Welcome to Labs -Demonstration Work

Feedback Review on Main Page and Getting Started Page
Feedback review on
 * Main Page
 * Help : Getting Started

from following perspectives :

1) Random helpful volunteer who just shows up out of nowhere wondering 'what is this and what is this good for'?

2) Specific user on a mission who shows up with a particular project in mind (e.g. an edit-bot that they want to write.)

1) Random volunteer's perspective
1. Upon accessing the page, a new volunteer would initially see the description under Production, followed by Labs and Tool Labs sections. At first glance, the page seems overcrowded. As a first time user, the he/she might search for a highlighted section that provides a brief essence of the page.
 * Main Page

suggestion : Preferred if a gist / introduction is added to page as this will be one of the main pages even a clueless person would navigate into. 2. When reading the section under “Production” a user might want to know what Wikimedia is, but there is no hyperlink.

suggestion : Adding a hyperlink to Wikimedia will facilitate the reader to get further info if needed. 3. From general perspective common to both, identified the below mentioned need for improvements
 * Help : Getting Started

1. FAQ Page ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Having an FAQ page for most general questions that are highly likely to be asked by a new comer, will save the new comer from navigating back and forth through the site in search of answers for simple questions such as


 * 1) What is Wikimedia


 * 1) How can I help etc.

More over relevant links can be attached to FAQs for further information eg : How can I help can also link Get Involved page so the user can get further info if needed.

Link can be added to the left side pane for easy access.

2. Further Info at Account Sign up ——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

Following successful account sign up,

1. links to support pages such as FAQ and Help should be provided in the page

2. facilitate above links in the confirmation email, so the user can access them as and when needed even later on.