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Feedback
- What I liked
... positive and friendly tone
- What I didn't like
... some of the edits needed editing
- What I wanted more of
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- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
... The icons shown and described in the tutorial popup windows do not match what appears on my screen (e.g., my "embedded file" icon is a simple black rectangle with 2 white triangles (representing mountains?); no colors and definitely no tree. (Mac OS 10.13.4, Safari 11.1)
--Patrickwooldridge (talk) 22:31, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
Hello world Minas12345 (talk) 02:08, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
The last couple of levels were helpful. The tutorial went over all of the important stuff and had a good sense of humor.
- What I didn't like
The first few levels weren't much help, since I had already made a few edits by the time I got around to the tutorial. Also, this thing is hard-stuck on British English. Is that just the TWA, or is that all of Wikipedia? ... I also just found out from typing that that "Wikipedia" isn't a word, according to Wikipedia's spell-check, lol.
- What I wanted more of
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
The badges seem way too easy to come by. Don't give them out for every little thing. I recommend going with a model like StackExchange's.
--Matthew V. Milone (talk) 18:58, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
- Spellcheck is usually powered by your web browser rather than Wikipedia. The name Wikipedia might not be in the dictionary of that browser's spell checker. – numbermaniac 12:22, 18 July 2018 (UTC)
Feedback from a returning Wikipedian.
- What I liked
...Good refresher on basic code for a returning Wikipedian, and I did like the tutorial's cheery manner!
- What I wanted more of
...Could have gone into some more depth on some other features e.g. tables, reflists with multiple uses of the same reference etc, perhaps as a different, more in-depth version for those that want it?
- Any other thoughts you want to share
...It's nice to be back!
--SalopianJames (talk) 14:38, 20 July 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
... that I didn't need to learn the mark-up language that once was the standard before the visual editor. that was one of the main reasons I stopped years ago -- just too hard/time-consuming to do a few helpful edits.
- What I didn't like
... that I had to scroll from the bottom -- where the tool tip was, back to the top -- where the editor buttons were. maybe have a fixed floating tool tip window so that the work area could be scrolled through, yet leaving the 'what I'm supposed to learn' window on top.
- What I wanted more of
... understanding how all this works, but I get it that some people may not care to know. ;)
- What was unnecessary
... I guess the clickable elements are the end of each lesson -- sound effect snippets, etc. but I get why -- to show that there's more than just text on Wiki.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
... i had a difficult time 'seeing' the blue tour guide -- as in which way was 'up' since the image kept rotating randomly on each lesson. I felt like it was a magic dots book and I just wasn't seeing the shape to form a meaningful object.
--editor-ke (talk) 23:43, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
...Good examples of civil conduct, thorough.
- What I didn't like
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- What I wanted more of
...More going over the basics of Wikitext/Wikicode.
- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
...Images of the edit bar in the tutorial don't match how it appeared for me in Chrome. Still not sure what the logo/creature is supposed to be?
--EponineBunnyKickQueen (talk) 05:59, 10 August 2018 (UTC)
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--197.156.86.169 (talk) 17:26, 19 August 2018 (UTC)
Mission 1: "Edit" tab misnamed?
The Mission 1 text that directed me to edit my user page didn't match the name of the tab. I suspect they changed the name of the tab at some point and it didn't get changed in the mission text.
Cheers! --Elfabet (talk) 21:04, 23 August 2018 (UTC)
Additional discrepancies in later missions now that I've finished the complete module:
Mission 2 - Reply bug: Notify Will that you replied by typing his name somewhere in your reply like User:WillKomen. If you're on Will's user talk page, it will notify him automatically. This sentence in the pop-up text seems to be missing a word.
I'll re-iterate the updated images of linking and images in the edit menus being different in Chrome web browser than in the text bubbles.
I would also appreciate a more advanced but equal in depth for tables, formatting images, forming lists (maybe?) and those cool info boxes that things of the same type have (categorical somethings?).
Cheers! --Elfabet (talk) 19:10, 24 August 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
ld be included
- What I liked
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- What I didn't like
This was way too basic for those like me that have chosen not to register, edit as needed, and yet have some basic questions.
- What I wanted more of
Hmm, maybe a 2.0 adventure covering hidden pages, or an adventure on advanced editing? I want to know what the deal is with all these projects and why an article is linked to it and what I can do to help make the project tag unnecessary.
I believe a guide to the syntax of source editing should be included, that would help newcomers a lot. piisawesome3.14159 (talk) 05:42, 6 September 2018 (UTC)
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--NeakraseFam (talk) 05:09, 8 July 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
I loved the game format! Thanks :-)
--Shayakraut (talk) 22:53, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
The whole experience was nicely put together and overall easy to follow along.
- What I didn't like
There are some updates that I think are necessary. Some of the tools mentioned were not labeled as they were when the Adventure first came out. I had a little trouble following along the citation section and the image section because the tools were no longer shown as the tutorial described. I'm fairly certain I did not cite correctly (none of my citations appeared) but the portal had me move ahead anyway. I guessed correctly on the insert image (using the embedded section). However, I'm not certain if the inconsistency was truly the tutorial's error, or if it appears differently based on what browser and computer the user is using (I was using a Chrome browser on a Mac laptop).
- What I wanted more of
... Perhaps different ways a person can go about doing the sections. Though perhaps this is provided in the other tutorials. I will explore this at a later time.
- What was unnecessary
There were probably repetitive actions, but none of it really bothered me. I understood the level of the tutorial when I clicked on it, and appreciated the reminders when given.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
... Overall great tutorial, especially for people (like me) who are not familiar with the Wikipedia interface. --Wernilu (talk) 15:26, 27 September 2018 (UTC)
Start
How am I going to start the adventure and what am I supposed to do first? — Preceding unsigned comment added by A Simple Human (talk • contribs) 14:09, 25 March 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
I really liked the last two parts, numbers 6 and 7, which went through some nice formatting stuff, etc. The whole format of the lesson was good for me.
