Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Human–Computer Interaction

Project Page Improvements List

Here is the start of a list of suggested ways to improve our Project page. If you are interested in tackling one of these tasks insert your username next to that task.

1. Add a resources bar similar to Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics
2. Create or add relevant images to the page.Maee10 (talk) 05:32, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
3. Add an article assessment bot. Trejoh (talk) 19:58, 19 May 2014 (UTC)
4. Move the "articles needing improvement" section to its own page. Trejoh (talk) 00:45, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
5. Improve the structure for "articles needing improvements".
6. Create a table under Ongoing Tasks with What/Where headings (See Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer science) JLand13 (talk) 00:56, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

   Create a high priority tasks list under Ongoing Tasks.

   I see you added a "High priority task list" that is currently empty. I think we should leave this out until we think of things to go in it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Trejoh (talk • contribs) 00:45, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

   That totally makes sense. I will go ahead and remove it for now. JLand13 (talk) 17:17, 18 May 2014 (UTC)

7. Create article alerts section DDS6619 (talk)

   I think I have the alerts working. Next we will need to tag articles.DDS6619 (talk)

8. Redesign the layout of the Project page.
9. Create a quick links top bar. DDS6619 (talk)

   I'm thinking we should skip this navigation ideas since the page had multiple navigations already. No reason to add to the mix.

10. Proofread all content on the Project page and related pages and fix typos and such. Marge6914 (talk) 23:56, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
11. Add user badges to the project page.
12. Move the "suggested new articles" section to its own page. JLand13 (talk) 19:52, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
13. Restructuring the 'Organizing HCI-topics' list so that it doesn't scroll so far down in one long list. Maee10 (talk) 21:32, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Trejoh (talk • contribs) 00:43, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Organizing HCI-related Topics

Here is an initial attempt to sort out hci--related topics into categories. Figuring out an agreeable arrangement of these categories may be useful to the project. This initial cut needs lots of help.

Theory

• actor-network theory
• activity theory
• embodied interaction
• distributed cognition
• situated action
• grounded theory
• ethnography
• ecological psychology

Research

• qualitative research
• quantitative research
• user interviews
• fieldwork
• ethics

People

• human factors
• social media
• technical writing
• networking with people
• communities
• computer-supported cooperative work
• product management
• organizations
• consumer appeal
• user experience
• stakeholders
• collaboration
• digital humanities Filantopic (talk) 09:52, 28 August 2021 (UTC)

Data

• data management
• data analysis
• database design
• input methods
• documentation

Security

• privacy
• network security

Applications

• wearable technologies
• robotics
• electronic money
• science
• engineering
• computer science
• internet
• computers
• new tools
• standards
• automobiles
• aviation
• rehabilitation
• profitability

Visual Design

• user interaction
• interaction design
• entertainment
• culture
• web design
• art
• psychology
• aesthetics
• design

User Centered Design

• user perception
• user research
• user values
• iterative design
• card sorts
• ideation
• developer values
• surveys
• prototyping
• invention
• design process
• visual design
• (usability) evaluation — Preceding unsigned comment added by MarcCmns (talk • contribs) 08:03, 15 September 2017 (UTC)

Standards

• constraints
• usability
• productivity
• cognition
• testing
• technology
• information architecture
• interfaces
• accessibility
• simplicity
• efficiency
• affordances

New WikiProject HCI logo

I think it might be nice if we had another user badge to choose from for the project. Does anyone with more design chops than I have want to try and create another image/template for the project? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Md gilbert (talk • contribs) 16:49, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

I can give it a try. If others also have logo ideas, perhaps we can have a little contest :) - J-Mo ^{Talk to Me} _{Email Me} 21:04, 3 May 2014 (UTC)

I pulled something together. What do you think? - J-Mo ^{Talk to Me} _{Email Me} 02:06, 5 May 2014 (UTC)

I like it very much! :-) It shows all the relevant concepts (the human, the computer, and the interaction) in a simple way. That's hard to achieve, good work.

