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[Analytics] Improvements to Wikistats2 front-end
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This task corresponds to a GSoC 2018 project (Google Summer of Code 2018).
See: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2018#[Analytics]_Improvements_to_Wikistats2_front-end
Mentor for the project: @mforns.

Short description:

Wikistats [1] is the public statistics website of the Wikimedia Foundation. Its main purpose is to add context and motivate our editor community by providing a set of metrics through which users can see the impact of their contributions in the projects they are a part of. Wikistats2 [2][3][4] is a recently released website, developed by the WMF's Analytics team [5][6], that will replace Wikistats in the near future. Wikistats2 is intended to:

  • Update the website's interface.
  • Provide access to data in an analytics-friendly form.
  • Be easier to maintain and improve.

Wikistats2 is currently in production but still in alpha stage. There are some improvements that need to be made in order to consider Wikistats2 a full replacement of its predecessor. The objective of this GSoC project is to improve Wikistats2 front-end, bringing it closer to a finalized product. This task lists around 12 subtasks containing small improvements to be implemented. If the student, after familiarizing with Wikistats2 interface, has other suggestions of improvements, those will be welcome!

[1] https://stats.wikimedia.org
[2] https://stats.wikimedia.org/v2
[3] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Wikistats_2
[4] https://github.com/wikimedia/analytics-wikistats2
[5] https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Staff_and_contractors#Analytics
[6] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics

Expected outcome:

  • At least 8 of the 12 proposed improvements are productionized before the deadline. Each subtask includes:
    1. Implementation
    2. Testing
    3. Documentation
  • [Extra] Discuss, implement, test and document any new ideas that the student may have to improve Wikistats2 front-end.

Skills required

  • Awareness of programming fundamentals.
  • Awareness of web application development fundamentals.
  • Capacity to write correct and readable code in JavaScript (ES6), HTML and CSS.
  • Some familiarity with single-page-application frameworks is a plus (Wikistats2 uses Vue.js [7]).
  • General knowledge of how MediaWiki wikis work (editing, pages, users, etc.) is also a plus.

[7] https://vuejs.org

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StatusSubtypeAssignedTask
 Resolvedsahil505T189210 [Analytics] Improvements to Wikistats2 front-end
Resolvedsahil505T182109 Present a page view metric description to the user that they are likely to understand
 Resolvedsahil505T185533 Wikistats Beta: Fix accessibility/markup issues of Wikistats 2.0
 Resolvedsahil505T183184 Make the colors used the line charts in Wikistats 2 more easy to recognize.
 Resolvedsahil505T187429 Beta: Y-axis units and rounding issues
 Resolvedsahil505T191672 Upgrading Wikistats 2.0 footer UI/design
 Resolvedsahil505T192407 Hide "Load more rows..." once all the data is visible in Table Chart
 Resolvedsahil505T189619 Add wikistats metric about "pagecounts"
 Resolvedsahil505T192416 Improvements to Wikistats2 chart popups
 Resolvedsahil505T196982 Improve UI for ‘All wikis’ & ‘Explore Topics’ dropdown
 Resolvedsahil505T197103 Correct mixed case naming of metrics WIkistats 2.0
 Resolvedsahil505T196983 Correct Net Bytes Difference Metric value on Dashboard
 Resolvedsahil505T197482 Shortcut icon is not showing
 Resolvedsahil505T198183 Disable filter & split radio switches for metrics & reduce the height of wiki div in sidebar of detail page
 Resolvedsahil505T198168 Correct order of metric types on Dashboard navbar/menu
 Resolvedsahil505T198122 Correct spelling mistake in description meta tag of wikistats 2
 Resolvedsahil505T198630 [Wikistats2] Broken down data with different time ranges for each line (or column set) breaks the chart
 Resolvedsahil505T198510 [Wikistats2] Negative numbers in chart axis are not abbreviated
 Resolvedsahil505T198867 Improve Wikistats2 map zoom