- What I didn't like
The icons used in the instruction boxes don't match the icons in the menu bar. :(
- What I wanted more of
creating a page, not just editing. hotkeys would be nice, too.
- What was unnecessary
the sound of fireworks might be triggering to some people. at least they don't autoplay.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
thanks for providing this training. i'd definitely recommend it to my peers. we all can grow!
--Ofloveandhate (talk) 17:19, 4 October 2018 (UTC)
October 2018
How can I complete mission 1 Thato Maseko (talk) 17:37, 8 October 2018 (UTC)
- create a userpage or edit it Huff slush7264 talk 02:37, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
the introduction to everything important
- What I didn't like
lack of support for visual editor (I had switched it to visual editor before doing the adventure and had a bit of trouble with it)
- What I wanted more of
more specific introduction about the source editor and its "buttons"
- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
is the first guy's name WillKomen based on the German word for welcome?
--Charxsone (talk) 14:36, 2 November 2018 (UTC)
Outdated toolbar
I have recently completed the Wikipedia Adventure. I noticed some bugs that need to be fixed. The toolbar that I have does not match the one that the software assumes I was using. This made editing very confusing. In particular, I wasn't able to place a picture in the article the way the software wanted me to. I am hoping someone will address this. Thank you - Alternate Side Parking (talk) 02:15, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
This tutorial was friendly and not overwhelming for a new user like many of Wikipedia's policy pages.
- What I didn't like
The toolbar has been updated since this game was released, however the game hasn't been modified to reflect that.
- What I wanted more of
Information on how to properly format references, and information on navigating the bureaucratic systems on Wikipedia, such as dealing with vandals, using noticeboards, and being part of WikiProjects.
--Alternate Side Parking (talk) 02:21, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
What now?
I am quite confused. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atbreuer11 (talk • contribs) 03:02, 13 November 2018 (UTC)
General feedback
The instruction box was locked to the bottom of the webpage. When I scrolled up (to edit, or view the toolbar), the instructions weren't visible. It would be helpful if the instruction box remained visible regardless of where the user is on the page. Schaz (talk) 01:33, 14 November 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
I liked the friendliness of the adventure, it felt fun to talk with Gaea!
- What I didn't like
It felt risky! I was so scared of clicking [x]!
- What I wanted more of
A bit more info on images and tables.
- What was unnecessary
not much, I thought it was good
- Any other thoughts you want to share
<3
--Gallium314 (talk) 04:54, 15 November 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
There was an issue with the first Adventure. When you get to the page where you edit information about yourself, the [X] box floats right over the top of where you are typing so you can't actually see the 'submit edits' button. Is it possible to making the floating box movable? This was using Microsoft Edge. --drkirstyross (talk) 16:05, 19 November 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
Good step by step structure
- What I didn't like
Too many clicks for build up of story
- What I wanted more of
More formatting tips
- What was unnecessary
Adding multiple pictures
- Any other thoughts you want to share
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--Zapedia (talk) 22:02, 23 September 2018 (UTC)
Say hello to the world. Polycarp Iwodi (talk) 03:30, 4 December 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
- A very interactive way to start, Thanks for this
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- What I didn't like
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
- Instructions were clear but I am not sure I saw same article twice, could be my mistake while touring but not sure.
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--Rameezrajapathan (talk) 06:47, 6 December 2018 (UTC)
MOS:CAPS in citation
I am working on Becky Lynch to make it a featured article. However, one of the main concerns is the number of external links in CAPS in the references section. Is there any efficient way to fix this? In addition to that, the dates in the citations needs to be converted to month first from day first. Thnaks! Ikhtiar H (talk) 13:44, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- I am trying to work through the Adventure Course, which by the way is really great. I created the account Juluka Kipa.
Before the holidays, I managed to get to the section on inserting references. There was mention of clicking on a little book icon, which I could not see, so I wasn't able to complete that section.
After a few days break, I tried to resume, but I couldn't find the section where I had left off, so I just started the course from scratch. I found all my previous changes were still saved. But when it got to the "Edit Summary and Publish" feature, I would complete the edit summary and click publish (as per the system prompt), but then I would keep getting the same "Edit Summary and Publish" message popping up again and again, so I am not able to progress.
I went to the Interstellar Lounge and saw a recommendation to sign in as a new user, so I created Hadeda Eyes (but kept the same email). When I entered as Hadeda Eyes, I found all the changes from Juluka Kipa were still there, and still kept getting the endless looping on "Edit Summary and Publish" feature section.
The problem with the course seems to be if you leave off half way, and want to get back, it's difficult to find the page where you left off. Also the course does not seem to allow you to redo a section, because it will keep looping back on the "Edit Summary and Publish" feature.
Is there anyway around this, or would you be able to delete my history from the course so that I can start afresh?
Kind regards
Juluka Kipa Hadeda Eyes
--HadedaEyes (talk) 15:02, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Feedback on course completion
Feedback
- What I liked
I liked the humorous approach I liked the sound effects on the feedback options Very well laid out intro to wiki editing
- What I didn't like
The way the page kept scrolling to the top automatically every time you made the feedback selection. I know the system is trying to get the user to click on all the options given, but after the second or so example, we get the point
- What I wanted more of
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- What was unnecessary
The way the page kept scrolling to the top automatically every time you made the feedback selection
- Any other thoughts you want to share
On the sections for inserting links and inserting graphics the user is directed to icons on the toolbar, however, those icons no longer exist. It seems the toolbar has been updated since the course was designed
--HadedaEyes (talk) 17:43, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
...I enjoyed the audio files at the end of each section. They were fun and made the wiki come to life.
- What I didn't like
...There were some repetitive things in the text boxes of the guide but that was really all.
- What I wanted more of
... Nothing comes to mind.
