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[Mega-epic] Implement Reading lists (nee: collections) on Android.
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Summary / Rationale

Reading lists (nee: Collections) are a great way to engage with readers, encourage them to come back to the app again and again, and facilitate sharing of content, which can improve readership even more and they are also growing in popularity across the web.
With the introduction of collections reading lists, we are helping solve the following user problems:

For readers:

  • I would like to be directed to interesting articles
  • I would like to see what my friends recommend on Wikipedia

For avid readers and "curators":

  • I would like to share/recommend my tastes with friends/world
  • I would like to share my expertise with the world (here is what you need to know about the CIA)
  • I would like to share interesting “meta” Wikipedia quirks: weird articles, funny articles, bad grammar
  • I want to tell stories through ordered, organized compilations of articles

For editors

  • I would like to know that my article is valued or being read.

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External Dependencies

This depends on either the existing Gather API, or an entirely new API, and will require backend work to suit our needs.

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Product Plan

Prototyping

See dependent tasks.

MVP

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Dbrant renamed this task from [Mega-epic] Implement Gather collections on Android. to [Mega-epic] Implement collections on Android..Feb 11 2016, 4:02 PM
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RHo renamed this task from [Mega-epic] Implement collections on Android. to [Mega-epic] Implement Reading lists (nee: collections) on Android..Apr 7 2017, 12:11 PM
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Updated description to reduce ambiguity since this feature is now known as Reading lists

@Dbrant okay to mark resolved? If so, please feel free to do the honors.

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Good find!