Reading/Web/Mobile page issues

On the mobile web view of Wikimedia articles meta content, such as page issues, are not displayed in full as they are on desktop. The reasons for this are due to the formatting of the current templates not being suited for mobile devices and that even a single notification pushes the information down the page, distancing readers from the knowledge they seek.

Problem
We currently hide this information which might be relevant to readers and editors. Current templates that show these page issues on desktop do not work well on mobile.

Hypothesis on building trust
Pointing out issues with our content will build trust with our readers. If we hold ourselves accountable for the quality of content on wikipedia, readers will put more trust into content they see on Wikipedia. Pointing out issues can be seen as we are doing due diligence.

Counter argument
Pointing out issues can also have an adverse effect of people not trusting us

Types of Issues
There are various types of meta-content surfaced on Wikipedia. This project falls under issues with article content. We’re looking at Ambox templates to be specific.

Draft Scope
We will show 3 different treatments on Wikipedia’s mobile experience based on low, medium, and high levels of severity. Template editors will have the freedom to add an issue treatment to a page issue template based on frequency, importance, and urgency of the issue. Upon release, we are hoping to begin with an initial bucketing of most frequent and important templates, with all other templates defaulting to medium or low severity.

Breakdown of issues
The issues about the content varies from not having enough citations to the tone of the language used. Here’s a list of issues sorted by the frequency of usage on English Wikipedia.

https://quarry.wmflabs.org/query/21178 Raw data sorted by frequency

Content issues to surface
The implementation of page issues on mobile would give contributors the ability to add a severity level to any template that is an issues template. We would want to begin with a list of suggestions to make sure that important issues are surfaced upon deployment/release. Please provide your feedback on how this might work in your experiences on the talk page.

Possible solution
Below are mockups of a possible approach to page issues on mobile.
 * Allow contributors to format AMbox templates to be better formatted for mobile web views.
 * Allow readers to see these meta comments in a way that is not disruptive to their experience