Wikistories for Wikipedia/2021-22 Status Updates
April to June 2022 edit
June 2022 edit
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development:
- Security & performance reviews completed.
- Completed the following Wikistories design and development works:
- 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.
May 2022 edit
- 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:
- Wikistories pilot testing preparation in progress.
- Wikistories Early Adopters Research Planning in progress
- Wikistories MediaWiki extension is deployed in Beta cluster.
April 2022 edit
- 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:
- 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 MediaWiki extension is deployed in Beta cluster.
- Wikistories pilot testing preparation in progress.
- Wikistories Early Adopters Research Planning in progress.
January to March 2022 edit
March 2022 edit
- Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development still in progress:
- The following design works related to different controls in a Wikistory builder are ongoing:
- 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
- Pilot Wiki finalised to be the Indonesia Wikipedia.
February 2022 edit
- 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.
- MVP requirements scope on editors' experiences finalized. The scope includes but not limited to:
January 2022 edit
- Design research for Wikistories Indonesia project: Report completed
- Design research for Wikistories Africa project: Report completed
- Wikistories Minimum Viable Product (MVP) development in progress
October to December 2021 edit
December 2021 edit
- 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:
November 2021 edit
- 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.
October 2021 edit
- 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 edit
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