Reading/Web

Wikimedia Foundation project Web Responsible for the reading experiences on the web for the Wikimedia projects Group: Product Team members: #Team

The Web team is in charge of the reading experiences on the web for the Wikimedia projects. As part of Core Experiences, we work closely with the Growth and Editing teams.

Check out our repository and learn more about:

• Our software component responsibilities
• The mobile web interface

Current projects

Main page: Reading/Web/Projects

Desktop Improvements

Our desktop interface has been changing over time, yet since the introduction of the Vector skin, most of these changes have been led by volunteers and consolidated into prototypes, user scripts, gadgets, and volunteer-led skins. We think it's time to take some of these ideas and bring them to the default experience. Over the next couple of years, the readers web team will be researching and building out improvements to the desktop experience based on research and existing tools. Our goals are to make Wikipedia more welcoming to new readers and editors, and easier and quicker to use for all (both newcomers and veteran editors). The new skin is currently named "Vector (2022)".

Team

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  Olga Vasileva
  Product Owner

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  Nat Hillard
  Engineering Manager

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  Lani Goto
  Technical Program Manager

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  Jon Robson
  Engineer, Tech Lead

• 

  Mo Abualruz
  Engineer

• 

  Clare Ming
  Engineer

• 

  Nick Ray
  Engineer

• 

  Bernard Wang
  Engineer

• 

  Edward Tadros
  Quality Assurance Analyst

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  Alex Hollender
  UX Designer

• 

  Jan Drewniak
  UX Engineer

• 

  Volker E.
  UX Engineer

• 

  Szymon Grabarczuk
  Community Relations Specialist

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  Jennifer Wang
  Data Scientist

Contact

Volunteer contribution

You can volunteer and help us!

• Working with us
• How do I become a reading web volunteer?
• Start or help with conversation in one of our many open tasks

Office hours

Main page: Reading/Web/Desktop Improvements/Updates/Talk to Web

Our goal is to openly discuss our work, and to answer any of your questions. We would like to invite anyone interested in our projects, current and future work, and in particular Desktop Improvements.

Please plan on attending if:

• You have questions for our team
• You would like to work with us more closely in the future
• You want to discuss plans and strategies for our desktop and mobile sites in the future

If you plan on attending, feel free to add your notes to the agenda - this will help us prepare for your questions ahead of time.