filling the search field and choo
by rakoo 12y ago
> it was clear from the beginning that using Wikipedia means reading articles,
> The most important use case for Wikipedia is filling the search field and choosing the correct search result.
See ? That's why your redesign will never _ever_ be even considered by the Wikimedia team: The most important use case for Wikipedia is editing content.
Wikipedia has become what it is and lives because every single human can bring its knowledge and share it with other humans. The Wikimedia (and Wikipedia) team isn't involved in editing content: it "merely" hosts the application. It's up to us, the humans from everywhere, to fill Wikipedia with our knowledge, and it's up to you, the UX/UI designers, to make sure we have the best experience while doing it, so it doesn't feel clunky/difficult/unpleasant. If you remove the edit ability, you effectively kill Wikipedia.
Please stop this. (At least we agree on one point: there are too many attempts at redesigns, and too little work done on actually important projects[0])
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:VisualEditor
- vacri 12y agoI guess it depends on your definitions. I agree that the most important use case for Wikipedia is editing, but the primary use case is reading. Out of stereotypical 100 users, only 1 creates and only a further 9 edit on wikipedia, apparently (from a few years ago). They might instead consider that the primary use is the most important?
- davidgerard 12y agoThis is the canonical polite response to these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AUnsolicited%20redesigns http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3AUnsolicited%20redes...