Community Wishlist Survey/How to create a good proposal/eu

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Zer behar da proposamen on baterako? Instrukzio hauen bidez, segurtatu nahi dugu proposamenek aukera ezin hobeak dituztela egiteko aukeratuak izateko.

Community Techen ekintza eremua

Proposamenak Wikimediako wikilari aktiboek duten premia tekniko bati buruzkoa behar du. Beharrezko izan behar du ingeniari lana egitea eta EZ politika bati edo aldaketa sozial bati buruzkoa izatea.

Community Techeko lantaldeak proposamenak baztertuko ditu baldin eta Ingeniaritza lana eskatzen duten proposamenak era honetako zerbait izan daitezke:
  • Bakarrik wikian editatzeko behar bada, edizio "teknikoei" buruzkoa denean ere (txantiloietan, moduluetan eta abarretan).
  • Dagoeneko Wikimedia Fundazioko lantaldeen planetan badago.
  • Iraganean Community Techek edo Wikimedia Fundazioko lantalde batek baztertu badute.
  • Wikimedia Fundazioko lantaldeak jada landu duen eginbide bat kendu edo desaktibatzeko bada.
  • Wikimedia proiektuetarako tresnak sortzea.
  • Onartzen ez diren tresna garrantzitsuen funtzionaltasuna identifikatu eta hobetzea.
  • Tresna horientzako dokumentazio hobea sortzea, hobeto erabiliak izan daitezen.
  • Gadgetak, botak eta morroiak sortzea, dagoeneko egiten duten horretan erabiltzaileei laguntzeko.
  • WikiProjektuetarako tresnak sortzea.
  • Egungo gadgetak eta botak eraldatzea, proiektu gehiagotan lan egiteko.
  • Komunitateak idatzi duen kode astuna (gadgetak eta erabiltzaile-scriptak) MediaWikiko software bihurtzea.

Less than a year-long project, more than a bug

The Community Wishlist Survey is limited to the capabilities of the Community Tech team.

The team is grateful for "big ideas" for the Foundation and doesn't ignore them. However, some proposals require a dedicated team other than Community Tech.

These proposals will be moved to a separate page and will not be voted upon. Later, the link to that page will be shared with other Wikimedia Foundation teams.

Examples:

Make SecurePoll accessible through local wikis (too large)
"POV Detector" for articles (too large)
Make a mobile application for Wikivoyage (too large)
Watchlist item expiration (large-ish)
Ping users from the edit summary (ideal size)
Copy and paste from diffs (small-ish but not too small)

Pick one specific problem and describe it in detail

Provide context around why the problem is important for users. A good proposal explains exactly:

  • What the problem is,
  • Who's affected by it.
  • Add screenshots, links, and talk pages detailing the discussion about the problem space, if possible.

This will help Community Tech to understand where to begin their work.

Don't just say that "(x feature) is out of date", "needs to be improved" or "has a lot of bugs". That's not enough information to figure out what needs to be done.

Proposals may be submitted in any language. Community Tech encourages the volunteers to translate them so everyone can read and vote on it more easily. Read more on Review phase.

Examples:

Add Better Bots (not precise enough and reading between the lines, too large)
Make wiki easier for most people (not one problem, but a principle for a lot of changes)
Implement Artificial intelligence (not one problem, but a principle for a lot of changes)
Better diff handling of paragraph splits
Show all active sessions
Use Wikidata to improve search

Don't worry about finding the solution

You don't have to suggest ways for resolving the problem. It will be the Community Tech task to find solutions.

Prescribing the solution can sometimes be a constraint. For example, voters could mistakenly support a solution that later in the year could turn out to be impossible to build, and Community Tech would solve the problem differently.

Examples:

Tags (ala evernote, searchable, catagorizing) (no information on the problem)
Bulk upload program (no information on the problem)

Talk to other community members

You may want to bring attention to your idea, and be part of a conversation about the idea happening elsewhere. Gather feedback and share the proposal. You can do this early on, before the voting phase. This way, contributors can know about the problem and remember to participate and vote for it when the time comes.

Also, see our promotional materials. You may use them.

Avoid proposals that were declined in the past

Here's a list of some of the projects that got many votes. Community Tech was committed to work on them but had to decline them. It is unlikely, if not impossible, that the team could work on them this year.

Survey edition Rank in the results Projects Explanation
2019 #2 Dark mode Overlaps with another team's project. The overlapping project is Desktop Improvements. Irakurri gehiago.
2019 #6 Put mw.toolbar back The issue had largely been resolved without any Community Tech intervention. Also, it is the Community Tech policy not to undo changes made by other teams. Irakurri gehiago.
2019 #8 Article reminders This is too technically complex. Also, it would have to be done by another Wikimedia Foundation team. There are other ways to see the same result. Irakurri gehiago.
2019 #10 2FA available for all concerned editors This is too technically complex. Also, it would have to be done by another Wikimedia Foundation team. Irakurri gehiago.
2017 #6 Article Alerts for more languages This is too technically complex. Also, the Community Tech is not able to build and maintain such a tool. Irakurri gehiago.
2016 #1 Global gadgets This is too technically complex. Also, the Community Tech is not able to build and maintain such a tool.
2015 #3 Central repository for gadgets, templates and Lua modules
2015 #6 Allow categories in Commons in all languages Overlaps with another team's projects. The overlapping projects are Structured Data on Commons and Structured Data Across Wikimedia.
2015 #4 Cross-wiki watchlist This is too technically complex. Irakurri gehiago.
2015 #8 Global cross-wiki talk page Overlaps with other teams' projects. The overlapping projects are Flow/Structured Discussions and Cross-wiki notifications. Irakurri gehiago.
2015 #10 Add a user watchlist Used in bad faith, this tool could make it easier to harass users. Irakurri gehiago.