Article feedback/Version 5/Testing Feb 2013

Welcome to our testing page for the Article Feedback v5 project!

The WMF Editor Engagement team has been updating this tool in recent weeks, improving both the the user experience and back end architecture, in preparation for further deployments of AFTv5 to French and German Wikipedias.

We'd love it if you could help us test this beta software throughout February 2013, as outlined below. We welcome any bug reports, issues or suggestions from community members. Once you've tested AFT5, please share your feedback on this discussion page or report bugs on Bugzilla.

How can I test this tool?
To make it easier for you to test this tool, we've installed AFT5 on this dedicated test environment for all new editor engagement features.

Here are three articles we recommend you test on this prototype site:

• Golden-crowned Sparrow (feedback page) This is a low-traffic, uncontroversial article with ~372 comments (used frequently for testing).

• Higgs boson (feedback page) This is a medium-traffic, uncontroversial article with ~799 comments.

• Barack Obama (feedback page) This is a high-traffic, controversial article with ~1,720 comments. (Note that controversial, semi-protected articles like these get less useful feedback than others).

For testing purposes, we have temporarily imported in these three pages all the comments we collected in 2012 from their original articles on the English Wikipedia. (Note that they share the same IP address and registered user name, since the original contributors do not have accounts on this special testing environment, which explains why you'll keep seeing the same contributor name and IP). These are the same articles which we used in this usability study to test our simpler moderation tools.

Some of the features below can be tested by anonymous users, but many of the moderation tools and advanced filters require an auto-confirmed editor account. Because you can't use your existing Wikipedia account on this prototype site, we invite you to log in through this editor test account instead, so you can evaluate more advanced features like our new moderation tools:


 * user ID: test-editor
 * password: test

Please use this test account responsibly. It only works on this prototype site and will be deleted at the end of our testing period.

If you would like to test more advanced features with a monitor test account, please email WMF product manager Fabrice Florin directly at fflorin-at-wikimedia-dot-org.

What features can I test?
We are now testing a set of new features, which we developed to reduce the editor workload through a variety of ways (e.g.: by providing simpler moderation tools, better filters or surfacing useful feedback).

Here's a brief overview of new features you can help us test, with links to their requirements:

To test this feature, click on 'View article' on any feedback page to go to its article page -- you should see a small link below the article title. While you are there, please scroll to the bottom of the page, and post some feedback, so that other testers can have more unreviewed feedback to moderate.)
 * Feedback link on articles: shows up if there is useful feedback for your article.

To test this feature, click on 'Featured' and 'Unreviewed' on the feedback page. If you have a test account, click on 'More filters' and check out the different filters, such as 'resolved', 'no action needed' or 'inappropriate').
 * Better filters for feedback page: configurable views of article feedback.

To test this feature, count the number of happy and sad faces on the feedback page and compare them to the overall rating shown at the top of that page. If you have a test account, click on 'More filters' to see posts marked as 'no action needed', which are included in the satisfaction rating.
 * Satisfaction rating: show percent of users who found this article useful.

To test this feature, you need to be an auto-confirmed editor on this prototype site -- or use the test account above. This will show you the moderation tools on the right, so you can experience how much faster they let you moderate the feedback.
 * Simpler moderation tools: makes feedback moderation more intuitive.

Once these features have been fully tested and debugged on our prototype site, we expect to release them on production sites such as the French and German Wikipedias in March 2013.

How can I report issues?
If you have any general issues, questions or suggestions about this release of Article Feedback, you are welcome to post a comment on on this discussion page. We will respond as soon as we can.

To report a bug, please post it here on Bugzilla. This link will automatically fill in these fields for you:
 * Product: MediaWiki extensions
 * Component: 'ArticleFeedbackv5'

When reporting a bug, please provide this information:
 * What is the problem you experienced?
 * What steps can we take to reproduce this bug?
 * What did you think would happen?


 * Hardware: What type of computer are you using?
 * OS: Your computer's operating system.
 * Web Browser: Your browser name and version
 * URL: Add a URL for the page where your bug can be found.
 * Attachment: Include a screenshot (if it helps show your bug visually).

To learn more about Article Feedback, check out our project hub or the feature requirements page.

If you edit regularly on the English Wikipedia, you may want to to discuss next steps for this tool in this Request for Comments, which ends February 21, 2013.

Enjoy ...