I did a preliminary measure, and it actually showed a decline, starting the exact week it was implemented on nlwiki :( However, this preliminary measure was unscientific, not precise and would need better testing/measuring.
Lodewijk 2011/3/31 Amir E. Aharoni <amir.ahar...@mail.huji.ac.il> > The Vector skin, the main product of the Usability Initiative, was > deployed on Wikimedia projects in April 2010. > > Quoting usability.wikimedia.org: "The goal of this initiative is to > measurably increase the usability of Wikipedia for new contributors by > improving the underlying software on the basis of user behavioral > studies, thereby reducing barriers to public participation." > > In the year that passed since then, did anyone measure whether the > usability of Wikipedia for new contributors increased? > > -- > Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי > http://aharoni.wordpress.com > "We're living in pieces, > I want to live in peace." - T. Moore > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l