Reading/Readers contributions via Android

About
 What kind of tasks that could be done by readers or casual contributors, and which are needed (and welcomed) by editors, at the same time?

After the work on community of readers and the user interaction consultation, the Reading team would like to move forward with a conversation that helps the team frame a theme of products, where readers are actively contributing with some of the required editing tasks.

You can check the Reading team thoughts on the topic here, while below is a list of suggested tasks, and their evaluation based on some criteria. Please feel free to add more ideas, and add to criteria if needed.

Recording audio titles:
Adding an appropriate audio micro-contribution capability to mobile apps, where there is an increasing readership, as a way to foster more user usage and contributions on mobile for audio content. New activities might inspire existing readers community with new experiences to convert more mobile readers to editors.
 * Goal

When I come across an article that has a hard to pronounce title that I am familiar with, I want to contribute an audio sample of my pronunciation so that other readers unfamiliar with IPA are able to hear the correct pronunciation.
 * User Story

User contributes a recorded pronunciation of the article's title using their mobile device's microphone. (e.g. en:Eyjafjallajokull which can be linked in Wikidata e.g. D:Q39651#P443)


 * How do we know we’ve been successful?
 * Increase in addition of quality (ie., non-vandalism type) audio contributions
 * Increase usage of listen feature

You can check an Interactive mockup of the idea in the link.

Image contributions:
Adding an appropriate image via direct upload through Android app. The entry point of the image, could have one of the possible three elaborated scenarios below:
 * Goal

Add image via Nearby


If you allowed our app to access your geo-location, and update you with articles nearby your coordinates, then, one possibility would be to have the app sending you a notification that you can take an image of an article nearby you. A handy feature that you can opt-in for if you are sightseeing and have time. Could also work great for organized photo walk, hackathon kind of activity.

Add image while reading:
The idea is if someone is reading an article which is missing a lead image and they have a suitable image of on my device, they they can add it to the article. This was requested in the 2016 community wishlist: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Categories/Mobile_and_apps#Uploading_from_a_mobile_phone

You can check an Interactive mockup of the idea in the link.

Add/edit lead image to the article:
The idea is if someone is reading an article which is missing a lead image and they have a suitable image of on my device, they they can add it to the article.

You can check an Interactive mockup of the idea in the link.

Article Feedback:
The idea is to provide a voice to readers on a platform that is predominantly readers (mobile apps). Increase reader contributions from mobile app users via micro-contributions. Bu introducing a low effort feedback mechanism for readers that can give value back to Editors (providing recognition and impetus for improving quality of articles focused on the audience), readers then benefit from seeing others’ feedback that may help inform their reading choices, and secondarily they become more aware of the editorial aspect of Wikipedia.

A specific version of this was proposed and discussed in the 2016 community wishlist: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/2016_Community_Wishlist_Survey/Categories/Reading#Readers_comments_and_vote

You can check an Interactive mockup of the idea in the link.

New Wikilabels / WikiGrok for mobile
Make use of a quick contribution format of asking quick questions suitable for mobile readers to help improve Wikipedia content. We will do this by engaging the existing reader community with new experiences that allows them to contribute to improving Wikipedia.

How do we measure success of this idea? Reduction in the Wikilabels queue for article categorizations Increase in quality and content of article metadata in Wikidata

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Help empower mobile readers to make minor contributions to improve the quality of article content and display, which may ultimately engage some readers to convert to become more active editors.