Event Timeline

mforns created this task.Mar 8 2018, 3:05 PM
Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptMar 8 2018, 3:05 PM
mforns added subtasks: T187427: Change '--' to something more helpful in Wikistats page views by country table view, T188208: The alert message about adblocker is not fully shown on smaller screens, T182109: Present a page view metric description to the user that they are likely to understand, T185533: Wikistats Beta: Fix accessibility/markup issues of Wikistats 2.0, T183184: Make the colors used the line charts in Wikistats 2 more easy to recognize., T182990: [Wikistats2] The detail page for tops and maps metrics does not indicate time range, T187429: Beta: Y-axis units and rounding issues, T186335: Wikistat Beta: expand topic explorer by default , T189195: Limit pan in Wikistats2 maps, T189197: Wikistats2 line chart and map displacement bugs in Chrome+Ubuntu, T189200: Use line charts when breaking down a column chart in Wikistats2, T183183: Present Wikistats 2 charts for the period selected by the user., T183185: Display of radio buttons in Wikistats 2 is somewhat confusing, T178018: Consider adding breadcrumbs to Wikistats 2, T183181: Consistently preserve settings when a user switches to a new metric (especially on the same page)., T178016: Render Wikistats graphs server-side, so that they can be embedded on-wikis, T179444: Put view settings in URL so it can be shared and bookmarked.Mar 8 2018, 3:13 PM
mforns removed a subtask: T189200: Use line charts when breaking down a column chart in Wikistats2.Mar 8 2018, 5:53 PM
mforns removed subtasks: T179444: Put view settings in URL so it can be shared and bookmarked, T178016: Render Wikistats graphs server-side, so that they can be embedded on-wikis, T183181: Consistently preserve settings when a user switches to a new metric (especially on the same page)., T183183: Present Wikistats 2 charts for the period selected by the user..Mar 8 2018, 5:59 PM
• fdans edited projects, added Analytics-Kanban; removed Analytics.Mar 8 2018, 6:01 PM
• fdans set the point value for this task to 0.
• fdans moved this task from Next Up to Parent Tasks on the Analytics-Kanban board.
• Nuria edited projects, added Analytics; removed Analytics-Kanban.Mar 8 2018, 6:38 PM
• Nuria edited projects, added Analytics-Kanban; removed Analytics.
srishakatux moved this task from Backlog to Featured Projects on the Google-Summer-of-Code (2018) board.Mar 8 2018, 7:25 PM
srishakatux renamed this task from Analytics GSoC to [Analytics] Improvements to Wikistats2 front-end .Mar 8 2018, 7:41 PM
srishakatux subscribed.

Project imported here https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/2018#Improvements_to_Wikistats2_front-end. Feel free to make any edits.

yashdeep97 subscribed.Mar 9 2018, 5:29 AM
sahil505 subscribed.Mar 12 2018, 12:56 PM
sahil505 added a comment.Mar 12 2018, 7:43 PM

@mforns - I would be interested to work on this project for GSoC 2018. I have explored some of the sub-tasks that have been listed above and have some really interesting ideas on how we can improve the frontend of Wikistats2. I've a lot of experience with the skillsets required for this project such as VueJS and normal JS for instance. Thanks.

mforns updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 13 2018, 9:12 PM
mforns added a subscriber: • Nuria.
mforns added a comment.Mar 13 2018, 9:19 PM

Hi @sahil505, thank you very much for applying for the project!
I've added a short project description to this task, and put some links of interest there.
I hope it helps you better understand the project.
Let's continue our conversation by email :]
Cheers

srishakatux added a comment.Mar 14 2018, 7:02 AM

This message is for students interested in working on this project for Google-Summer-of-Code (2018)

  • Student application deadline is March 27 16:00 UTC.
  • If you have questions about eligibility, please read the GSoC rules thoroughly here https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/rules/. Wikimedia will not be responsible for verifying your eligibility and also not be able to make any decisions on this. For any clarifying questions, please email gsoc-support@google.com
  • Ensure that by now you have already discussed your implementation approach with your mentors, completed a few bugs/microtasks and made a plan to move forward with the proposal
  • I encourage you to start creating your proposals on Phabricator now to receive timely feedback on them from mentors. Do not wait until the last minute. Give your mentors at least a week's time to review your proposal, so that you could then incorporate any suggestions for changes. Learn how to submit a proposal in our participant's guide: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Google_Summer_of_Code/Participants (Step 9)
  • Proposals that contain links to successfully merged patches before the application period and submitted on both Phabricator and GSoC portal will only be considered for the review process. So, between now and the application deadline, you could consider working on this task.
  • If you would like to chat with me more about the process or have questions, come and talk to me in the Zulip chat: https://wikimedia.zulipchat.com/
sahil505 mentioned this in T189964: GSoC Proposal 2018 : [Analytics] Improvements to Wikistats2 front-end.Mar 18 2018, 1:46 AM
Jibin2706 subscribed.Mar 21 2018, 11:58 AM

Where is the source code?

mforns added a comment.Mar 22 2018, 12:23 PM

Hi @Jibin2706, the source code is in the task's description (reference [4]).

