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[SPIKE] How could we display tips to users who click through to edits or discussions from the moderator dashboard?[4H]
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We are targeting the moderator dashboard at newer moderators. They may not yet be familiar with reviewing edits or reading wiki discussions. We would like to provide some guidance when users click through to an edit in the Recent Activity module or a discussion in the Active Discussions module, to explain what they're seeing and what interaction options are available to them.

Example mockup for reviewing a Recent Activity edit:

Screenshot 2025-09-02 at 15.45.58.png (1×788 px, 111 KB)

The design follows the design of the Newcomer Homepage suggested task popups:

Screenshot 2025-09-02 at 15.47.36.png (1×1 px, 534 KB)

  • How could we build these tip interfaces, to display the first time a user clicks through to both a diff and discussion?

Event Timeline

  • This can be Javascript-only
  • This will be in an extension, but we don't know which yet
  • Contents of the tips will be static, not contextual/personalised
Scardenasmolinar renamed this task from [SPIKE] How could we display tips to users who click through to edits or discussions from the moderator dashboard? to [SPIKE] How could we display tips to users who click through to edits or discussions from the moderator dashboard?[4H].Sep 2 2025, 3:14 PM
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@Samwalton9-WMF

Question about:

How could we build these tip interfaces, to display the first time a user clicks through to both a diff and discussion?

Does this mean it will only show up the first time they click the diff from the homepage and then will no longer show on subsequent clicks or will it show up each time a user clicks into a diff form the list on the dashboard?

The aim was just the first time, though @OTichonova did you think it might be worthwhile having them be retrievable on subsequent visits?

Change #1184940 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kgraessle; author: Kgraessle):

[mediawiki/extensions/GrowthExperiments@master] [SPIKE] How could we display tips to users who click through to edits or discussions from the moderator dashboard?[4H]

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1184940

Test wiki created on Patch demo by KGraessle-WMF using patch(es) linked to this task:
https://3874e4396d.catalyst.wmcloud.org/w/

Ok, I took a pass at an implementation using a conditional query parameter that will load a new vue app in the diff if you're coming from the moderation monitoring module on the special home page.
You can test this on patch demo here, note you'll need to login as Patch Demo.

Hi @Kgraessle, looks good!
And it would be possible to add illustrations/icons to it?

Hi @Kgraessle, looks good!
And it would be possible to add illustrations/icons to it?

Yep! Definitely possible.

jsn.sherman subscribed.

note that we should probably write the code in such a way that tips on personaldashboard itself can be displayed via this mechanism.