The "computer" part is a little too complex for small sizes. It's hard to distinguish it when scaled down to a thumbnail (which could be useful at user boxes, for example); it has an uncomfortable "squeezing a bug" feeling in it. :-/

Could you try something to reduce complexity, maybe a "simple" version of the logo for small sizes, maybe using bigger circles and only one connector at each size?

I like the new logo too! I agree at small sizes it may be a little squished, it's definitely more visually distinct than the original image. Md gilbert (talk) 00:46, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Perhaps what we could do is keep the current logo when the image is shown at full size but just create a simple "HCI" rectangle for small-size logos. That way whoever goes onto our page and sees the small icon knows exactly what we are about. Pnwadventure (talk)

Good idea. The previous logo (File:HCI Logo - simple.png) is exactly what we need for that. Diego (talk) 08:51, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

Leaflet For Wikiproject Human Computer Interaction At Wikimania 2014

Hi all,

My name is Adi Khajuria and I am helping out with Wikimania 2014 in London.

One of our initiatives is to create leaflets to increase the discoverability of various wikimedia projects, and showcase the breadth of activity within wikimedia. Any kind of project can have a physical paper leaflet designed - for free - as a tool to help recruit new contributors. These leaflets will be printed at Wikimania 2014, and the designs can be re-used in the future at other events and locations.

This is particularly aimed at highlighting less discoverable but successful projects, e.g:

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Adikhajuria (talk) 16:25, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

UX job openings at WMF

Hi, There are currently some job openings in the WMF's UX team, that I thought might be of interest to someone here, or you might know someone to nudge. Hope that helps. :) Quiddity (WMF) (talk) 01:55, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

Requested move 12 September 2017

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Human Computer Interaction → Wikipedia:WikiProject Human–Computer Interaction
• Template:WikiProject Human Computer Interaction → Template:WikiProject Human–Computer Interaction

– Agreement with Human–computer interaction, Category:Human–computer interaction, MOS:DASH. "Human computer interaction" without the dash implies interaction with a human computer, a totally different subject. PS: There are 11 subpages, plus the project's categories would get moved (a WP:CFR#SPEEDY after the RM).  — SMcCandlish ☺ ☏ ¢ ≽^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ≼  07:27, 12 September 2017 (UTC)

I was going to close this as moved considering the lack of opposition but the title blacklist is preventing me from doing so. Any ideas? Thanks, DrStrauss talk 09:08, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

@SMcCandlish and DrStrauss: I have made the suggested move of the WikiProject page. I have also moved some associated categories, but I found doing so confusing, partly because of there being nested sub-categories, and partly because of my own carelessness, at first using - instead of – and then having to go back an make various corrections. I rather doubt that I have done the job completely. Since it was you two who wanted the move, one or both of you could look at it and make any more moves which are necessary, or, if they too are affected by the blacklist, you could give me a list of the pages which need moving, and then I can do it. The editor who uses the pseudonym "JamesBWatson" (talk) 12:01, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

It's weird that a blacklist would be triggered by this stuff at all.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ<  04:01, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

The remaining categories are listed for speedy renaming at CfD now.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ >^ʌⱷ҅_ᴥⱷ^ʌ<  04:47, 12 October 2017 (UTC)

Separation of presentation and content listed at Requested moves

Resolved

 – Page moved to Separation of content and presentation.

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How randomly social networking sites interact with our random search

Can we draw patterns from our random searches within social media interactions by assigning topics of self communication. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 182.176.176.34 (talk) 07:35, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Comment on Proposal for WikiProject STS

Hi WikiProject HCI!

I've just proposed WikiProject STS to cover issues in the academic field of Science and Technology Studies, which examines scientific issues from a social sciences/humanities perspective. We thought you might be interested in commenting on our proposal, as our fields occasionally cover similar ground. This would be a sort of sister group to Wikipedia:WikiProject History of Science.

We'd appreciate if you took a look at the proposal and commented on it! We'd be a relatively small project, but if we can find 10 or so people who'd be willing to help out, we could get started on organizing the project!

We're also open to the creation of a task force within other WikiProjects, or within wikipedia:WikiProject History of Science or Wikipedia:WikiProject Technology if we thought that'd be better given the scope. Again, let us know what you think!

