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Title: ​​[Citation needed (again)] - make reusing references easier

Speakers:

Lena Meintrup

Product manager of the Technical Wishes project. The project, created in 2013, is a joint project of Wikimedia Germany and the German-speaking Wikipedia community. Its core objective is to develop technical improvements for Wikipedia based on community needs, placing the long-standing successful collaboration with the German-speaking Wikipedia community at the center of its way of working.

Johanna Strodt (WMDE)

Community communications manager of WMDE’s Technical Wishes project. Finding new ways to engage users of all backgrounds is one of the things I focus on.

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Type: Lecture

Track: Technology

Submission state: submitted

Duration: 30 minutes

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Presentation language: en

Abstract & description

Abstract

The Technical Wishes[1] team at Wikimedia Deutschland has been asked to make reusing references easier. In this session, Lena and Johanna will present the development plans and collect your feedback.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes

Description

Have you ever tried to reuse a reference within the same article? Maybe even with a different page number? It’s surprisingly hard.

In 2022, the German wiki communities voted for “make reusing references easier”[2] as their top priority in Wikimedia Deutschland’s Technical Wishes survey. There are lots of different problems inside this area, and some requests for improvement have been unfulfilled for many years. Although this topic was selected by the German wiki communities, it will affect everyone who works with references, as the improvements made will be implemented on all wikis. That’s why, in this session, we will share our plans for improving the reuse of references within an article. And we want to hear your thoughts on them!

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Reusing_references

Further details

Qn. How does your session relate to the event themes: Diversity, Collaboration Future?

Diversity: The Technical Wishes project is committed to integrating diverse voices into the software development process.[1] At Wikimania, we want to present our plans for changes to a core part of the editing experience to get feedback from a diverse crowd of participants.

Collaboration: The motto of the Technical Wishes project is “Improving MediaWiki together”: communities determine the focus of our work, and their feedback is heard throughout the development process. Sharing our plans here will allow us to get feedback on the proposed changes.

Future: We plan to improve how references are used. This will change the editing experience of many contributors, and we want to ensure that it does this in the best possible way.

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WMDE_Technical_Wishes/Approach/Lessons_learned_from_the_Technical_Wishes_project#Cater_to_diverse_users_throughout_your_process.

Qn. What is the experience level needed for the audience for your session?

Some experience will be needed

Qn. What is the most appropriate format for this session?

• Onsite in Singapore
• Remote online participation, livestreamed
• Remote from a satellite event
• Hybrid with some participants in Singapore and others dialing in remotely
• Pre-recorded and available on demand