Community Wishlist Survey 2023/Mobile and apps
Mobile and apps
3 proposals, 230 contributors, 315 support votes
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Mobile site or desktop by browser's function
- Problem: Almost all modern mobile browsers provide the ability to request a mobile or desktop site through the browser's function. However, depending on the type of browser and its version, this function with Wikipedia and other Wikimedia websites does not work or does not work correctly. The most shocking transition in Opera (3.5.1 (7), iOS 15): https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lièvre --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lièvre, https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Зайцы --> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Зайцы
- Proposed solution: Provide correct transition for at least the most popular browsers
- Who would benefit: Editors and readers who usually use this function in their browsers
- More comments: The solution will not completely solve the problem with editors and readers that do not use the usual way of transition and are forced to cut m. in URL, because not all of them also use this function.
- Phabricator tickets: phab:T60425
- Proposer: Proeksad (talk) 15:22, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
Discussion
Voting
- Support Fallbackintoreality (talk) 20:47, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support DemonDays64 (talk) 00:28, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support --NGC 54 (talk|contribs) 01:28, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support EpicPupper (talk) 05:18, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Janhrach (talk) 07:19, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Arado Ar 196 (talk) 08:38, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Stardust-09 (talk) 09:15, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Oltrepier (talk) 09:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support CaféBuzz (talk) 10:32, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support OtherPrivacyGuy (talk) 10:45, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Smetanakaviar (talk) 12:13, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Cepice (talk) 14:08, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Novak Watchmen (talk) 18:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Ivario (talk) 21:55, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Vive la Franks (talk) 01:21, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support This should be useful for mobile users who have to switch between two sites. Thingofme (talk) 03:22, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support HLFan (talk) 07:40, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Arnd (talk) 08:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Wiki-uk (talk) 09:11, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Davida975 (talk) 10:04, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support CsanMan31 (talk) 17:09, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support AnsFeltHat (talk) 17:16, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support P12062545 (talk) 21:30, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Izno (talk) 07:55, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Gillum (talk) 17:51, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Ɱ (talk) 02:22, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Meganinja202 (talk) 14:49, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Thibaultmol (talk) 18:17, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Michal30 (talk) 19:26, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support KingArti (talk) 22:11, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Adam Katz (talk) 22:48, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Ottawajin (talk) 10:05, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Ruthven (msg) 15:42, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support PumpkinHusky (talk) 19:04, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support --Polarlys (talk) 21:31, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Vis M (talk) 06:35, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Aishik Rehman (talk) 07:41, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support مهدی بهرامی مطلق (talk) 09:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support YU1010 (talk) 11:14, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support cyrfaw (talk) 17:42, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Steam Flow (talk) 22:05, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support All too often someone will share an "m." link to my tablet or desktop and my experience is limited. HalJor (talk) 21:47, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Lightoil (talk) 03:11, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Ghazlan-airplanes (talk) 07:19, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Kuba Walczak (talk) 08:52, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Trimton (talk) 15:13, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:46, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Unexpectedlydian (talk) 15:54, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support DerMaxdorfer (talk) 00:07, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Bilykralik16 (talk) 01:09, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Augend (talk) 07:52, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Tommy Kronkvist (talk) 09:12, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support — Draceane talkcontrib. 11:22, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support PamD (talk) 15:29, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Hi, I supported this feature last week, and it's usage isn't easy.. I needed to undo it please! Lancine.kounfantoh.fofana (talk) 23:42, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support —מקף⁻ණ (Hyphen) 00:04, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Korhoj (talk) 02:41, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Qxyz123 (talk) 04:08, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support ANewPreson (talk) 12:37, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Bnichols23 (talk) 17:03, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Serieminou (talk) 22:55, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support ABAL1412 (talk) 04:12, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support ~ Seb35 [^_^] 07:24, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Sädesieni (talk) 11:38, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Genesis2FrontierProj (talk) 18:21, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Morten Haan (talk) 18:26, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Madacs (talk) 20:17, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Sumwiki (talk) 21:32, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support. —— Eric Liu(Talk) 03:24, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
Add ability to share QR code for a page in any Wikimedia project
- Problem: QRpedia.org has existed for many years, but it doesn't (seem to) suport anything other than "[xx].wikipedia.org" domain. So we can't make QR codes for Commons, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikibooks, Species, Incubator, etc. CMIIW but there's no documentation and unclear who's the maintainer
- Proposed solution: Create an official QR generator In-Wiki. Just like how w.wiki was created for URL shortener, something like qr.wiki could be made for a permanent QR identifier
- Who would benefit: Everyone that's trying to generate QR codes for projects other than wikipedia.org domain.
