WIKIPEDIA VERSION
Everything described here pertains to English Wikipedia but may have parallels on other language versions.
PROBLEM DESCRIPTION
When following Article Wizard, first step is a web search for existing pages with same title.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_wizard/Subject
Big blue button is titled "Search Wikipedia for alternative titles". It's a dead end at the search results page.
You may create the page "Foofleberries". There were no results matching the query.
The user has to click the back button and answer "yes I found" or the reverse.
- > THIS IS A SUBSTANTIAL BREAKPOINT (barrier) TO GOOD ARTICLE CONSTRUCTION and derails the entire Article Wizard. <--
For more on why breakpoints are important see https://issuu.com/acunar/docs/exposing-the-magic-of-design/157
Note: same comment applies to arriving at the search results through the box recently restored or added at Wikipedia:Your first article.
INTENDED OUTCOME (broadly)
The Article Wizard should be able to cue the search page so it has the next steps in the AW flow embedded, and the user can see them and follow them.
INTENDED OUTCOME (specifically)
At a minimum, when following Article Wizard, these AW buttons should be displayed on the search results page.
Yes, my proposed article already exists under a different name (submit a redirect) No, my proposed article doesn't already exist on Wikipedia (continue with the wizard)
Better yet, just one of the buttons depending on the search results. Better yet, skip this step and do the right thing depending on search results.
Further community discussion is here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jytdog#Wikipedia:Your_first_article