- What was unnecessary
...Leaving all of the badges as large icons on my user page seems a bit much. I don't mind them, but I would like to see a more convenient way to keep track without having tens of badges filling the page.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
...I would love to see something like this for the visual editor as well, but, in order to keep the spirit of older Wikipedia alive, it should only be accessible after one has completed this version. Or perhaps it could be something that shows how the same editing process can be done in the visual editor, but is only an add-on to the original WA. Thank you for this fun and engaging introductory experience ;)
I nearly forgot, some icons used in the guides dialogues no longer exist where described. The image icon is an example. Those do need to be changed, but it wasn't hard to successfully interpret the instructions regardless. --Wobblywatch (talk) 06:00, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
Great concept, enjoyed the step-by-step intro to ideas
- What I didn't like
On some pages, the instructions were too low to be seen while performing the relevant steps. Also, some icons on the edit bars have changed. For instance, the "Reference" icon is different in TW6, step 16. Also, the "Insert picture" icon in a later lesson (7?)
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--Rriggstx (talk) 10:01, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
url not shown
In the item "Lehmer–Schur_algorithm" I included url in two references. Why aren't they shown in the Notes? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Windeman (talk • contribs) 09:19, 15 January 2019 (UTC)
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- What I liked
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- What I didn't like
The toolbar icons contained in the tutorials did not match the icons in my browser. For instance, the "insert image" icon was described as a beach at sunset; however, on my browser it is a rectangle with minimalistic mountains (overlapping triangles).
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--HagerTrumpet (talk) 15:58, 20 January 2019 (UTC)
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- What I liked
- everything was good
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- What I didn't like
- -
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- What I wanted more of
- how to do links for admins and how to report abuse
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- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
- how to do links for admins and how to report abuse.
can see this as an report of > Toasted_Meter < he is not welcoming at all and just deletes content. ...
--E30 apex (talk) 16:39, 23 January 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
It was very fun
- What I didn't like
quite glitchy
- What I wanted more of
maybe more badges
- What was unnecessary
nothing really
- Any other thoughts you want to share
- )
--Jeriqui123 (talk) 15:03, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
Mercury
Could Wikipedia please help me by finding who discovered this particular planet please tried to search for it but could not get it was an unsuccessful attempt — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ana jerie (talk • contribs) 12:05, 30 January 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
The "link", "image", and "reference" icons have been updated so they no longer match the tutorial. The tutorial should also now say to click "Edit" (instead of "Edit page"?) at the top of the page, and "Publish changes" (instead of "Publish") to match current interface text.
--NancysaurusX (talk) 22:57, 1 February 2019 (UTC)
Feedback - Nice journey
It's nice, this tutorial was a good way to teach a new beginner about editing a Wikipedia article. Rocky 734 (talk) 02:49, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
Hi, thanks for designing this interactive tool for learning the basics. I found that getting hands-on helps to overcome the initial information overload.
--Chricon79 (talk) 15:52, 3 February 2019 (UTC)
Template-protected edit request on 22 February 2019
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Wassolldas123 (talk) 13:22, 22 February 2019 (UTC)
Wassolldas123 (talk) 13:22, 22 February 2019 (UTC)Kann ich helfen?
Please stop the ride and let me off!
E S C A P E
I'm a fairly experienced user who stumbled across the tutorial and thought I'd check it out. Yikes! An alien kidnapped me and started sending coded messages in my name. The weird girl/butterfly/constellation/alien/whatever-it-is was following me around, too.
How do I opt out of this thing? YoPienso (talk) 03:13, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- @Yopienso: You belong to us now. THERE IS NO ESCAPE. ~Swarm~ {talk} 21:36, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
- But in all seriousness, the simulated messages/page creation are just caused by you interacting with the tutorial. Nothing else will happen if you stop. You can just delete the message on your talk page, and I will delete any additional pages for you if you want. ~Swarm~ {talk} 21:45, 5 March 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
I liked the fact that it could appreciate good edits and even gave an edit badge
- What I didn't like
What I didn't like was that it didn't allow me to explore beyond the given task. The icon always obstructs my view anytime I wish to explore other functions.
- What I wanted more of
I want more of technicalities, more practical like in terms of being creative with creating pages and not just articles. Tho! It was an awesome journey
- What was unnecessary
I think there should be an end to the game, we shouldn't be taken aback all the time, tho options should be made at will for players.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
I also think there should be a mission that teaches how to upload pictures and how to create profiles that have vertical structure as seen in some pages of notable personalities for eg: |Name. |Wikipedia |Age. |Since 2001 |Purpose. |Knowledge bowel
Ohanwe Emmanuel .I. (talk) 13:18, 26 March 2019 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Deni We (talk • contribs) 17:19, 9 March 2019 (UTC)
Possible Typo on Wikipedia adventure Mission 7
I was doing The Wikipedia Adventure yesterday, when I believe I discovered a typo in the section involving adding wiki links. We were instructed to add a link to the first instance of the key word in each section.
For the surface section we were supposed a link to urbanization. However, instead of a z, an s was present.
A screenshot of my desktop, uploaded to Imgur, during the mission in question.
May someone please investigate this error further?
Thank you
- @A2937: urbanisation redirects to urbanization. Both spellings are allowed in Wikipedia, and it is allowed to link to the redirect. See Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English and American and British English spelling differences#-ise, -ize (-isation, -ization). PrimeHunter (talk) 22:07, 6 April 2019 (UTC)
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The use of British/American English was inconsistent: I think it was in Mission 7, when both civilization and urbanisation were used.
The description of the "Embedded file" icon is incorrect: it looks more like two mountain peaks than a palm tree...?
The game sometimes glitches if the back button is pressed. I once ended up having to intentionally undo the changes I made and redo them again in order to continue.
Overall quite enjoyable and informative. Many thanks!
--Saulnier Mullings (talk) 07:48, 16 April 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
- I learned so much, its so different to what I was doing in the beginning.
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- What I didn't like
- Maybe to many examples for me.
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- What I wanted more of
- Nothing, it was very informative
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- What was unnecessary
- Just to many copy and paste examples for me, but understand some like that.
