MoodBar/status

Last update on: 2011-11-17

2011-05-16
Brandon Harris published initial designs for this feature allowing new users to quickly provide feedback to the communities. Erik Möller reviewed the designs with the team, and prototyping began.

2011-06-02
Brandon Harris published initial designs for this feature allowing new users to quickly provide feedback to the community. Erik Möller reviewed the designs with the team, and Brandon is working on a second round of designs. Andrew Garrett will be the lead developer on this project.

2011-06-30
Brandon Harris updated the feature's design, while Andrew Garrett and Timo Tijhof completed a first iteration of development on both front-end and back-end (see code in SVN).

2011-08-01
The code was completed and deployed to the English Wikipedia. The research team is now analyzing its impact.

2011-09-30
Timo Tijhof fixed bugs, notably with Internet Explorer. Howie Fung analyzed the data recorded; the users' most frequent complaints and questions concerned page creation, file upload, the text editor, and having their edits reverted.

2011-11-01
Icon added to invitation. 140 character countdown introduced. 

2011-11-17
Rob Moen and Benny Situ Introduced requirement of comment field on all feedback and addressed MoodBar / Feedback Dashboard phase 1 bug fixes. 

2011-11-30

 * Monthly update

Benny Situ and Rob Moen familiarized themselves with the existing code, and the requirements for phase 2. Benny also added server-side validation for empty comment, and Rob fixed Internet Explorer bugs.