Prototype gifs for newcomer guidance
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	MMiller_WMF
	Oct 29 2019, 5:34 PM

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The Growth team has discussed whether animated gifs could be a good tool to quickly teach newcomers how to do a specific task, such as adding a wikilink. This task is about prototyping one or two gifs, and then displaying them on help pages. In the longer term, we may be able to use gifs in the help panel for guidance while doing newcomer tasks.

Prototype GIFs created

Two GIFs by @Dyolf77_WMF have been uploaded and shared in the arwiki help pages:

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Mentioned In: T239182: Newcomer tasks: design guidance

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MMiller_WMF created this task.Oct 29 2019, 5:34 PM

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@Dyolf77_WMF -- here is a task about gifs. Please add updates here!

Starting with:

edit and save an article
adding a wiki link

A question: what are the preferences of the size/ratio for the GIFs?

First version: right here. Please @MMiller_WMF , can you review it?

Second version: Copyedit - adding an interwiki link to an article. GIF

Dyolf77_WMF added a project: User-Dyolf77.Nov 10 2019, 9:01 AM

Dyolf77_WMF moved this task from Backlog to In progress on the User-Dyolf77 board.

Dyolf77_WMF triaged this task as Medium priority.Nov 10 2019, 12:05 PM

The two GIFs are uploaded and shared in the help pages:

Copyedit

Adding links

Dyolf77_WMF moved this task from In progress to In review on the User-Dyolf77 board.Nov 11 2019, 11:37 AM

@RHo -- @Dyolf77_WMF's gifs are now live on the help pages that we linked to in newcomer tasks via the "Learn more" link. I am putting this task your board as inspiration for your thinking about V1.2 (guidance).

RHo updated the task description. (Show Details)Nov 27 2019, 4:32 PM

RHo mentioned this in T239182: Newcomer tasks: design guidance.Dec 19 2019, 5:00 PM

Urbanecm edited subscribers, added: Urbanecm_WMF; removed: Urbanecm.Aug 26 2020, 1:44 PM

MBinder_WMF added a project: Growth-Team-Filtering.Apr 15 2021, 6:51 PM

Dyolf77_WMF moved this task from In review to In progress on the User-Dyolf77 board.Aug 3 2021, 1:13 PM

Dyolf77_WMF moved this task from In progress to In review on the User-Dyolf77 board.

Dyolf77_WMF closed this task as Resolved.Feb 7 2022, 7:32 AM