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
- It was a valuable tool for me to learn
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--Joyster1999 (talk) 23:24, 17 April 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
- Easy to use and step by step instructions.
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- What I didn't like
- It was a bit confusing in the beginning. Once I had a hang of it, I enjoyed using it!
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- What I wanted more of
- How to improve the article or find links.
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- What was unnecessary
- Access to previously asked questions so that I don't repeat a question and waste others time.
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
- Thank you!
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--MonashGreen (talk) 08:34, 18 April 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
Learning some new useful things.
- What I didn't like
The claim that Wikipedia articles are true because they're based on customary printed sources, when the customary printed sources are often quite wrong.
- What I wanted more of
Nothing in particular.
- What was unnecessary
The music clips. I stopped listening to them, so if there was anything really important after the point when I did, I missed it (but I doubt there was).
- Any other thoughts you want to share
Yes, here are a few notes.
It says EDIT SOURCE, but what I have is not that but EDIT.
It says PUBLISH, but what I have is PUBLISH CHANGES.
There's no KEEP EDITING button that I can see.
There's also no signature button with the indicated symbol. Instead it has four tildes on it.
All my contributions aren't to my userpage and Talk page. The comment in the game to that effect is only valid for new registrants.
There was one point where I was supposed to click INSERT, but I saw no INSERT button.
"Now click your mouse beneath the first section heading (Shape and structure)" – But where exactly? I didn't know and wasn't sure. I'd say "in the blank line under the first section heading (Shape and structure)".
– Roy McCoy (talk) 02:07, 22 April 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
I really loved the fun touches (like the music) and the touch of humor in the text.
- What I didn't like
I think I somehow reset the process by having multiple Wikipedia tabs. That's the only constructive bit I can think of.
- What I wanted more of
I think the Adventure could be a little bit more in depth or longer.
- What was unnecessary
I think it was all good stuff!
- Any other thoughts you want to share
I really appreciate the time you guys took to build this. It was very helpful and left me feeling positive about myself and excited about Wikipedia. You guys rule, great work! :)
--Elizabeth heilmann (talk) 21:04, 29 April 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
I like how this is would be useful for new wikipedians to learn how to edit and such.
- What I didn't like
I've been using wikipedia since january, so I had already discovered everything this teaches here by myself.
- What I wanted more of
I didn't find I wanted any more of what was here. I think this is the perfect length.
- What was unnecessary
I didn't find much of it too unnecessary.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
Overall I think this is pretty cool!
--ARZ100 (talk) 17:21, 30 April 2019 (UTC)
How come the stuff save I do not see it?
Second Earth page contains weasel words
I don't think there should be weasel words in an example article used to help new editors. I added a template where they are in my version (which contains numerous large images, apologies). InvalidOS (talk) 16:28, 17 May 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
Very well done, good advices / guidance.
- What I didn't like
Nothing to add.
- What I wanted more of
A part on pages location / link / architecture (how to create a new page / how to reference it).
- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
Thank you very much!!.
--KlulK (talk) 09:12, 11 June 2019 (UTC)
Endless Looping on the Edit Summary and Publish feature
i cannot get past this part. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Denkiden (talk • contribs) 16:52, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
I, too, cannot get past this part. Using Google Chrome, OSX 14, with adblocker and html5 autoplay blocker. Dolphin and anchor (talk) 20:49, 10 April 2019 (UTC)
I got stuck on this, then discovered that I could get past it if I copied and pasted the precise edit summary offered by the instructions. I did that for the remainder of the adventure. I am playing it on Pale Moon. Nightsmaiden (talk) 07:19, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
I copied and pasted and still kept looping--disappointed I was unable to finish and get more info on how to edit. Also had this problem when I tried to repeat a module that I really need to learn better!
Feedback from Nightsmaiden
I think the instructions overall were fine. I would encourage the addition of a bit of instruction on how to use the Preview feature, as use of this is an excellent way to be confident that once you hit Publish, it's actually something you can stand behind, and not one of a series of trial-and-error steps. For example, it took me three tries to get the link to my username to work properly in my section header.
Unless there is some actual guideline encouraging editors to disclose their physical location, I think it might be better to simply state that "Earth" is sufficiently specific for the purposes of the adventure when specifying location. I have no issue standing behind my edits, but given that anything on the internet tends to become indelible and all edits on Wikipedia are logged, not everyone will want to give a location for the purposes of a tutorial. I ended up adding a link to internet privacy instead, but I wasn't sure if that was going to glitch anything.
It was amusing but not confusing when the text said that all of my edits were to my own User and Talk pages, as I also got my notification of 100 edits while I was playing the adventure. (I have mostly been doing grammatical corrections and the like thus far.)
In the section about adding images, I think it would have been preferable for the Adventure to provide images that were relevant to each section, and include the step of giving them relevant captions, as I am fairly sure the images I added to the Earth entry would have been removed as not being relevant to the content they accompanied, with the exception of the Blue Marble image.
As noted above, I did experience the loop after editing my Talk summary, but I was able to get past it by entering precisely the text provided. I had originally added an exclamation point; I am not sure if that is a special character in Wiki markup or not.
I ran the entire adventure in Pale Moon 28.6.0.1 under Windows 10. My screen resolution is 1920x1080, and all the prompts appeared to be correctly placed for their purpose.
My impression is that the majority of the adventure needs to be slightly updated to the current Wikipedia editing layout, as it repeatedly referenced buttons that don't exist or exist in slightly different forms. I don't have an "edit source" button once I have chosen the source editor, only an option to switch to the Visual Editor when I begin editing, for example.
Explicitly letting people know which aspects of the adventure are live edits (one's own User Page) and which are not (the various TWA) pages might be a good thing, but I think many people will pick up on the fact that the dark-bordered pages are not part of Wikipedia proper. Nightsmaiden (talk) 12:52, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
...I really liked the way that the examples provided bad behavior and explanations why those behaviors were bad.
