Design/Wikimania 2026
TMany product initiatives will be shared for feedback and demoing by the Product design team at Wikimania this year, please stop by and see us at the Wikimedia Foundation P&T initiative tables tables on Thursday.
This is a place where you can sign up for user research studies, try out new and future features. Please give us feedback either directly from a link provided in the relevant demo, or else on the Discussion page.
Attribution Framework
[edit]We've recently created the Wikimedia Attribution Framework to provides guidelines to facilitate crediting and enriching Wikimedia content in your project, along with a new Attribution API that makes getting attribution signals that much easier. You can learn more about using the framework and APIs, or get in touch with feedback or support on the Wikimedia Attribution Framework project page.
Semantic Search / Natural Language Search
[edit]The Mobile Apps team is testing out a new design of the Semantic Search or natural language search feature. We would love your feedback on the key screens. – What stands out to you? What could be improved? Tell us by completing this 7-10min survey where you'll answer questions about the shared designs. Complete the survey here: https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/976837
Note: If you're interested in learning more about this feature, it is being discussed in the Sat 4pm session "Can cats see in the dark? Defending open knowledge through natural language search and information retrieval".
World of Wiki game
[edit]We're exploring new ways to make Wikimedia content fun while showcasing our attribution framework. Your feedback will help shape our final experience!
Visit worldof.wiki to play. Swipe through cards based on real or made-up Wikipedia articles. Guess correctly to collect real cards! Let us know what you think by completing the feedback form linked at the bottom of the page after playing. Have fun!
"MinMin" Reader experiment
[edit]We want to test offering a version of Minerva that is visually lighter (“Minimal Minerva”) to see if it improves the logged-out reader experience on articles to encourage logged-out readers to come back more often. Based on Readers Foundational Research conducted by the WMF UX Research Team, readers felt they had to do “a lot of scrolling” to find information.
As you play with the prototype, we’re especially curious for your thoughts on the navigational elements. Add your feedback to https://w.wiki/_bVEt
Contributors Year in Review
[edit]This presentation provides an overview of key product work the Editing, Growth, Moderator Tools, Connection and Language teams worked on this year. Your feedback is welcome on the Discussion page!
These projects in particular are in development that you can try:
| Project | Audience | Test/Learn more | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account setup: Rethinking the Welcome survey to streamline onboarding and account creation. | Newcomers | Try it (prototype) | Learn more | Growth |
| Article guidance : Helps less experienced editors create policy-compliant, well-structured articles with tailored, community-adjustable guidance. | Editors | Try it (testwiki) | Learn more | Language Product Localisation |
| Suggestion mode: VisualEditor feature that proactively suggests actions people can take to improve Wikipedia articles, inspiring edits from those who want to help but don’t know where to start. | Editors | Try it (testwiki) | Learn more | Editing |
| Edit Toolbar updates: Improving the mobile edit toolbar to make editing easier and better align it with desktop, including a responsive toolbar enabling more access to editing tools. | Mobile editors | Try it (prototype) | Learn more | the |
| Worklists: Worklists help event organizers and participants collaborate by creating a shared list of articles to improve during an event. | Editors at events | Try it (prototype) | Learn more | Connection |
| Undo On Mobile Diff: Adding core diff actions, like Undo, to the mobile web diff page to improve navigation and content moderation. While this feature is launched, your feedback will inform future improvements Moderator Tools plans to make on mobile diffs. | Mobile Patrollers | Try it (testwiki) | Learn more | Moderator tools |
Technical contributors user research sign-up
[edit]Help us improve the Developer experience on Wikimedia projects for technical contributors! Join our research participant list to share feedback on developer tools, documentation, and technical workflows. Opt out at any time. Sign up at https://wikimediafoundation.limesurvey.net/271757
UX Research participant sign-up
[edit]Participate in user experience research to improve Wikimedia projects for everyone.
- Take part in occasional research studies
- Receive a digital gift card for each study
- Leave the list at anytime