Hi Pine -- did you have any specific ideas? I spent some time in the gaming industry and am familiar with Ingress, the game that Pokeman Go is based on, as well as the theories behind mechanics/compulsion loops that mobile games use. I'll share one general thought -- the research-edit-publish loop is a great mechanism -- it's quick and easy and very gratifying, especially combined with a google search. However, we've generally found that the notion that we use gaming mechanics to encourage people to read or edit wikipedia does not have broad support in our communities. -Toby On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote: _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l

I was thinking along similar lines as Stuart, using OSM to navigate and encouraging users to take photos of landmarks and other buildings where that's permitted by FOP. Landmarks for which we have only small photos, old photos (more than about 3 years), or no photos could be prioritized. Also, for readers, how about showing the readers an OSM view of the world and noting which nearby features have Wikipedia articles as the users navigate on the map? Finally, I'd like users to have emotionally rewarding experiences when exploring our content, as well as creating new content or editing existing content. Editing is painful on mobile, and even on desktop in VE there are bugs which are frustrating. I'd like our tools to work properly, fast, and intuitively. I realize that WMF has a limited budget, but our interface is a ways from being a smooth and enjoyable experience, both on VE and on wikitext. And for readers, I'd like to have robust multimedia search and interactive features. We are far behind in our interfaces compared to sites and apps that others provide, and I hope that we can close that gap within the next two to three years. If WMF does not improve its interfaces rapidly, this leaves the door open for competitors to remix our content with better interfaces, and also encourages potential contibutors to leave Wikimedia for places that provide nice, modern designs and user experiences. Pine On Jul 14, 2016 15:03, "Stuart A. Yeates" <syeates(a)gmail.com> wrote: > A game built on a travel-photograph-upload loop would be a great way to > build our depth of imagery. > > cheers > stuart > > -- > ...let us be heard from red core to black sky > > On Fri, Jul 15, 2016 at 9:52 AM, Toby Negrin <tnegrin(a)wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> Hi Pine -- did you have any specific ideas? I spent some time in the >> gaming industry and am familiar with Ingress, the game that Pokeman Go is >> based on, as well as the theories behind mechanics/compulsion loops that >> mobile games use. >> >> I'll share one general thought -- the research-edit-publish loop is a >> great mechanism -- it's quick and easy and very gratifying, especially >> combined with a google search. >> >> However, we've generally found that the notion that we use gaming >> mechanics to encourage people to read or edit wikipedia does not have broad >> support in our communities. >> >> -Toby >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 14, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi WMF Mobile and Research, >>> >>> I'm wondering if we (mostly meaning "you" but perhaps with external >>> collaborators) have considered how the Wikipedia mobile apps, Wikipedia >>> mobile web, the Wikidata game, and/or the Commons app could borrow some >>> design ideas or features from Pokémon Go to make Wikimedia offerings more >>> appealing, particularly to younger audiences. This would apply to content >>> consumption and contribution, as well as community aspects of Wikimedia >>> experiences, particularly on mobile platforms. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Pine >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mobile-l mailing list >>> Mobile-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mobile-l >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki-research-l mailing list >> Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >

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In the last couple of days there there has been some interesting analysis about the geographical distribution of Pokemon features in relation deprivation, and ethnicity which is closely tied to deprivation in many cultures. Essentially the large crowd-produced data sources have less participation and thus less coverage in areas of high deprivation. It would be very interesting to assign geo-referenced articles to census mesh blocks and plot density of articles / images against measures of deprivation. It would be even more interesting to come up with incentives to increase the balance of our content.

In regards to smartphones in general: I suppose editing Wikipedia as a general activity is unlikely to be great no matter how good our apps are. Screen and Keyboard don't lend themselves for editing (longer) prose. However, with stuart’s and pine’s idea of using OSM and GPS for photos we would use what smartphones and their users are good at. Also, adding data to existing items on wikidata or correcting typos on Wikipedia might be things that could be done well in an app that provides functionality geared towards that specific usecase. better interfaces, and also encourages potential contibutors to leave Wikimedia for places that provide nice, modern designs and user experiences. Interesting point. Are there ideas of how other's remixes could help to actually strengthen rather than weaken the project? Jan 2016-07-15 4:22 GMT+02:00 Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>om>: -- Jan Dittrich UX Design/ User Research Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Tempelhofer Ufer 23-24 | 10963 Berlin Phone: +49 (0)30 219 158 26-0 http://wikimedia.de Imagine a world, in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. That‘s our commitment. Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e. V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/029/42207. _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l

(b) often the location of things (especially people) is not in their article, but can be deduced (for many academics we know which campus they work on and the location of that campus, for example) Have that one covered for a while now: