Have you ever looked up something quickly on Wikipedia on your phone, noticed a small mistake, and wished you could fix it on the spot? Or maybe you didnât realize that you could contribute? Now you can help keep Wikipedia and its sister projects up-to-date and accurate when youâre on the go by editing from your phone.
Wikipediaâs quality content is built by ordinary people all over the world watching and editing articles every day. Anyone with a computer can edit, but with over 15% of our users accessing Wikipedia on mobile devices and growing, the Wikimedia Foundation had to do more to let anyone with Internet access contribute to the sum of all human knowledge. For this reason, weâve just released a new feature: editing for mobile.
As a trial, the first version of mobile editing requires a Wikimedia account. To get started, look for the pencil icon. If you donât have an account, donât worry, itâs quick and easy to create one on desktop or mobile! Once youâre logged in, you can use the pencil next to any section to make changes to that section.
For our first release, our primary goal was to create a fast, intuitive editing experience for new users and experienced editors alike, while still sticking with markup editing for now. We started simple so we could observe our usersâ needs and expectations.
Weâve already seen an encouraging number of users try out editing on our experimental beta site, where we first built the feature. Now that itâs available for all users, we hope to learn more about the kinds of edits people make on mobile and build more advanced features, including possible VisualEditor integration, in future releases.
We spent a lot of time testing the new mobile editor and trying to make it work on as many devices as possible, but this is still the first release. We would love to hear your feedback, any suggestions you have, and any problems you encounter, so we can continue to improve this feature. Tell us what you think on Twitter @WikimediaMobile.
If you love Wikipedia and have an Internet-enabled phone, give mobile editing a try. If youâve never edited Wikipedia before, now is a great time to start â itâs quicker and easier than ever before. Help us make Wikipedia and its new mobile editor better!
Juliusz Gonera
Software engineer, mobile web
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