- What I didn't like
...I was not sure if the whole tutorial would be ended if I left the screen between tutorials. I understood that if I closed the single box this would close the tutorial but was not sure if closing the whole window between tutorials would restart the tutorial. I also found it difficult to navigate back to the tutorial when I left the page.
- What I wanted more of
...I found myself worrying that I would forget what I learned. I know I can do the tutorial again but if there were summaries after each tutorial to reference this could be useful to me in the future.
- What was unnecessary
...I did not find anything unnecessary.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
...I absolutely loved this and everything about it. I loved the tone and the educative capacity of this tutorial. just bravo!
--Jrdndaniels (talk) 23:10, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
It's a really nice introduction to the base functions of the site. It really makes (trying) to join the site feel less like jumping into a pool without being able to swim. The way it also introduces the tone most interactions should lie on is also really good.
- What I didn't like
I some times forgot to push the buttons, and ended up slightly ahead of the guide. As a result, I had to go back and make a minor change and re-submit in order to be able to continue.
- What I wanted more of
...
- What was unnecessary
I can't think of anything unnecessary. It covered everything necessary to get started.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
...
--OliviaZoe0 (talk) 21:17, 15 July 2019 (UTC)
How can I repeat a module without looping?
I tried to go through a module of the Wikipedia Adventure, but ended up getting stuck in an infinite loop. When I started on a new module, I accidentally hit the close button (X) a few frames in, and when I tried to do the module again, I got stuck in the same "type and publish" loop. How do I get around this, please? I need to go through the module about inserting references again, and I'd also like to finish the last module. SR-CJC (talk) 23:39, 5 August 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
...
- Took me interactively through the basics
- What I didn't like
...
- It was great... if I had to be critical, the box "Challenge yourself" not closing was a bit distracting. Also I had to leave the adventure to set my editor to source. I knew how to do this others might not.
- What I wanted more of
...
- at this stage I think its sufficient
- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
... Sorry I didn't find this sooner. I lost heart as I was finding the entry to editing foggy. This adventure as just what I needed. --pcmcreative (talk) 19:46, 6 August 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for a fun tutorial!
Feedback
- What I liked
fun! This is an interesting way to introduce the basics of editing.
- What I didn't like
Sometimes it was difficult to see what to do because of scrolling around between the message box and the text.
- What I wanted more of
...
- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
Would be good to link this directly from the Wiki Edu materials. Also, some of the terminology used in the tutorial doesn't match what's on the screen. "Edit source" -> "Edit" "Publish" -> "Publish changes"
--Betsylavolette (talk) 06:51, 29 August 2019 (UTC)
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Feedback
- What I liked
... It was so easy to understand and remember the content, even better than the espanish version I think.
- What I didn't like
...
- What I wanted more of
... May be we could add more practice exercises. At first having one guided as an example, then give the editor a few chances to apply the new knowledge.
- What was unnecessary
...
- Any other thoughts you want to share
...
--FurlaniMaira (talk) 11:25, 30 August 2019 (UTC)
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- What I liked
Awesome guide
- What I didn't like
like it all
- What I wanted more of
world wide travel and extended family, music, love , sharing, help and work on world issues with others with heart worldwide to help those that hurt and our planet through unity and to travel
- What was unnecessary
not sure ⟨⟩ Any other thoughts you want to share: nope.
--IndusFish{{ (talk) 14:11, 31 August 2019 (UTC) }}{{{{}}}}
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- What I liked
everything was great, thank you for creating it ...
- What I didn't like
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- What I wanted more of
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- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
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--SaltyViking (talk) 20:25, 31 August 2019 (UTC)
Awesome and Simple Guide
Feedback
- What I liked
- Simplicity
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- What I didn't like
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- What I wanted more of
- add images
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- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
- cool animations
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--Tvincent88 (talk) 05:34, 12 September 2019 (UTC)
dub me a username please!
whats a good user name for me? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:1700:1262:1F20:31E6:74DC:9F36:AEDA (talk) 17:10, 18 September 2019 (UTC)
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- What I liked
I loved the gamified learning experience.
- What I didn't like
N/A
- What I wanted more of
N/A
- What was unnecessary
N/A
- Any other thoughts you want to share
This is a great way to onboard new users.
--Kevin Bazira (talk) 11:35, 27 September 2019 (UTC)
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- What I liked
I think it's a very decent tutorial for a beginner to get an idea of the basic elements. I personally enjoyed it and found it helpful.
- What I didn't like
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- What I wanted more of
I would like a short description or a picture explaining all of the signs in the edit box. Partly they were used in the Adventure, but not all.--Less Unless (talk) 13:10, 5 October 2019 (UTC)
- What I liked
... I really liked the whole story! It helped me somehow to learn the most basics with the funniest way!
- What I didn't like
...
- What I wanted more of
... A good improvement is that you could add a story about reverting vandalism, and a few more I can't remember now.
- What was unnecessary
...
- Any other thoughts you want to share
... Needs a little more development, like a stellar map or relevant things, but it is very good in it's present form! --Enivak (talk) 18:28, 25 June 2019 (UTC)
Feedback for Mission 1-5 using Firefox
- What I liked
... that it worked at all, using computers to do anything is hard. and most developers don't provide tutorial for their apps or sites. also, it prepares me for wikipedia. in a way that even desktop apps don't.
- What I didn't like
... some text errors at some points, I have them at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:0dont()())0abuse0wikiped0ia0/sandbox
lack of a dark theme. i use a browser extension, but I'd rather not use it on every site.
- What I wanted more of
... more speed. it was slow to load sometimes. maybe its something else at play here, excluding context-specific network issues.
more time to test these levels.
- What was unnecessary
... nothing. well, to elaborate, I knew how to do some things from using desktop apps and guessed some others, so it wasn't too challenging. but the pop-ups were placed incorrectly.
this is from heuristics based on my second feedback post about mission 6. there might be more issues in level 1-5, if 'edit summary' is empty or not exactly what's expected.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
... Keep up the good job, troopers.
