CZ Talk:Managing Editor/2010/004 - Simplification of application procedure: Difference between revisions
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imported>Tom Morris (New page: == My thoughts == Daniel has invited me to chime in on this. I think the signup procedure currently is too convoluted and is probably putting off applicants. With generalist wikis, a lot...) |
imported>Daniel Mietchen m (CZ Talk:Managing Editor/2010/4 - Simplification of application procedure moved to CZ Talk:Managing Editor/2010/004 - Simplification of application procedure: more consistent naming scheme) |
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Revision as of 06:48, 10 December 2010
My thoughts
Daniel has invited me to chime in on this.
I think the signup procedure currently is too convoluted and is probably putting off applicants.
With generalist wikis, a lot of people sign up just to correct a very minor mistake or as a one-off thing. They spot a comma out of place and just want to fix that. We ought to encourage this.
- We should get a copywriter to rewrite the text to make it shorter, more encouraging and so on. Change the language from "requirement", "you are required to do this" etc. to a less strict tone.
- We should use A/B testing to compare various versions of the signup page.
- We shouldn't ask people whether they are authors or editors at initial signup: once they are signed up, offer them the chance to upgrade their account to editor if they are qualified.
- Just have a spot for people to dump in URLs.
- We should do some "guerilla user testing" to see where in the form we can improve it.
That seems like it might get us on the right track. –Tom Morris 17:14, 23 November 2010 (UTC)