Maniphest T397411

If we address usability findings from the Dagbani community, editors will encounter fewer or zero critical usability issues during testing and we will see an increase in use of embedded Wikifunctions in wikis.
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	DSantamaria
	Jun 19 2025, 8:07 AM

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Fix usability issues identified in the usability testing of Wikifunctions in Dagbani Wikipedia as documented in T395053 Usability Testing Report

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Resolved		gonyeahialam	T397411 If we address usability findings from the Dagbani community, editors will encounter fewer or zero critical usability issues during testing and we will see an increase in use of embedded Wikifunctions in wikis.
		Resolved		DSmit-WMF	T395474 Usability: Participants Mistook "Suggested Functions" for the Full List.
		Resolved		gengh	T395475 Usability: Unclear input format and error handling for the "Age" function hinder successful use
		Resolved	BUG REPORT	gengh	T402382 Function Metadata Dialog: Custom errors are not shown in the accordion
		Resolved	BUG REPORT	gengh	T404469 Re-enable safe HTML for some error messages and metadata keys
		Resolved		gengh	T404092 Create try-catch and throw builtin functions to be able to test custom errors thrown by user code
		Resolved		gengh	T405114 Incorporate type-smart logic into error type comparison and creation
		Resolved		gengh	T395476 Usability: Participants couldn’t insert the age function because the insert button is disabled until you click outside the input area for validation to occur.
		Resolved		gengh	T395477 Usability: Difficulty finding the needed function because function details don’t match participants’ mental model
		Resolved		gengh	T400268 Spike: Explore MW's SearchEngine class structure, and whether switching to it from our existing SQL LIKE pattern for label search will help
		Resolved		DSmit-WMF	T395478 Usability: No way to go back to function search from function dialog

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DSantamaria created this task.Jun 19 2025, 8:07 AM

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DSantamaria merged a task: T395472: If we address usability findings from the Dagbani community, editors will encounter fewer or zero critical usability issues during testing and we will see an increase in use of embedded Wikifunctions in wikis..Jul 14 2025, 2:14 PM

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395473: Usability: Difficulty Discovering the functions feature in Wikipedia.

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395474: Usability: Participants Mistook "Suggested Functions" for the Full List..

DSantamaria added subscribers: gonyeahialam, Jdforrester-WMF.

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395475: Usability: Unclear input format and error handling for the "Age" function hinder successful use.Jul 14 2025, 2:16 PM

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395476: Usability: Participants couldn’t insert the age function because the insert button is disabled until you click outside the input area for validation to occur..

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395477: Usability: Difficulty finding the needed function because function details don’t match participants’ mental model.

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395478: Usability: No way to go back to function search from function dialog.

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395479: Usability: Desire for clearer indication of function-generated content in articles.

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395480: Usability: Ability to apply functions directly on selected text.

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395482: Usability: Difficulty in Translating Functions and Fixing Copy Errors.

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395484: Usability: Insert units alongside the values for conversion functions.

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395486: Usability: Inconsistent Error Display.

DSantamaria added a subtask: T395792: Usability: Conversion functions sometimes output values with a lot of decimal places.

DSantamaria updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 14 2025, 2:19 PM

gonyeahialam changed the status of subtask T395477: Usability: Difficulty finding the needed function because function details don’t match participants’ mental model from Open to In Progress.Jul 18 2025, 5:58 PM

gonyeahialam changed the status of subtask T395476: Usability: Participants couldn’t insert the age function because the insert button is disabled until you click outside the input area for validation to occur. from Open to In Progress.Jul 24 2025, 10:22 PM

Jdforrester-WMF triaged this task as High priority.Jul 30 2025, 3:49 PM

gengh changed the status of subtask T395475: Usability: Unclear input format and error handling for the "Age" function hinder successful use from Open to In Progress.Aug 18 2025, 1:36 PM

DSantamaria changed the status of subtask T395476: Usability: Participants couldn’t insert the age function because the insert button is disabled until you click outside the input area for validation to occur. from In Progress to Open.Aug 22 2025, 2:16 PM

DSmit-WMF closed subtask T395478: Usability: No way to go back to function search from function dialog as Resolved.Aug 22 2025, 2:38 PM

Jdforrester-WMF changed the status of subtask T395480: Usability: Ability to apply functions directly on selected text from Open to In Progress.Aug 25 2025, 5:57 PM

DSantamaria added a project: OKR-Work.Aug 26 2025, 9:06 AM

Jdforrester-WMF added a subtask: T402176: Implement Default Value usability improvement in the Visual Editor wikifunctions integration.Aug 27 2025, 3:44 PM

Jdforrester-WMF changed the status of subtask T395476: Usability: Participants couldn’t insert the age function because the insert button is disabled until you click outside the input area for validation to occur. from Open to In Progress.Sep 2 2025, 7:34 PM

DSantamaria removed a subtask: T395473: Usability: Difficulty Discovering the functions feature in Wikipedia.Sep 9 2025, 3:40 PM

DSantamaria removed a subtask: T395479: Usability: Desire for clearer indication of function-generated content in articles.

DSantamaria removed a subtask: T395482: Usability: Difficulty in Translating Functions and Fixing Copy Errors.

DSantamaria removed a subtask: T395484: Usability: Insert units alongside the values for conversion functions.

DSantamaria removed a subtask: T395486: Usability: Inconsistent Error Display.

DSantamaria removed a subtask: T395792: Usability: Conversion functions sometimes output values with a lot of decimal places.

DSmit-WMF changed the status of subtask T402176: Implement Default Value usability improvement in the Visual Editor wikifunctions integration from Open to In Progress.Sep 10 2025, 12:24 PM

gengh added a subtask: T404092: Create try-catch and throw builtin functions to be able to test custom errors thrown by user code.Sep 16 2025, 1:38 PM

Jdforrester-WMF removed a subtask: T404092: Create try-catch and throw builtin functions to be able to test custom errors thrown by user code.Sep 17 2025, 3:40 PM

gonyeahialam closed subtask T395474: Usability: Participants Mistook "Suggested Functions" for the Full List. as Resolved.Sep 19 2025, 4:51 PM

gonyeahialam closed subtask T395476: Usability: Participants couldn’t insert the age function because the insert button is disabled until you click outside the input area for validation to occur. as Resolved.

gonyeahialam closed subtask T395477: Usability: Difficulty finding the needed function because function details don’t match participants’ mental model as Resolved.Sep 19 2025, 4:56 PM

DSantamaria removed a subtask: T395480: Usability: Ability to apply functions directly on selected text.Sep 30 2025, 3:14 PM

Jdforrester-WMF closed subtask T395475: Usability: Unclear input format and error handling for the "Age" function hinder successful use as Resolved.Oct 3 2025, 3:23 PM

Jdforrester-WMF changed the task status from Open to In Progress.Oct 3 2025, 3:28 PM

Jdforrester-WMF moved this task from Epics for this Quarter to Needs Sign-off on the Abstract Wikipedia team (26Q1 (Jul–Sep)) board.

One task T402176 is still in code review @Jdforrester-WMF @DSantamaria

Jdforrester-WMF closed this task as Resolved.Oct 15 2025, 5:56 PM

Jdforrester-WMF removed a subtask: T402176: Implement Default Value usability improvement in the Visual Editor wikifunctions integration.