On 01/22/2014 02:04 PM, Steven Walling wrote:
> In any case, I don't see that prioritization in the design of winter
> right now. Section edit links are very subtle visually. Also, they are
> moved back to the right, though A/B tests ran by Trevor suggest that
> putting them near the title with an icon was superior in conversion to
> editing.

Yes to the pencil icon used by Mobile and Flow next to the title! I
would even say yes to testing whether a blue pencil helps bringing more
edits.

A word like "Edit" might be less inviting or even meaningful to
newcomers. It's a fairly technical term, and even in e.g. social media
it is more related to fixing typos and othr mistakes than to expand, be
creative, enjoy. Add translations to the mix.

Any word in a page already full of words will have a harder time to
shine than a simple pencil icon next to the title that captures
everybody's attention.

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Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil

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