Thread:Talk:Article feedback/Hiding ArticleFeedback on the English Wikipedia/reply (16)

Hi Bensin,

like all features we're developing AFT in response to real usage patterns, quantifiable value or lack thereof, and so on. Ultimately that means the development process is a give and take. We'll take some risks, try some things, wait for data, analyze data, share data, ask for suggestions, revise, or even rollback as appropriate. We've made plenty of revisions in response to feedback on this page, in our bug tracker, etc.

I think the office hours discussion here suggested that many Wikimedians are quite comfortable with this process, as long as we continue to engage and don't simply push stuff out and run away. We've done extensive analysis of AFT data already as per Article feedback and related pages to better understand the story the data tells us so far, and we've started making the data available to make it possible for more folks to dig into it.

On a high level, see my update here for some initial thoughts where AFT can be specifically useful. I think we'll learn lots more as we make the data more broadly available, get data for the full set of articles, etc. But again, this is just the start of something very exciting: an experiment in engaging our readers, beyond the edit button, in the development of our content.