Problem/Motivation
UX question here is: How do we make the statistics section in the sidebar even more attractive, or is there more gamification?
Note: Following the weekly meeting we are moving here the comments by
Joachim Namyslo →
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Sutharsan →
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Proposed resolution
We can pack the links to the top, of course. However, one should not underestimate gamification in the top contributor block. In Germany, there has only been an increase in the number of existing translations since 2016. With the departure of the Maintainer, who had mainly managed the project until then, it was first a matter of driving him out of the pole position.
The thing is that there are always a few people who claim to be the most beautiful, the best or the most amazing. Even when it comes to translating Drupal into their language. So the real UX question here is: How do we make the statistics section in the sidebar even more attractive, or is there more gamification?
If we can answer yes to the first question, we might get more volunteer translators in all languages. After that, we can think about positioning the elements in the sidebar.
Assuming the scenario I outlined is justified, the Top Contributors block must remain at the top of the page. The arrangement of the following blocks plays a subordinate role and is, therefore, unimportant. By the way, the performance of the blocks is currently the same in every team.
From a design point of view, I think it would be much nicer to have a meaningful dashboard that the public can view. Who did which translation last and when. GitHub insights currently do a good job and could serve as a design example for the new statistics part of the service.
https://github.com/drupal/drupal/graphs/contributors
If we can get this functionality right, the top-contributors block can be removed entirely and replaced by a simple button.
I know this comment contains much more information than the answer to the question, but I thought I'd let you know what I think would be helpful as a maintainer for a new server.
Answering the question to start with, I value most the top contributors, followed by team and the statistics.
The the current contributor list and statistics do not provide great value. What. It does provide is:
- How small/large the community is, how active
- Who are top contributors, who is experienced, who can I trust
- What is the state of reviews, is there a small or large pool of to be reviewed, what is the chance of getting my stuff reviewed
- All this info is only usefull for the big picture not for everyday translation work.
- And it only counts approved translations, not (open or rejected) suggestions, in other words, it is biased towards the experienced translators.
A redesign of contributor list and statistics towards usefulness for both the big picture and everyday work is interesting, but beyond the scope of this issue.
