Wikipedia to improve editing UI to attract more contributors
December 4th, 2008 Leave a comment Visited 36 times, 3 so far today
Wikipedia to improve editing UI to attract more contributors
Wikipedia has stated that they have received a $890,000 grant to make it easier for new users to make edits to the open source encyclopedia easily.
The editing interface of the MediaWiki application which powers the Wikipedia uses technical syntaxes which are somewhat complicated for the users who are more used to word processors.
Wikimedia Foundation has admitted that they need to work on improving this interface so that new users find it easy to contribute their own knowledge to the project.
Wikimedia Foundation’s Sue Gardner said in a statement: “Wikipedia attracts writers who have a moderate-to-high level of technical understanding, but it excludes lots of smart, knowledgeable people who are less tech-centric.”
Checkout: Wikipedia to become more user-friendly for new volunteer writers
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