Problem: Wikipedia editors spend a significant amount of time categorizing pages so that relevant pages can be quickly found. Not having access to these categories puts mobile app users at a significant disadvantage over desktop users. As more users in the developing world come online, they are missing a critical part of articles, especially if they start editing the encyclopedia. In addition, people are switching to mobile at a rapid pace, so feature parity with desktop sites are critical.
Who would benefit: Mobile app users (both readers and editors)
Proposed solution: Add a list of categories that article is in at the bottom of the article as a list. Also, create a navigation link to access these categories along with the article's sections.
Endorse. Looks like almost everyone agrees to this idea. But do the Wikipedia mobile app technical team require more time to implement this? Chongkian (talk) 03:59, 5 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Endorse. I would like to have categories shown in my mobile since when I bought it. I think categories are very useful for editors and readers, too. --Daniele Pugliesi (talk) 18:35, 5 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Strongly support. This also applies to navigation templates, which showcase the main articles about a specific topic. --Joalbertine (talk) 20:07, 6 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Endorse, and add them to the mobile website as well. Feminist (talk) 03:55, 7 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm doubtful that readers (non-editing readers) spend much time looking in categories. I don't think that anyone has ever verified that readers notice the categories or use them. It might be interesting to see if we could get page view data split (logged-in vs logged-out) to determine whether the category system is worthwhile at all (to people who aren't editors like us, of course; I use it for editing purposes). WhatamIdoing (talk) 18:23, 26 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support It's so troublesome to switch into desktop view just to find categories. So great to have it in mobile version. CyberTroopers (talk) 14:19, 17 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Oppose mobilefrontend seems to add some redundant work here ... mobile users can use timeless skin, or an improved mobilefriendly version of the vector/monobook skins. --Gryllida 08:14, 23 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support Good suggestion. I choose to use computer mode to view Wikipedia mostly because of this. Mariogoods (talk) 13:25, 25 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support — AfroThundr (u · t · c) 02:24, 26 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
SupportRemux - Nunca Olvidaré, que me enamoré de la más hermosa flor.Ĉu mi povas helpi vin iel? 00:30, 5 November 2015 (UTC) 03:06, 26 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support Please add a feature allowing to see categories in mobile in some way (not necessarily as visible as in desktop) — NickK (talk) 16:43, 29 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support It's high time for that! Ldorfman (talk) 20:22, 29 November 2018 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support Cohaf (talk) 19:28, 16 November 2018 (UTC)
Strongest possible support Redactyll (talk) 15:35, 17 November 2018 (UTC)
Oppose mobilefrontend seems to add some redundant work here ... mobile users can use timeless skin, or an improved mobilefriendly version of the vector/monobook skins. --Gryllida 08:14, 23 November 2018 (UTC)
Remux - Nunca Olvidaré, que me enamoré de la más hermosa flor. Ĉu mi povas helpi vin iel? 00:30, 5 November 2015 (UTC) 03:06, 26 November 2018 (UTC)
