User story & summary:
As a new editor visiting my Newcomer homepage, I want to see community updates relevant to new editors, so that I can deepen my involvement in the wikis.
Project details:
- This project relates to the creation of a new Community Configurable module for the Newcomer homepage:
- Project page: Community Updates
- T360485: [EPIC] Newcomer homepage: Community updates module (FY23/24 WE1.3 / FY24/25 SDS2.1.3)
Release plan
Should be complete by the end of Q1 (September 30, 2024):
- Completion & QA of all initial MVP tasks (Deadline: End of September)
- Release to Test Wiki T374577: Community Updates module: Release to Test Wikipedia
- Complete initial instrumentation on Metrics Platform T370930: Metrics Platform Integration: Deploy the Instrumented Community Updates module to testwiki and test submission of events on stream labs
- QA test Metrics Platform instrumentation on Test Wiki T374675: Community Updates + Metrics Platform: test instrumentation on Test Wiki
(Deadline: End of September)
Should be complete by the end of Q2 (December 23, 2024):
- Iterate on any pilot wiki feedback
- Complete A/B test setup T377233: Show Community updates module based on experiment variant
- Release to Pilot wikis T374664: T374577: Community Updates module: Release to Growth Pilot Wikipedias (October 31, 2024)
- Finalize coordination with Pilot wikis on testable "Community Update" T366328: Community update module: community outreach for pilot testing
- Start A/B tests (by enabling the Community Updates module on Pilot Wikis: es, fr, ar, cz)
- Stop A/B test T385338: Community Updates: End pilot experiment
Should be complete by early Q3 (January 31, 2025):
- Analyze A/B tests & share analysis on MediaWiki: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Community_Updates#Experiment_Results
- Release to all Wikipedias: T384406: Community Updates module: Release to all Wikipedias with GrowthExperiments