• Nuria closed subtask T188208: The alert message about adblocker is not fully shown on smaller screens as Resolved.Mar 26 2018, 9:27 PM
Amitjoki subscribed.Mar 27 2018, 5:50 PM
Amitjoki closed subtask T186335: Wikistat Beta: expand topic explorer by default as Resolved.Mar 28 2018, 5:24 PM
• Nuria reopened subtask T186335: Wikistat Beta: expand topic explorer by default as Open.Mar 28 2018, 6:01 PM
sahil505 mentioned this in T190915: Improve scoping of CSS.Mar 30 2018, 12:49 PM
• Nuria closed subtask T182990: [Wikistats2] The detail page for tops and maps metrics does not indicate time range as Resolved.Apr 17 2018, 2:58 AM
• Nuria closed subtask T189195: Limit pan in Wikistats2 maps as Resolved.
• Nuria closed subtask T186335: Wikistat Beta: expand topic explorer by default as Resolved.
mforns added a subtask: T190915: Improve scoping of CSS.Apr 17 2018, 11:17 AM
mforns closed subtask T187427: Change '--' to something more helpful in Wikistats page views by country table view as Resolved.May 7 2018, 7:30 PM
mforns removed subtasks: T183185: Display of radio buttons in Wikistats 2 is somewhat confusing, T189195: Limit pan in Wikistats2 maps, T186335: Wikistat Beta: expand topic explorer by default , T182990: [Wikistats2] The detail page for tops and maps metrics does not indicate time range, T188208: The alert message about adblocker is not fully shown on smaller screens, T187427: Change '--' to something more helpful in Wikistats page views by country table view.May 7 2018, 8:19 PM
mforns added a subtask: T191672: Upgrading Wikistats 2.0 footer UI/design.May 7 2018, 8:26 PM
mforns added a subtask: T192407: Hide "Load more rows..." once all the data is visible in Table Chart.
mforns added a subtask: T189619: Add wikistats metric about "pagecounts".May 7 2018, 8:29 PM
mforns added a subtask: T192416: Improvements to Wikistats2 chart popups.May 7 2018, 8:33 PM
mforns assigned this task to sahil505.May 8 2018, 2:42 PM
mforns removed a subtask: T189197: Wikistats2 line chart and map displacement bugs in Chrome+Ubuntu.
Milimetric closed subtask T178018: Consider adding breadcrumbs to Wikistats 2 as Declined.May 8 2018, 2:51 PM
sahil505 removed a subtask: T178018: Consider adding breadcrumbs to Wikistats 2.May 11 2018, 11:10 AM
sahil505 added a subscriber: Milimetric.May 11 2018, 11:13 AM

Removed T178018 based on @Milimetric comments.