--0dont()())0abuse0wikiped0ia0 (talk) 03:25, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
adventure
I do not know how to go back to the adventurs i did not finish. How do i find them? i have completed 10 and just need to do the other 5 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nicoborza99 (talk • contribs) 12:43, 30 September 2019 (UTC)
- neither do i. note if you remember which adventures they were, you can go to the adventure page and just play them again, ignoring the parts that you already learned. or get a revision.
- tip but please don't leave the 'edit summary' empty in any mission, just to save your time. i know that i made that mistake in mission 6. 0dont()())0abuse0wikiped0ia0 (talk) 07:16, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
Feedback for mission 6 using Firefox
- What I liked
... missions before mission 6
- What I didn't like
... for now, mission 7's last part
- What I wanted more of
... no bugs for simple omissions, that don't stop progress and display a helpful message.
- steps to reproduce
multiple steps to keep going around in circles to test a bug in last part of mission 7.
hopefully this is the issue -
first I completed the last step but forgot to enter the edit summary. then the page redirects and the pop-up with title 'Edit summary, and Publish'
appears, I click the button below it. when I copy then paste either of -
- "Added more reliable, neutral info about Earth's history from the talk page"
- "Added more reliable, neutral info about Earth's history from the talk page".
and click publish changes, I come back to the same pop-up on the same page.
to break out of loop, I copy then paste -
- Added more reliable, neutral info about Earth's history from the talk page
and the issue gets solved.
- What was unnecessary
... this issue, but that's because its hard to build stuff using programming languages.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
0dont()())0abuse0wikiped0ia0 (talk) 07:27, 12 October 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
Amazin' way to preach, way to display the stuff and your way to present free knowledge.
- What I didn't like
Nothin'
- What I wanted more of
To be an admin (Since I created Quite a few articles and edited it over 2,500 times and was appreciated by barnstar and thanked)
- What was unnecessary
Nothin', You cited everthin' pretty decent
- Any other thoughts you want to share
Decent the organization is
--SHISHIR DUA (talk) 10:36, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
- I love this! The Wikipedia Adventure is a fantastic way to introduce new or even existing users to a process (contributing to and communicating within Wikipedia) which can be quite overwhelming at first. This ought to be more prominently featured in the appropriate places so more users see it!
- I love the different characters you created for this, especially SocraTease!
- I appreciate the resources and other links that are provided after completing all the missions.
- What I didn't like
- The audio files featured at the end of missions and elsewhere are goofy yet fun. Many of them fit the overall tone of the experience, some of them don't really fit. Additionally, they're a bit all over the place regarding length. To me, it would make more sense if the shorter ones were used for the small milestones and the longer ones reserved for completing missions. That's nitpicky, though. Good choice not making them autoplay. ;)
- There's a part in mission 6 where Sofy says
Is there supposed to be a CLEANUP TAG on the article? Is it a joke insinuating that Sofy is cursing? What is a CLEANUP TAG anyway? This is confusing to me.That...CLEANUP TAG...doesn't look so good. Let's check out the talk page to see what it means.
- Also in mission 6, when Sofy says
There is no "{{Unreferenced}}" in the text of the source editor, unless I totally missed it with Ctrl+FYou solved the problem, so let's go delete the cleanup tag.
Go ahead and find and delete: {{Unreferenced}} Begone!
The boxes in which instructions are given do strange things at times. Most notably, while you're in a mission, the boxes appear on wikipedia pages in other tabs.
- Just noticed that this is a known bug Ian of Planet Earth (talk) 03:01, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
- What I wanted more of
...
- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
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--Ian of Planet Earth (talk) 02:52, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
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Feedback
- What I liked
It was straightforward.
- What I didn't like
Nothing really, just wish phone screen bigger.
- What I wanted more of
Maybe examples.
- What was unnecessary
Nothing seemed unnecessary.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
Good fun.
--am_awfc (talk) 01:55, 20 November 2019 (UTC)
/* Feedback about the Adventure */
Feedback
- What I liked
- Definitely a great way to learn how to use Wikipedia if you're new.
- What I didn't like
- I have been a wikipedia editor before and I managed to mess up the tutorial by being impatient and forgetting to click the button that says that I've copied text, then I hit publish before I was prompted to and had to redo the entire section again (which then left my talk page pretty mangled up).
- What I wanted more of
- No comments at this time...
- What was unnecessary
- No comments at this time...
- Any other thoughts you want to share
- I took a few notes of things I noticed, most are pretty tiny issues:
- {{Unreferenced}} - never came up in my tutorial where the Earth page was apparently flagged and we needed to add citations, but I figured I knew what they meant anyway. It told me to remove that tag, but I lied and said I did when I didn't because it wasn't there. I felt a little dirty for lying, but I got over it quickly.
- In activity 7, the "Edit Source" is at the top of the page whereas it had been right near the title of the Earth page in previous tutorials, I'm not sure if that was on purpose to ease the user into where it actually is normally.
- The last section where you add photos, the icon for adding a thumbnail is described as "looks like a tree at sunset", but those icons have changed and it's a black and white mountain now.
--LizWinfreyV (talk) 20:52, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
Edit requests for 11 December 2019
- @DBigXray: These seem fine and I'm going to give you temporary template-editor access to work these, restrict your template-editing changes to these specific pages. If you don't want to do it that is fine too. — xaosflux Talk 17:13, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
- User:Xaosflux thanks for the trust, I will use the temporary right only for these requests. thanks. --DBigXrayᗙ 17:23, 15 December 2019 (UTC)
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"This badge was earned for identifying reliable sources" should be wikilinked as
"This badge was earned for identifying reliable sources" DBigXrayᗙ 13:18, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
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"This badge was earned for making an edit in The Wikipedia Adventure"--DBigXrayᗙ 15:18, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
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This badge was earned for giving good advice to other editors in The Wikipedia Adventure. --DBigXrayᗙ 15:48, 11 December 2019 (UTC)
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Feedback
- What I liked
- It was a fun and easy way to learn a little bit about editing.
