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== What's working? == | |||
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== What's not working? == | |||
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== How can we improve? == | |||
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1. The bright red warning "If you are unable to edit the wiki after logging in, you will need to request editing rights using this form. You will be notified when editing rights are granted" is <span style="color:red">ugly</span>. Can you change it to black? | 1. The bright red warning "If you are unable to edit the wiki after logging in, you will need to request editing rights using this form. You will be notified when editing rights are granted" is <span style="color:red">ugly</span>. Can you change it to black? | ||
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3. The font is freakishly small on this site. One of the few site that require me to hit "ctrl" and "+". Not very friendly for the visually impaired. <sup> This is especially true for superscripts</sup> | 3. The font is freakishly small on this site. One of the few site that require me to hit "ctrl" and "+". Not very friendly for the visually impaired. <sup> This is especially true for superscripts</sup> | ||
*and for bullet points, which are fairly common.<sup> Superscripts within a bullet are next to impossible</sup> | *and for bullet points, which are fairly common.<sup> Superscripts within a bullet are next to impossible to read</sup> | ||
4. New user on Wikipedia usually get a welcome/orientation message on their talk page when they first set up an account. This would be a good thing. | 4. New user on Wikipedia usually get a welcome/orientation message on their talk page when they first set up an account. This would be a good thing. | ||
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8. Article quality ratings - Wikipedia has articles labeled as "good articles" and "featured articles". These act as a gold standard to which others can rise to. This might be something to consider using here. | 8. Article quality ratings - Wikipedia has articles labeled as "good articles" and "featured articles". These act as a gold standard to which others can rise to. This might be something to consider using here. | ||
9. Respond more promptly to feedback. Pages such as this should be on the administration's watch-list. It's been over a month since I posted this. I placed tags and pings that most new editors could not do. Even a brief acknowledgement would be better than nothing. | 9. Respond more promptly to feedback. Pages such as this should be on the administration's watch-list. It's been over a month since I posted this. I placed tags and pings that most new editors could not do. Even a brief acknowledgement would be better than nothing. If another user wanted to leave feedback, it would be difficult to do so. | ||
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Just a few of my initial impressions. I hope to use my Wikipedia experience to help make this site better. I hope this feedback is useful. [[User:Ryancormack|Asparagus]] ([[User talk:Ryancormack|talk]]) 16:02, 28 November 2016 (UTC) | Just a few of my initial impressions. I hope to use my Wikipedia experience to help make this site better. I hope this feedback is useful. [[User:Ryancormack|Asparagus]] ([[User talk:Ryancormack|talk]]) 16:02, 28 November 2016 (UTC) | ||