- More comments: Our GLAM partner have to resort to third party websites to generate QR code for Commons. It works normally the first few weeks(?), but after that it display advertisement first before user being redirected to the target URL. By that time it's already late to replace all the plaques, printouts, etc. It was a saddening day. Their trust to us was lowered because they think the advertisement came from us/Wikipedia. (And please don't suggest a "free" 3rd party QR generator, I'm not looking for any)
- Phabricator tickets: phab:T329973
- Proposer: ✒ Bennylin 09:56, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
Discussion
- See also this 2011 blog: QR Codes + Wikipedia —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bennylin (talk) 09:56, 1 February 2023
- Looks like it's WMUK, but the whole project is embroiled in controversy. Thanks, but no thanks. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bennylin (talk) 10:00, 1 February 2023
- No, the "whole project" is not "embroiled in controversy"; you're looking at something that was resolved a decade ago. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 17:27, 1 February 2023 (UTC)
- There shouldn't be a need for a new domain name for this should there? Wouldn't https://w.wiki URLs work just as well in QR codes? I've used them for that a bunch of times, and there's a generator on Toolforge that can be used (e.g.), instead of advertising-laden commercial services. I note also that adding QR codes to mw:Extension:UrlShortener has been requested before (T242467) and was declined (although the reasons for doing so weren't documented). One other major part of QRPedia has been the gathering of usage statistics, so perhaps there's more to this than just generating the codes for display on-wiki. SWilson (WMF) (talk) 10:11, 2 February 2023 (UTC)
- OK, scrap the new domain name, I wrote that as an afterthought. The main thing here is the QR generator, able to generate not just Wikipedia links, but also other projects, and w.wiki shortlinks. ✒ Bennylin 08:37, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Bennylin: Great, that makes sense. So perhaps the QRCode generator tool is sufficient? It accepts any URLs (even for other sites). SWilson (WMF) (talk) 08:44, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- Awesome, I didn't know about it before. I will check it out and try it. ✒ Bennylin 09:02, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- It would be nice if we can make that part of some sort of "share page"-flow... Maybe when you've chosen "permanent link" in the menu ? Or in the share menu's of the iOS and Android app ? —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 14:05, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Bennylin: Great, that makes sense. So perhaps the QRCode generator tool is sufficient? It accepts any URLs (even for other sites). SWilson (WMF) (talk) 08:44, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- OK, scrap the new domain name, I wrote that as an afterthought. The main thing here is the QR generator, able to generate not just Wikipedia links, but also other projects, and w.wiki shortlinks. ✒ Bennylin 08:37, 3 February 2023 (UTC)
- Would you want this to go to the permalink/current version; or just to the current url? — xaosflux Talk 15:02, 6 February 2023 (UTC)
- If there's that option on the tool, then that would be great! I reckon most of the times the current URL is preferred (the nice URL), but in some cases the permalink may be desired (there's no-such option ATM in the qrpedia nor QRCode generator tool). ✒ Bennylin 05:56, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
- On the one hand, QR codes with short links are not surprising for a long time (not a fad, but not a new trend). Also readers cannot understand what a website is and what is there. But some people use them. It also solves the problem with websites and browsers that do not work correctly with some characters or non-Latin alphabets in links (horror links, for example, https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%BE%D1%82 ).--Proeksad (talk) 20:30, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- @Proeksad: Also, using short URLs can make the QR codes simpler and more reliable to scan (or smaller). URLs for things like the Wikdiata Query Service can be quite long. Sam Wilson 07:02, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Would also be nice to have some prettified, some might say: Branded, magic in the QR code. For some ideas see: Embellished QR Codes on Commons --CmdrDan (talk) 18:02, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
Voting
- Strong support nice idea --Frettie (talk) 18:31, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Xbypass (talk) 19:57, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Yes. TheAmerikaner (talk) 20:15, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support. I think it can be useful for some communities.--Proeksad (talk) 20:18, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Fallbackintoreality (talk) 20:47, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Strainu (talk) 21:36, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support SHB2000 (talk | contribs) 23:06, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support NMaia (talk) 23:39, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Skimel (talk) 00:16, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support 26 Ramadan (talk) 01:48, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Hehua (talk) 02:59, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Soumendrak (talk) 06:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Goliv04053 (talk) 06:25, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Arado Ar 196 (talk) 08:39, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Szymonel (talk) 08:58, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Stardust-09 (talk) 09:14, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Exilexi (talk) 09:21, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support