Internationalization Experiment: Latest Updates
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It has now been a few weeks since we launched our first Pilot wiki in our LLM Translation Pilot. In case you missed it, this small Pilot of a few wikis aims to see if we can use an AI Large Language Model to assist in translating opted-in wiki pages and provide a springboard for International c…
Supporting Global Fandoms: Our Translation Pilot
Hi everyone,
We recently shared a Staff Blog post announcing a pilot program to test LLM-assisted translations on a small number of wikis, which has understandably caused a lot of confusion and concerns. The communication wasn’t as clear as we hoped, so we want to correct that.
First off, we believe …
Internationalization Experiment Update
Hey everyone,
We have seen your feedback regarding our recent Internationalization project, which we announced on Monday. We are working on a larger post as soon as we can that covers:
- What our plan is with this Pilot and our approach
- SEO impacts
- Wider visibility on our approach to Internationalization…
Introducing Fandom’s Wiki Internationalization Experiment - A Gateway for Editors and Expanding the Fan Experience
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At Fandom, we're always looking at ways that we can make the fan experience even better! As part of that, we're excited to share a new experiment focusing on international editors who are just starting out. We want them to feel the joy of contributing to their favorite fandoms without …
Experimentation Announcement: Left Content Panel
Eyo people! As you may know already, over the past months, the User Experience Team has been experimenting with a mobile and desktop drawer. If neither of these terms ring any bells, feel free to check out past experiment announcements for these: Mobile Drawer, Mobile Drawer Variations, Mobile Draw…
Experimentation Announcement: Registration Form Update
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I recently shared the roadmap the Engagement Team had for 2024, and while it was primarily influenced in Interactive Maps, they are also working on different areas. During these last days, the team has been working on different updates for the registration form, and today I’m sharing…
Experimentation Announcement: Editor Impact Notifications 2.0
Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to the second run of the Editor Impact Notifications experiment! You can read more about the first one in the Experimentation Announcement: Impact notifications blog. In short, we experimented with sending a notification to users with an estimation of the impact the…
Experiment Announcement: Desktop Drawer V2 and Mobile Drawer V1 Validation
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Over the past few months, I've been discussing in blogs how Fandom's UX team is dedicated to decluttering your desktop and mobile experiences. Our aim is to create well-defined areas for the content you and your communities generate, while also leaving room for elements like widgets …
Experimentation Announcement: Impact notifications
Hello hello,
User-generated content is vital to this platform. To help all of you create this content, sometimes we add new tools, others we improve features related to creating content, and sometimes we focus on encouraging our users to contribute.
That was the premise of our previous experiment con…
Experiment Announcement: Desktop Drawer
Hello again! You've (hopefully?) seen me quite a bit here talk about the experiments we have been doing with a Mobile Drawer. (If not, please check out these blogs: Experiment Announcement: Mobile Drawer, Experiment Announcement: Mobile Drawer Variations, & Experiment Announcement: Mobile Drawer -…