...
- What I didn't like
- There were some parts that were a little confusing, and there were a few places where I felt like my guide (who I can not tell what the picture is of at all) deserted me. I felt like I did not complete some of the missions, and try as I might, I could not get back on track with the missions.
...
- What I wanted more of
- More on how to actually create a new article, which I would like to do. A similar adventure on article creation would be great.
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- What was unnecessary
- The badges were fun, but I dont know if they were "necessary." The little audio kudos were also a bit redundant.
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
- The best improvement would be if there was a way to leave each mission in the middle, and then come back where you left off. When I felt deserted, I tried going back, but that did not help at all.
...
--BillyGoatsGruff2020 (talk) 10:11, 2 January 2020 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
...It introduced me to some useful editing features
- What I didn't like
... I couldn't see the changes. Esp. adding an image. I tried to that in my sandbox, for a real article, but had no way of knowing if it worked.
- What I wanted more of
...Maybe some arrows? I was ok at identifying the toolbar, but is everyone?
- What was unnecessary
...It was all necessary
- Any other thoughts you want to share
...Thanx!
--Maryanne Cunningham (talk) 22:36, 7 January 2020 (UTC)
“The Adventure” (tutorial on editing/Wiki)
I know it’s not so very new(+ I’ve already edited or contributed so it could be a waste of time or it could hold even the smallest of nuggets of info to make my “experience” using or adding to Wikipedia.org easier, more interactive, & just plain “more” so imagine my disappointment when I click on the tutorial and • • • nothing?! No redirect, no video(or link to) & no option to read what I believe should have been presented as a slideshow of not a video. So I’m wondering: “is it my phone, nah it’s still pretty new.” Is it that I tapped the wrong area, nah I’ve pretty much tapped everywhere on my screen.” “Is it that it’s old and the “powers that be” are forgetting that there’s over a thousand new people going online for the first time ever every day, nah that would be making a huge assumption that everyone is “tech-savvy” & don’t need things like tutorials to show them how to bypass frustration and get straight to enjoyment.” No matter the reason I was sorry to not be able to explore the various “missions” as it looked like it was going to be a kooky fun way to hone my editing skills and perhaps learn of some new and useful tools available via Wikipedia to do so but nothing happened so I’ll use what I know and will patiently wait for someone to notify me of any info regarding my input or the Editing Tutorial that was at the end of the link I followed (at least that much worked 👍🏼). Thanks in advance for anything anyone provides on this and I do hope you all have a wonderful week! TTFN KLP ✌🏼🙏🏼🧿 KLPeez9 (talk) 18:51, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
- Hi KLPeez9, and welcome to Wikipedia! The Wikipedia Adventure doesn't work on the mobile version of Wikipedia, because it was created a long time ago. To get the tutorial to work on your phone, scroll to the bottom of the page, and click the "Desktop" link. This will switch to the desktop version of Wikipedia on your phone, and you should be able to continue with no problems. Unfortunately, we don't have the resources to make a mobile version of The Wikipedia Adventure at this time. When you're done, you can switch back to the mobile version of Wikipedia by scrolling to the bottom of the page and clicking "Mobile view". — Newslinger talk 22:16, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
- Pretty much everything. It was really intuitive and easy to use.
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- What I didn't like
- Not much.
...
- What I wanted more of
- I loved it. I didn't want anything more.
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- What was unnecessary
- it all seemed to blend together seamlessly.
...
- Any other thoughts you want to share
...
--The Evil Sith Kitten 21:09, 15 January 2020 (UTC)
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- What I liked
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- What I didn't like
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- What I wanted more of
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- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
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I liked this. It was helpful and taught me about formatting and policies.--007Леони́д (talk) 09:09, 23 January 2020 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
It was a nice introduction to how the different systems in Wikipedia work.
- What I didn't like
It was sometimes a tad childlish.
- What I wanted more of
Finding images.
- What was unnecessary
None
- Any other thoughts you want to share
There was an issue with removing the "unreferenced" tag, namely, it was nonexistant, and thus I was not able to remove it.
--MGatta (talk) 18:41, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
Easy to use!
- What I didn't like
...
- What I wanted more of
...
- What was unnecessary
...
- Any other thoughts you want to share
Doesn't seem to work with visual editor, but otherwise it was awesome! Thanks. --PedanticLlama (talk) 18:18, 5 February 2020 (UTC)
Feedback
HELP!
- What I liked
...
- What I didn't like
- Completed everything? in mission 6 and mission7 but it will not give me either badge or reveal the next missions.
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- What I wanted more of
...
- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
...
--JL Fenger (talk) 10:52, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
...This is a really helpful game for newcomers, it tells you about all that is important on Wikipedia. Nice work!
- What I didn't like
...
- What I wanted more of
...
- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
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--DishitaBhowmik 11:00, 9 February 2020 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dishita Bhowmik (talk • contribs)
Feedback
- What I liked
... The knowledge to use Wikipedia
- What I didn't like
... Being lead with such constriction and then not at all. In mission 6 and 7 I was left with no instructions. Did I finish the mission? How do I finish? How do I go on to the next mission level? I found I did complete level 5 but although I did 6&7 numerous times it was not registering as a badge. I did finally achieve 6, 7, 8, & 9 but do not know what I did that was any different and do not even know when I accomplished 8 & 9. Again I was left with vague instruction on how to continue and never made it to 10 and I know there is at least 15 levels.
- What I wanted more of
...More continuity in the transfer up the levels
- What was unnecessary
...
- Any other thoughts you want to share
...Thank you for putting it together. I look forward to improvements.
--JL Fenger (talk) 17:41, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Feedback about the wikipedia adventure
- What I liked
I am a relatively experience editor, but really enjoyed this game! I particularly liked the friendly characters and fun interactions. The simple, clear design was a bonus.