RVA2869 (talk) 13:18, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Shizhao (talk) 13:45, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Cepice (talk) 14:08, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Atleticano da Alemanha (talk) 14:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support SanderProGamer (talk) 14:47, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Bluerasberry (talk) 15:25, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Muhammed amine benloulou (talk) 16:35, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Litev (talk) 17:26, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Novak Watchmen (talk) 18:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Ivario (talk) 21:56, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Vive la Franks (talk) 01:20, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support This should be added as it can be useful in multiple wikis as well. Thingofme (talk) 03:18, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support MASUM THE GREAT (talk) 05:30, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support HLFan (talk) 07:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Mauricio V. Genta (talk) 07:58, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Arnd (talk) 08:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Wiki-uk (talk) 09:13, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Hddty (talk) 13:02, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Firefoxys (talk) 14:22, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Fvtvr3r (talk) 14:23, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support CsanMan31 (talk) 17:10, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support P12062545 (talk) 21:29, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support IsabelaSC (talk) 17:00, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support JAn Dudík (talk) 21:16, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support SpacedShark (talk) 06:15, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support ··· 🌸 Rachmat04 · ☕ 08:57, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Ayumu Ozaki (talk) 10:47, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Meganinja202 (talk) 14:49, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support ZandDev (talk) 15:37, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- За I will send articles to my friends easier. Kylain Aixter (СО) 16:56, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Thibaultmol (talk) 18:17, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Michal30 (talk) 19:24, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Ottawajin (talk) 10:06, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support There's a lot of scope to extend this to other projects! Hareesh Sivasubramanian (talk) 10:52, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Strong support This project has huge potantial as per above. Great Idea! NPRB (talk) 21:45, 15 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Sadads (talk) 01:15, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Aishik Rehman (talk) 07:41, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support مهدی بهرامی مطلق (talk) 09:50, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support cyrfaw (talk) 17:37, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Lousyd (talk) 18:59, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support --Garshaasp (talk) 21:02, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support //Lollipoplollipoplollipop::talk 23:21, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Lightoil (talk) 03:12, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Daniel Case (talk) 06:24, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Kuba Walczak (talk) 08:52, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Weigandwood (talk) 14:21, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:45, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Jim.henderson (talk) 17:44, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Hans5958 (talk) 02:33, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Cmarsch (talk) 06:24, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Augend (talk) 07:52, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Tommy Kronkvist (talk) 09:09, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support —TheDJ (talk • contribs) 10:50, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Toad40 (talk) 13:03, 20 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support —מקף⁻ණ (Hyphen) 00:04, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Korhoj (talk) 02:43, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Jeeputer (talk) 02:55, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Sounds good, but has to be promoted more than w.wiki and QRpedia.org Qxyz123 (talk) 04:07, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Serieminou (talk) 22:55, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support ABAL1412 (talk) 04:13, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Genesis2FrontierProj (talk) 18:23, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Morten Haan (talk) 18:27, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support A nice Idea. Manjiro91💬 12:13, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- Oppose how often would people actually use this? If you need to generate QR codes there are apps and libraries on Github to do it that are actually free in every sense of the word. Snowmanonahoe (talk) 13:05, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Lionel Scheepmans ✉ Contact (Fr-N, En-3, Pt-3) 21:12, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support. —— Eric Liu(Talk) 03:25, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support CmdrDan (talk) 17:57, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
Display the categories on the mobile site for everyone
- Problem: The mobile site does not show categories to everyone. You need to enable advanced mode, which requires logging in.
