Wikistories for Wikipedia/2021-22 Status Updates


 * Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development:
 * Security & performance reviews completed.
 * Completed the following Wikistories design and development works:
 * Play or pause story frame
 * Define story text max length
 * Preload story images
 * Validate that the images used in a story actually exist
 * Wikistories beta feature
 * Communications with the Wikimedia Indonesia community during the WikiNusantara conference and consultations with key community members to inform them of our plans to deploy Wikistories in Indonesia Wikipedia as completed.
 * Documentation of Wikistories FAQ page completed.
 * Wikistories tool deployed in Indonesia Wikipedia as a Beta feature.
 * Deployment announcement of the Wikistories tool in Indonesia Wikipedia village pump and other channels completed.


 * Wikistories pilot testing preparation in progress.


 * Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development:
 * Wikistories MediaWiki extension is deployed in Beta cluster.
 * Wikistories Beta testing and bug fixing still in progress.
 * Completed the following major Wikistories design and development works:
 * Cover page
 * Editing an existing Wikistory
 * Re-order story pages
 * MVP feature scope Development & Review Candidate ready
 * Story builder instrumentation
 * Story viewer Instrumentation
 * Story limit ticket
 * Adding a license information on publish page
 * Started the following design and development works:
 * Navigating to a previous (and next) story frame
 * Play or pause story frame
 * Security & performance reviews
 * Wikistories pilot testing preparation in progress.
 * Wikistories Early Adopters Research Planning in progress


 * Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development:
 * Wikistories MediaWiki extension is deployed in Beta cluster.
 * Wikistories Beta testing and bug fixing in progress.
 * Completed the following major design works related to different controls in a Wikistory builders and its i18n setup:
 * Deleting a story page
 * Replacing a story image
 * Adding a new story page
 * The following design works in progress:
 * Repositioning an image on a story page
 * Adding stories and re-ordering of frames
 * StoryBuilder RTL support
 * Adding a license information on publish page
 * Story pages limit
 * Wikistories pilot testing preparation in progress.
 * Wikistories Early Adopters Research Planning in progress.


 * Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development still in progress:
 * The following design works related to different controls in a Wikistory builder are ongoing:
 * Deleting a story page
 * Replacing a story image
 * Repositioning an image on a story page
 * Adding a new story page
 * Wikistories MediaWiki extension development is ready for deployment in beta. It will be approved by the release security review and engineering team before release.
 * Content consumption evaluation strategy for measuring key metrics in Wikistories during the pilot testing is still in progress.
 * Wikistories pilot testing preparation update:
 * Pilot Wiki finalised to be the Indonesia Wikipedia.
 * Wikistories team is collaborating with the Wikimedia Indonesia affiliate for a pilot testing of Wikistories through a community-based campaign. Wikimedia Indonesia will also be working with the Wikistories team to run a professional Development Event for GLAM institutions in Indonesia.
 * Planning of a community-based campaign that will use the Wikistories tool to create content in progress


 * Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development progress update:
 * MVP requirements scope on editors' experiences finalized. The scope includes but not limited to:
 * Wikistories discovery
 * Editor onboarding
 * Story builder
 * Editing a Wikistory (text and image)
 * Language support
 * Content moderation
 * Wikistories MediaWiki extension development in progress
 * Content consumption evaluation strategy for measuring key metrics in Wikistories during the pilot testing in progress.


 * Design research for Wikistories Indonesia project: Report completed
 * Design research for Wikistories Africa project: Report completed
 * Wikistories Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development in progress


 * Design research progress:
 * Sessions for the Wikistories Indonesia project 100% complete.
 * Sessions for the Wikistories Africa completed, 96 total research sessions.
 * Wikistories Prototype version (1.1) ready for the second round of the research session (Indonesia project)
 * Sessions for the Wikistories Indonesia project are 50% complete. The team is reviewing data so far and coordinating for the second half of sessions with updated prototypes and concepts.
 * 82 of 96 total research sessions for the Wikistories Africa project are complete. The team continues to review fieldwork updates, with analysis and reporting starting next.
 * Started developing the Wikistories Prototype update version(1.1). The update is based on feedback from prototype testing sessions which will focus on but not limited to:
 * Adding Wikistories creation guide
 * Improve Wikistories creation process
 * Support image editing as well as text editing


 * Completed the development of the Wikistories Prototype (version 1.0)
 * Started the Wikistories prototype testing sessions with the Wikimedia Indonesian Community using the first version of the Prototype
 * Had consultations with experts - WikiCommons curators and the Communications Committee.


 * Continue with the Wikistories Prototype development
 * Prepared for the Wikistories prototype testing sessions with the Wikimedia Indonesian Community
 * Planned consultation with experts - WikiCommons curators

July to September 2021
From July to September 2021, the Inuka team plans to do the following for the Wikistories project:


 * Continue exploration of the Wikistories concept
 * Talk to experts - within and outside the Wikimedia Movement
 * Formulate workflows and prototypes for research and feedback
 * Finalize the concept for the first phase of this tool