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Thu, Dec 4
Thu, Dec 4
Wed, Dec 3
Wed, Dec 3
HFan-WMF added a comment to T410166: Configure analytics dashboard for Reading List A/B test.
@JVanderhoop-WMF this was a result of a number of factors that came to an unfortunate combination. The team underwent a reorg while transitioning reading list from an intern project to a full productized build, and the mobile web version was already built and enabled by default. While we were determining the parameters of the experiment, Jennifer advised us to focus on one surface at a time, so I made the call to not release mobile web simultaneously. I was under the impression that the mobile version hadn't been built yet, when actually, what we needed to do was to disable the mobile web feature that was already bundled with the desktop. Also, this particular experiment approach was difficult for us to QA, since the reading list is enabled on Testwiki and Beta cluster as a Beta feature you can turn on, but on those environments, we are also working on building the mobile web version of the experience (so if we tried to QA the "absence" of mobile feature, we wouldn't be able to do so on those 2 environments). I am still trying to figure out how to QA something like this in production, if we can somehow insert one of our production accounts into the experiment bucket (without screwing with the collected data).
Mon, Dec 1
Mon, Dec 1
HFan-WMF renamed T411434: Extend Reading List experiment by 1 month from Extent FY25-26 Q2 Reading List experiment by 1 month to Extend Reading List experiment by 1 month.
HFan-WMF renamed T411431: [Spike] Discuss & Document guidelines for code review for external contributions from Discuss & Document guidelines for code review for external contributions to [Spike] Discuss & Document guidelines for code review for external contributions.
HFan-WMF lowered the priority of T408453: Remove watchstar from Minerva mobile anonymous experience from Medium to Low.
HFan-WMF moved T411430: Mobile web instrumentation for reading list experiment from Needs refinement to Ready for sprint on the Reader Experience Team board.
HFan-WMF moved T411430: Mobile web instrumentation for reading list experiment from Incoming to Needs refinement on the Reader Experience Team board.
HFan-WMF renamed T399467: [REQUEST] [Parent Task] Add footer link to "Legal & safety contacts" from [REQUEST] Add footer link to "Legal & safety contacts" to [REQUEST] [Parent Task] Add footer link to "Legal & safety contacts".
HFan-WMF moved T374753: Add margin top for h3s after paragraph in parsoid mobile from Incoming to Ready for sprint on the Reader Experience Team board.
Wed, Nov 26
Wed, Nov 26
HFan-WMF closed T403983: [SPIKE] Determine feasibility of launching Reading Lists on mobile for WE3.3.4 (2 Days) as Resolved.
Closing as this is a duplicate of other mobile Reading List tasks that have been further refined.
HFan-WMF raised the priority of T403073: Reading List Phase 2 - API endpoint to get all list items from Medium to High.
HFan-WMF triaged T410164: [Legal Footer] Turn on wmgUseLegalFooterContactLink config for phase 1 wikis as High priority.
HFan-WMF changed the status of T410164: [Legal Footer] Turn on wmgUseLegalFooterContactLink config for phase 1 wikis from Stalled to Open.
HFan-WMF changed the status of T410164: [Legal Footer] Turn on wmgUseLegalFooterContactLink config for phase 1 wikis, a subtask of T399467: [REQUEST] [Parent Task] Add footer link to "Legal & safety contacts", from Stalled to Open.
Tue, Nov 25
Tue, Nov 25
HFan-WMF raised the priority of T400368: [SPIKE] [Reading list] Build experimental prototype for reading list menu view from Medium to High.
This is great groundwork for potentially showing reading list capabilities to logged-out users as an ephemeral list, which we want to explore in Q3. Raising priority as work in future sprint.
Mon, Nov 24
Mon, Nov 24
HFan-WMF added a comment to T409754: Data QA for Reading List Experiment.
Here is the instrumentation QA that Edward helped us verify: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T406930
Fri, Nov 21
Fri, Nov 21
Thu, Nov 20
Thu, Nov 20
HFan-WMF changed the status of T409320: Clean up mediawiki_web_ui_scroll post Vector 2022 rollout from Open to Stalled.
Stalled pursuant to Vector 22 rolling out on Russian wiki https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T375046
HFan-WMF triaged T409354: Evaluate and improve perceived performance of loading ReadingLists Collections as High priority.
HFan-WMF lowered the priority of T380235: Remove HTML markup from the message `searchsuggest-containing-html` from Medium to Low.
HFan-WMF triaged T380235: Remove HTML markup from the message `searchsuggest-containing-html` as Medium priority.
HFan-WMF moved T409545: Don't show watchlist marker in non-AMC mode when watch markers is enabled from Incoming to Backlog on the Reader Experience Team board.
HFan-WMF added a project to T410625: Mobile section loading transition broken by Parsoid: Reader Growth Team.
Adding Reader Growth for visibility! @Esanders do you have a sense for the priority level of this issue, and which team is best fit to address it?
HFan-WMF moved T405798: Introduce 'scale-unlimited/declaration-strict-value' plugin to Vector from Incoming to Backlog on the Reader Experience Team board.
Tue, Nov 18
Tue, Nov 18
Thank you for your hard work on this Loren, and for creating the follow up tickets for the legal footer work!
HFan-WMF lowered the priority of T409545: Don't show watchlist marker in non-AMC mode when watch markers is enabled from High to Medium.
HFan-WMF triaged T409545: Don't show watchlist marker in non-AMC mode when watch markers is enabled as High priority.
HFan-WMF triaged T410094: Evaluate Vector Skin Customization on Pinnable Menus and Wide/Standard Viewport Menu Width as Medium priority.
HFan-WMF moved T410308: Remove "Tools" menu from Saved Pages special page from Incoming to Backlog on the Reader Experience Team board.
HFan-WMF moved T409960: [Placeholder] WP25 Easter egg code review (Sprint 10) from Needs refinement to Ready for sprint on the Reader Experience Team board.
HFan-WMF moved T409754: Data QA for Reading List Experiment from Incoming to REx Sprint 10 [Q2 Nov 18 - Dec 1] on the Reader Experience Team board.
Mon, Nov 17
Mon, Nov 17
HFan-WMF closed T406237: Pinned sticky containers "jump" when the sticky header appears as Resolved.
Looks fantastic on Beta. Thanks so much for fixing this, Jon!!
HFan-WMF moved T409650: Verify 1.46.0-wmf.2 deployment from Ready to Needs QA on the Reader Experience Team (REx Sprint 9 [Q2 Nov 4 - Nov 17]) board.
HFan-WMF triaged T409867: [Mobile Reading list] Notify users of the Reading List feature as High priority.
HFan-WMF triaged T409865: [Mobile Reading list] QA Access reading list from user menu as High priority.
HFan-WMF triaged T409861: [Tracking epic][Mobile Reading List] A way for users to save article as High priority.
Fri, Nov 14
Fri, Nov 14
HFan-WMF added a comment to T408438: Reading List Experiment - update code to point to both english and ar/fr/zh/id/vi experiments.
I don't think there's any harm in waiting until Wed to sign off (the sprint board has to remain unarchived for two more days after the sprint wraps, haha), so let's hold off and sign off next Wed then!
HFan-WMF closed T409959: Remove watchstar from sticky header for Reading List Experiment as Resolved.
Looks great on beta cluster, resolving!
HFan-WMF edited projects for T410166: Configure analytics dashboard for Reading List A/B test, added: FY25-26 WE3.3.4 Reading List Experiment & Rollout; removed FY2025-26 WE 3.3.4 Reading Lists on Web.