- Proposed solution: Show categories for everyone
- Who would benefit: Community, readers
- More comments:
- Phabricator tickets: phab:T24660#7037379
- Proposer: Pavel Bednařík (WMCZ) (talk) 10:13, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
Discussion
- Noting that this is apparently resolved for the Android app (according to T73966 at least..!) — @Pavel Bednařík (WMCZ): are you referring to the mobile apps or the mobile version of Wikipedia? ~TheresNoTime-WMF (talk) 16:40, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
- Yes, in android app are categories, but very hidden - I didn't know about them before reading this phab. JAn Dudík (talk) 08:50, 31 January 2023 (UTC)
- @Pavel Bednařík (WMCZ): I have reworded your proposal to clarify this only effects logged-out users and those who don't have advanced mode turned on. Hope this is okay. Thanks for participating in the survey! MusikAnimal (WMF) (talk) 22:28, 8 February 2023 (UTC)
- Pavel, I don't think that categories are something necessary or necessary for the average reader. I believe that 99% of readers don't even know what categories are for. --Frettie (talk) 18:29, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Advanced mode really should be made the default. So much better than the normal mobile view. DemonDays64 (talk) 00:29, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Of course normal users care about categories (nornal categories, not tracking categories). How else are we supposed to find related content? Suggested articles? In my language at least, suggestions tend to be very one-sided (entertainment related).Al12si (talk) 06:35, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
Voting
- Support MSY-07 (talk) 19:43, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Xbypass (talk) 19:57, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support RenkoTheBird (talk) 20:28, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Fallbackintoreality (talk) 20:47, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Things for readers is always an improvement Sicarov (talk) 20:55, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Tom Ja (talk) 21:35, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Юлиан 2 Клавдий (talk) 21:40, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Don-vip (talk) 21:45, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Boehm (talk) 23:26, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Plaga med (talk) 23:30, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support NMaia (talk) 23:40, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support عُثمان (talk) 23:42, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support HeyElliott (talk) 23:53, 10 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Graham11 (talk) 00:04, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Skimel (talk) 00:17, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Poslovitch (talk) 00:21, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Iso10970 (talk) 00:23, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support DemonDays64 (talk) 00:28, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support --NGC 54 (talk|contribs) 01:39, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Jnglmpera (talk) 01:47, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support XtexChooser (talk) 02:40, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Nouill (talk) 02:54, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Hehua (talk) 02:59, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Tgr (talk) 03:31, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support * Pppery * it has begun 03:54, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support JuanGLP (talk) 04:02, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Kirche (talk) 04:44, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support EpicPupper (talk) 05:18, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Soumendrak (talk) 06:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Goliv04053 (talk) 06:25, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Janhrach (talk) 07:20, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Jurbop (talk) 07:51, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Martin-78 (discutailler) 08:22, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Arado Ar 196 (talk) 08:38, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support V0lkanic (talk) 08:38, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Szymonel (talk) 08:58, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support It would help a lot Stardust-09 (talk) 09:15, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Grabado (talk) 09:43, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Oltrepier (talk) 09:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support CaféBuzz (talk) 10:32, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support OtherPrivacyGuy (talk) 10:46, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Timawesomeness (talk) 11:03, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 11:21, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Mirliz (talk) 11:43, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Smetanakaviar (talk) 12:13, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support RVA2869 (talk) 13:19, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Shizhao (talk) 13:45, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Cepice (talk) 14:08, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Atleticano da Alemanha (talk) 14:12, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support SanderProGamer (talk) 14:46, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support OwenBlacker (Talk) 14:58, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Bluerasberry (talk) 15:25, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support FinixFighter (talk) 15:37, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support EurekaLott (talk) 15:44, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Rots61 (talk) 16:18, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Long overdue. Radio-Somewhere (talk) 16:53, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Mbkv717 (talk) 17:05, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Yilku1 (talk) 17:25, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Litev (talk) 17:26, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Novak Watchmen (talk) 18:13, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support VastV0idInSpace0 (talk) 20:13, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support "Once on Commons, re-users are more likely to use categories than the search box" from Research:Technical needs of external re-users of Commons media. Categories supplement the search. Snævar (talk) 20:25, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- This is very true in Commons, I was more likely to search for categories in Commons (when I'm visiting via mobile), less so when I'm visiting Wikipedia and other projects. So this might be focused as Commons specific instead? Thoughts from other who voted yes? Do you personally have this experience while you're browsing Wikipedia in mobile or you just think it's a good feature