Article feedback/Version 5/Testing Feb 2013

The WMF Editor Engagement team has been updating the Article Feedback tool, improving both the back end architecture and the user experience in preparation for further deployments of AFTv5.

For the week of 11 February, the Editor Engagement team welcomes any reports of issues or problems with AFTv5. We have arranged a dedicated test environment for the latest version of AFTv5 and we can fully support any testers from the community who care to contribute their time and expertise to examining the new features.

Detailed descriptions of the new features are as always available in the AFTv5 documentation, but a brief overview of features to be tested contains:

Link for editors to feedback on their articles Simplified moderation tools More filters for feedback page Streamline editor tool set More abuse filters Satisfaction rating Post without comment
 * Provides an easy way to see current feedback for each article
 * New page elements to make article moderation more intuitive
 * Allow more configurable views of article feedback
 * Remove reader tools from editor's view of article feedback
 * Increase signal and reduce noise in feedback with abuse filters
 * Present an overall view of aggregate feedback per article
 * Support simple approval/disapproval without requiring text input

Some of these new features may be tested by the casual user, but some features require special accounts or privileges in order to exercise them.

For a first look, the latest AFTv5 is fully implemented on the host at http://ee-prototype.wmflabs.org/wiki/Main_Page, in particular the page at http://ee-prototype.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:ArticleFeedbackv5/Golden-crowned_Sparrow

Testers who require special privileges to examine the more sophisticated aspects of AFTv5 are encouraged to reply to this message, update the Talk page for the test plan, or contact the Editor Engagement team directly for help.