Design/Explore

The design team collaborates in several projects with other Wikimedia Foundation teams. In addition to this, the design team also devotes time researching new project that could shape the future of the Foundation and its projects. The goal is to discuss new unexplored ideas, we are looking for:
 * Your feedback. Leave your feedback in the talk page. Take into account that explorations will be rough around the edges. So try to be specific in your comments and try to identify which aspect are you referring to (e.g., the idea, the interaction pattern chosen, the visual execution...).
 * Your help. Are you looking for a project to work for a hackathon or as a pet project? Feel free to take these ideas and implement them as a beta feature.

Mobile citations

 * Problem. Many users wonder whether Wikipedia content is reliable. Wikipedia has a collaborative reliability checking system where you can add or request references that support a given claim. However, this system is not evident for readers or new contributors.
 * Solution. By making the citation system simpler but more prominent, we can increase reliability (both real and perceived) and provide an additional micro-contribution to our users. The designs show the basic workflows:
 * Verify references. Check how many references are supporting a claim and navigate to them.
 * Request references. Indicate that some claim seems unreliable and requires a citation to support it.
 * Add references. Provide a reference to support a claim.
 * Considerations. Some additional aspects to take into account:
 * "Citation needed" is one of the core and very unique concepts of Wikipedia, we need to take care on how to present it. More thinking is needed on this.
 * In addition, "Citation needed" is a concept we can use on other social interactions. For example, in flow conversations, it could be possible to request a reference for other user's comment with "citation needed".
 * On mobile, tasks such as copying and pasting an URL are not trivial. Some aids have been considered, but more ideas are welcome.
 * The bottom panel where the UI is shown is just a possible execution (based on the current panel shown for references on mobile). If a contextual personal bar is used, it may make sense to integrate the actions there.