to have in general? ✒ Bennylin 10:12, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Really, there should be an research on the usability of categories for readers and those results used. IMO browsing on mobile without categories is harder than it should be, regardless of the WMF project. Not commons specific, no. Snævar (talk) 22:17, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- This is very true in Commons, I was more likely to search for categories in Commons (when I'm visiting via mobile), less so when I'm visiting Wikipedia and other projects. So this might be focused as Commons specific instead? Thoughts from other who voted yes? Do you personally have this experience while you're browsing Wikipedia in mobile or you just think it's a good feature to have in general? ✒ Bennylin 10:12, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support In Portuguese Wikinews a gadget is used. Categories are essential. Edu! (talk) 21:40, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Ivario (talk) 21:55, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Veikk0.ma (talk) 22:05, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Vive la Franks (talk) 01:20, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support That is extremely needed. Thingofme (talk) 03:21, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Betseg (talk) 03:58, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Libcub (talk) 06:00, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Marlin Setia1 (talk) 07:28, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support HLFan (talk) 07:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Arnd (talk) 08:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Ameisenigel (talk) 08:58, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Wiki-uk (talk) 09:14, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support BernardM (talk) 15:32, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Leonry (talk) 15:40, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Al12si (talk) 18:27, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support. Didn't know it was a thing, it can't be like that. —2dk (talk) 19:41, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Skranon (talk) 19:42, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support P12062545 (talk) 21:29, 12 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Pichpich (talk) 03:28, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support S20081133 (talk) 06:03, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support — putnik 08:53, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support One in every 4-5 visits in mobile Wikimedia site, I was looking for categories in the bottom of the articles. Would be awesome if I can do this without resorting to change to PC view.
That said, it was not reaaally necessary to do this wish, since people who want to see the category like me can just switch to the PC view in their mobile, and the new (PC view) skin works quite well in mobile view (just need to close the TOC on the left to get the full width view). You even get the infobox, navboxes, and other things that are not in the mobile view. ✒ Bennylin 10:09, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support BRP ever 10:13, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Titore (talk) 14:30, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Abubiju (talk) 16:20, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Thomas³ (talk) 16:30, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Eiim (talk) 16:47, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support IsabelaSC (talk) 17:00, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support especially on Commons, I need to switch to desktop all the time. Tacsipacsi (talk) 20:22, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Excellence (talk) 20:28, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support JAn Dudík (talk) 21:17, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:28, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support —Yahya (talk • contribs.) 21:44, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Wargo (talk) 23:53, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Rdrozd (talk) 23:56, 13 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support. Those without accounts on desktop can see categories. Mobile users without accounts should too. Sdrqaz (talk) 03:28, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support SpacedShark (talk) 06:15, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Cb22hh (talk) 08:20, 14 February 2023 (UTC)
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- Support مهدی بهرامی مطلق (talk) 09:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support cyrfaw (talk) 17:36, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support ಮಲ್ನಾಡಾಚ್ ಕೊಂಕ್ಣೊ (talk) 17:49, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Sikander (talk) 22:53, 16 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Gubeko (talk) 10:07, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Wow that sucks. Best solution is just to have "advanced mode" on by default. SmallJarsWithGreenLabels (talk) 13:00, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Toughpigs (talk) 19:09, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support My support is specifically to make advanced mode the default. How is something "basic" for desktop visitors "advanced" for mobile visitors? Let us try to be more uniform and give prospective editors more resources. —CX Zoom (A/अ/অ) (let's talk|contribs) 19:19, 17 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Lightoil (talk) 03:12, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
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- Support Trimton (talk) 15:13, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Vulcan❯❯❯Sphere! 15:47, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support some pages have a *lot* of categories so could be hidden behind a "show categories" button or something, but yes please Oatco (talk) 16:13, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Albinfo (talk) 21:22, 18 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support Kess (talk) 05:46, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
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- Support hgzh 07:18, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support. —— Eric Liu(Talk) 03:24, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
- Weak support. If the article has many categories, then the usefulness of categories is questionable for readers.
Interesting fact: help pages w:en:Wikipedia:FAQ/Categorization and w:ru: Википедия:Категоризация/FAQ have more than half mobile views by links in all categories This list may not reflect recent changes or Список ниже может не отражать последних изменений (but it is not clear how real these views are and whether there is any benefit from these pages for readers).--Proeksad (talk) 12:10, 24 February 2023 (UTC) - Support YTRK (talk) 13:39, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support --Deinocheirus (talk) 14:45, 24 February 2023 (UTC)
- Support CmdrDan (talk) 17:57, 24 February 2023 (UTC)