• Nuria closed subtask T187429: Beta: Y-axis units and rounding issues as Resolved.Jun 11 2018, 10:37 PM
• Nuria closed subtask T192407: Hide "Load more rows..." once all the data is visible in Table Chart as Resolved.
• Nuria closed subtask T191672: Upgrading Wikistats 2.0 footer UI/design as Resolved.
• Nuria closed subtask T182109: Present a page view metric description to the user that they are likely to understand as Resolved.
• Nuria closed subtask T185533: Wikistats Beta: Fix accessibility/markup issues of Wikistats 2.0 as Resolved.Jun 18 2018, 5:56 PM
sahil505 added subtasks: T196982: Improve UI for ‘All wikis’ & ‘Explore Topics’ dropdown, T197103: Correct mixed case naming of metrics WIkistats 2.0, T196983: Correct Net Bytes Difference Metric value on Dashboard.Jun 19 2018, 4:04 AM
sahil505 added a subtask: T197482: Shortcut icon is not showing.Jun 20 2018, 6:59 AM
sahil505 added subtasks: T198183: Disable filter & split radio switches for metrics & reduce the height of wiki div in sidebar of detail page, T198168: Correct order of metric types on Dashboard navbar/menu, T198122: Correct spelling mistake in description meta tag of wikistats 2.Jun 29 2018, 7:07 PM
• Vvjjkkii reopened subtask T196983: Correct Net Bytes Difference Metric value on Dashboard as Open.Jul 1 2018, 1:04 AM
• Community_Tech_bot closed subtask T196983: Correct Net Bytes Difference Metric value on Dashboard as Resolved.Jul 1 2018, 6:26 AM
srishakatux added a project: Outreach-Programs-Projects.Jul 7 2018, 2:03 AM
srishakatux moved this task from Backlog to Google Summer of Code 2018 + Outreachy Round 16 (featured + accepted) on the Outreach-Programs-Projects board.
sahil505 added subtasks: T198630: [Wikistats2] Broken down data with different time ranges for each line (or column set) breaks the chart, T198510: [Wikistats2] Negative numbers in chart axis are not abbreviated.Jul 7 2018, 6:35 AM
• Nuria closed subtask T198183: Disable filter & split radio switches for metrics & reduce the height of wiki div in sidebar of detail page as Resolved.Jul 11 2018, 9:59 PM
• Nuria closed subtask T196982: Improve UI for ‘All wikis’ & ‘Explore Topics’ dropdown as Resolved.Jul 11 2018, 10:02 PM
• Nuria closed subtask T197103: Correct mixed case naming of metrics WIkistats 2.0 as Resolved.
• Nuria closed subtask T198122: Correct spelling mistake in description meta tag of wikistats 2 as Resolved.
• Nuria closed subtask T197482: Shortcut icon is not showing as Resolved.
• Nuria closed subtask T198168: Correct order of metric types on Dashboard navbar/menu as Resolved.Jul 11 2018, 10:04 PM
• Nuria closed subtask T189619: Add wikistats metric about "pagecounts" as Resolved.Jul 12 2018, 5:33 PM
sahil505 added a subtask: T198867: Improve Wikistats2 map zoom.Jul 19 2018, 6:57 AM
sahil505 removed a subtask: T190915: Improve scoping of CSS.Aug 9 2018, 3:34 PM
• Nuria closed subtask T198510: [Wikistats2] Negative numbers in chart axis are not abbreviated as Resolved.Aug 22 2018, 10:45 PM
• Nuria closed subtask T183184: Make the colors used the line charts in Wikistats 2 more easy to recognize. as Resolved.
• Nuria closed subtask T198867: Improve Wikistats2 map zoom as Resolved.Aug 30 2018, 9:47 PM
srishakatux added a comment.Sep 8 2018, 1:51 AM

ping @sahil505 @mforns Is there anything remaining in this task from GSoC'18? If not, then please consider marking it as resolved! Ensure no pull requests are remaining to be merged and deployed in production and documentation both on-wiki and in the code is complete.

Same goes for T189964

mforns closed this task as Resolved.Sep 10 2018, 5:22 PM

Resolved! Kudos to Sahil

Milimetric added a comment.Sep 10 2018, 8:10 PM

@sahil505 I was a little busy at the end of your GSoC session to say this, but I wanted to make sure it's somewhere public: you did an amazing job, and put Wikistats 2 in a much better place than where you found it. Thank you so much, you should be proud of your work here.

srishakatux awarded a token.Sep 10 2018, 8:12 PM
sahil505 added a subscriber: • fdans.Sep 20 2018, 8:17 PM

Hey @Milimetric, thanks a lot for this amazing gesture. All of this would not have been possible without your, @Nuria, @fdans & especially @mforns guidance and support. I extend my deepest gratitude to you all. Cheers :)

• Nuria added a comment.Sep 20 2018, 11:02 PM

+1 to great work @sahil505 !

mforns closed subtask T198630: [Wikistats2] Broken down data with different time ranges for each line (or column set) breaks the chart as Resolved.Mar 25 2020, 2:48 PM
Aklapper closed subtask T192416: Improvements to Wikistats2 chart popups as Resolved.Oct 14 2020, 5:47 PM
Aklapper mentioned this in T192416: Improvements to Wikistats2 chart popups.
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