UniversalWikiEditButton ConsensusPoll
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We're Done When ...
We are definitely done with this version of the UniversalWikiEditButton if we can reach and maintain the levels of consensus described in this section.
- We need at least 90% of at least 10 ActiveMembers of WikiTravel to be at YES on the current version of the icon.
- We need at least 90% of at least 10 ActiveMembers of WikiHow to be at YES on the current version of the icon.
- We need at least 90% of at least 10 ActiveMembers of Wikia to be at YES on the current version of the icon.
- We need at least 90% of at least 10 ActiveMembers of WardsWiki to be at YES on the current version of the icon.
- We need at least 90% of at least 10 ActiveMembers of MeatballWiki to be at YES on the current version of the icon.
- We need at least 90% of at least 10 ActiveMembers of CommunityWiki to be at YES on the current version of the icon.
- We need at least 90% of at least 10 ActiveMembers of AboutUs to be at YES on the current version of the icon.
- The "Edit This" Button stays above the GoThresholds and remains unchanged for at least 48 hours. Each time the icon changes the DoneTimer resets to zero.
How to participate
If you don't feel strongly about this decision, please feel warmly welcomed to work on other things. If you are feeling ProcessFatigue please feel warmly welcomed to take a break. Before leaving, please consider leaving either a yes or not yet status with an explanatory comment.
Taking a break while leaving a yes status means:
- "Given the GoThresholds for this poll and the people who are participating it feels extremely unlikely that this poll could succeed without creating a high quality "edit this page" icon. I trust you all to watch out for my interests and come to a good decision. If the GoThresholds were lower, or if Suzy Trustworthy wasn't actively participating I might feel otherwise. I know that Suzy Trustworthy will ping me if I need to become involved again. So, have at it friends and know that I support your effort in spirit even if I can't actively participate right now."
Taking a break while leaving a not yet status means:
- "Given the GoThresholds for this poll and the people who are participating it feels like this poll might pass even if the icon isn't high quality. If the GoThresholds were higher, or if Suzy Trustworthy was actively participating I might feel otherwise. But since the thresholds are so low and no one I know from my own personal experience to be trustworthy is involved, I'm going to ensure that the final results are better by leaving my vote a not yet. The plan can still succeed, it will just require higher levels of support to counteract my not yet."
If the icon in its current form doesn't speak to you, please directly edit the icon. No need to explain your every edit, just tweak the icon until it works for you. (EfficientlyExpressedSuggestions)
Status: Not Yet
- We have 0 (0%) YES of 1 ActiveMembers of WikiTravel
- We have 1 (100%) YES of 2 ActiveMembers of WikiHow
- We have 0 (0%) YES of 0 ActiveMembers of Wikia
- We have 0 (0%) YES of 0 ActiveMembers of WardsWiki
- We have 0 (0%) YES of 0 ActiveMembers of MeatballWiki
- We have 0 (0%) YES of 0 ActiveMembers of CommunityWiki
- We have 3 (60%) YES of 5 ActiveMembers of AboutUs
Participants
WikiTravel
- Cacahuate NotYet to the logo. I like green, but it's just not quite extraordinary enough yet. Sorry I can't help with the actual design, but I'll know something great when I see it! - I am a YES to the concept
WikiHow
- Nicole Willson NotYet Love the concept and appreciate all the initiative taken to do this. I love the idea of green and something involving a notepad or pencil, but I agree that it doesn't make me all psyched about editing. Maybe a pencil with some lines or waves radiating from it in the same spirit of the RSS logo.
- Dave Crosby YES Fully behind the concept. Icon is good for me.
Wikia
WardsWiki
MeatballWiki
- SunirShah NotYet I'm all for the green, but shapes don't say edit to me. I think some basic usability testing can be done (see below).
CommunityWiki
AboutUs
- TedErnst NotYet I'm intrigued by the words "UniversalWikiEditButton" but I don't know what it means. Which image is the current one? What happens when this consensus poll succeeds? Are we making a decision for all these wikis? Also, I like the green color, but all I see are green blobs. I cannot see the pencil or anything else inside these small green icons. Maybe my eyes are just bad, but if I can't see them, they have zero affordance for me, and I'd guess for others. I like Sunir's stuff about testing with users.
- ScottKeeler NotYet Long way to go
- Vinh Nguyen {{NotYet|While I like the direction this is heading, I think we need more clarification on the goals of creating a Universal Wiki Edit Button. In short: What does it signify? Who will use it? and Why do we need it?]]
- Brandon CS Sanders YES Works for me
- Nathan YES Fantastic.
- Drew YES I'm intrigued by the concept
Usability testing
A quick a dirty method for usability testing the icon is as follows:
- For the set of edit icons (including existing ones like the MoinMoin comic bubble, or the ubiquitous pen),
- take one control icon (say, a green dot)
- and take N (e.g. 3) random edit icons.
- Randomly permute this set of N+1 icons
- and display this set to
- a randomly selected user
- and ask the user to choose which single icon means 'edit'.
- Run this experiment many, many, many, many times,
- and choose the icon that receives the most votes,
- provided it has been selected more than the others a stastically significant amount.