- What I didn't like
The dialogue boxes seemed to disappear at times, eg. after carrying out tasks. The dialogue boxes that I think indicated end of each section only had a Back arrow, no Forward.
It did not always seem possible to move forward to the next section without returning to the entry screen. When I did this, sections were not highlighted as "complete", so I had to guess whether I'd 1) completed the section I was on successfully 2) which one to do next (if I hadn't been paying attention to where I was!)
- What I wanted more of
It needs to be updated to work with the visual editor.
- What was unnecessary
Nothing that I could see, but I haven't completed the game yet.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
I was using Firefox 72.0.1 on an iMac. — Preceding unsigned comment added by MaryHutchison (talk • contribs) 14:15, 15 February 2020 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
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- What I didn't like
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- What I wanted more of
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- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
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--Aike K (talk) 15:18, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
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- What I didn't like
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- What I wanted more of
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- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
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--WilliamZ3166 (talk) 16:51, 18 March 2020 (UTC)
I enjoyed the wiki adventure tutorial
Feedback
- What I liked
That it was easy to navigate, very clear explanations, empowering. That the skills emphasized were social as well as technical!
- What I didn't like
I had to constantly scroll down to see the new message
- What I wanted more of
I think it would be important to explain also how can you find out how to help, once you are a user. For example, if you are checking a normal wikipedia articla page, that you can just click on the link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal and there you can find the list of things where help is needed.
- What was unnecessary
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
It was fun, and empowering! Absolutely great work! Thank you!!
--AiSim (talk) 23:37, 21 March 2020 (UTC)
Feedback
- What I liked
...Good organised topics and type style is good,wiki adventure was very helpfull.
- What I didn't like
...Nothing,it was very fun for beginer like me.
- What I wanted more of
...Nothing,there is something for everyone taste.
- What was unnecessary
...Maybe repetition in some of tutorial of wiki adventure.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
...Im glad that i decided to learn more in my life,so back to school again.
--Бранислав94 (talk) 13:32, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
Feedback: Want similar excercise on Wikicode
Want similar excercise on Wikicodes RIT RAJARSHI (talk) 15:20, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server (HTTP 400)
I'm going through the wikipedia adventure guide and keep getting this message when I try to edit my user page and so can't continue." Error contacting the Parsoid/RESTBase server (HTTP 400)" — Preceding unsigned comment added by EDITOR5995 (talk • contribs) 18:08, 1 April 2020 (UTC)
- (Above refactored from Wikipedia:Teahouse) Rotideypoc41352 (talk · contribs) 15:08, 2 April 2020 (UTC)
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- What I liked
... Good flow and interesting comments.
- What I didn't like
... There were too many images to add, may be 2 is enough for training.
- What I wanted more of
...
- What was unnecessary
...
- Any other thoughts you want to share
... Sometimes the TWA dialogue window was overlapping on the edit window and it was hard to make edits with the dialogue window on top. may be the dialogue window can be moved to the left or the top so that edit window is not overlapped.
--Cedix (talk) 11:52, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
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- What I liked
The pacing was perfect, and the tone was really friendly.
- What I didn't like
Sometimes I wanted to know about a topic in more detail. Adding images, for instance. When & how do wikipedians use captions? Or when it comes to references, what formatting style is the standard?
- What I wanted more of
A little more detail, as explained above.
- What was unnecessary
All the sound files? Not that they were bad, but I just started ignoring them after the first two or so.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
Thank you for making this. It made me feel so more comfortable, and was a much less overwhelming introduction than the Getting Started page.
--A niche kale geek (talk) 18:37, 6 April 2020 (UTC)
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- What I liked
I most enjoyed the little award Badges received and the little soundbites that played as I completed items. I also thought the game was very well designed.
- What I didn't like
I did not like the way that if I clicked over to a different tab, in order to view something else for a minute, I would often end up with 2 boxes prompting me to do the same task, but this was only a minor problem. It was easy to close one of the boxes with the little "X" in the upper right corner of the box.
- What I wanted more of
I wanted more parts of the game! I would love to have learned to make formatted lists, or change the style of text a bit, or reformat the pictures so that they appeared on the left side sometimes, or other things!
- What was unnecessary
I thought all the parts were necessary, I appreciated them all.
- Any other thoughts you want to share
I loved the game. I did not want to stop playing and learning!
--Fallendarlin (talk) 20:03, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
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- Any other thoughts you want to share
I forgot to mention one thing. There was a hiccup (small problem) during Mission 6. I was required to repeat the following edits (I completed these one time, then afterwards, I had to do them all over again):
- Add edit summary: Added more reliable, neutral info about Earth's history from the talk page
- Reply to Taggy about CLEANUP TAG
- Received Civility Badge
- Inline Magic Section/Module
- Make this edit, add: Gnawledge, O'penn. "Planet Earth in the Balance of History". Science and Nature Journal. SandNjournal.com/Earthinthebalance. March 21, 2013. Retrieved 19:34, Wednesday, April 15, 2020 (UTC).
- Add reflist
- Delete cleanup tag
Also, the Badges I received, two of them were received more than once:
- Civility Badge was received 3 times
- Neutrality Badge was received 2 times
So these appeared more than once on my User page, they were easy enough to remove the duplicates though, so the problem was not too bad.
--Fallendarlin (talk) 20:17, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
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- What I wanted more of
I forgot to mention that I would like to learn how to make tables!!
--Fallendarlin (talk) 20:23, 15 April 2020 (UTC)
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- What I liked
It's well structured and well paced; you cover a lot of gound quite quickly, but without ever feeling left behind.
- What I didn't like
A trivial thing, but the instruction to edit a page always said "Click EDIT SOURCE" when the edit link is actually just "Edit" (without "source")
- Any other thoughts you want to share
I don't know whether this was around five years ago - if so, I missed it somehow - but I wish I'd gone through it sooner!