Mathmitch7 (talk) 04:28, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

Science, technology and society listed at Requested moves

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WikiProject collaboration notice from the Portals WikiProject

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Request for information on WP1.0 web tool

Hello and greetings from the maintainers of the WP 1.0 Bot! As you may or may not know, we are currently involved in an overhaul of the bot, in order to make it more modern and maintainable. As part of this process, we will be rewriting the web tool that is part of the project. You might have noticed this tool if you click through the links on the project assessment summary tables.

We'd like to collect information on how the current tool is used by....you! How do you yourself and the other maintainers of your project use the web tool? Which of its features do you need? How frequently do you use these features? And what features is the tool missing that would be useful to you? We have collected all of these questions at this Google form where you can leave your response. Walkerma (talk) 04:24, 27 October 2019 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Module:Members

Module:Members has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the module's entry on the Templates for discussion page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pppery (talk • contribs) 18:39, 13 March 2020 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Module:TaskList

Module:TaskList has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the module's entry on the Templates for discussion page. * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 01:03, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Value Sensitive Design

Hi all. Noticed that the page on Value Sensitive Design page is quite sparse, despite the over 20 years of research in the field. Perhaps we can collaborate to compile a solid page that condenses at least some of the history as well as development and controversies in this burgeoning approach.

More specifically, the introduction states "Privacy by Design is an example of VSD that is concerned with respecting the privacy of personally identifiable information in systems and processes." Seems overly simplistic. perhaps we can compile some other examples, else we can flesh this out in its own sub-section?

Likewise, the pioneers of this approach, like Friedman and Hendry (and others) do not have their own pages despite their foundational contributions, perhaps worth working on also? Is anyone interested in working on this, it is too large a task to take on alone? EthicsScholar93 (talk) 23:10, 25 September 2020 (UTC)

Some other noteworthy changes we should consider making: (1) we should outline VSD's other applications. I reworded the introduction to state that it originated in the field of HCI and IT, but has since been applied to other technologies like AI (Umbrello & De Bellis 2018; Van de Poel 2020; Umbrello and van de Poel, 2020), energy technology (L Mok, S Hyysalo 2018; Oosterlaken 2015), robotics (van Wynsberghe 2013), etc. (2) VSD is composed of [currently] 17 different methods. We should consider laying them out in at least brief detail. (3) We should mention organizations that are dedicated to the VSD approach (i.e., the VSD Institute at UofWashington; Delft Design for Values Institute, etc) EthicsScholar93 (talk) 07:17, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Nomination of InnerSloth for deletion

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Join Wikipedia Online edit-a-thon

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User script to detect unreliable sources

Main page: User:Headbomb/unreliable

I have (with the help of others) made a small user script to detect and highlight various links to unreliable sources and predatory journals. Some of you may already be familiar with it, given it is currently the 39th most imported script on Wikipedia. The idea is that it takes something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14. (John Smith "[https://www.deprecated.com/article Article of things]" ''Deprecated.com''. Accessed 2020-02-14.)

and turns it into something like

• John Smith "Article of things" Deprecated.com. Accessed 2020-02-14.

It will work on a variety of links, including those from {{cite web}}, {{cite journal}} and {{doi}}.

The script is mostly based on WP:RSPSOURCES, WP:NPPSG and WP:CITEWATCH and a good dose of common sense. I'm always expanding coverage and tweaking the script's logic, so general feedback and suggestions to expand coverage to other unreliable sources are always welcomed.

Do note that this is not a script to be mindlessly used, and several caveats apply. Details and instructions are available at User:Headbomb/unreliable. Questions, comments and requests can be made at User talk:Headbomb/unreliable.

- Headbomb {t · c · p · b}

This is a one time notice and can't be unsubscribed from. Delivered by: MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:01, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Reviewer needed for Synaptics History

Hi editors! Although this project seems like it might not be active, I saw the fairly recent post above, and figured I would see if anyone is still watching this page and might help with a requested edit for software and hardware developer Synaptics. The company was one of the early pioneers in touchpad technology. I'm trying to help improve the encyclopedic quality of the page, with some edits to the History to: remove content that isn't well sourced; trim or reword promotional sourcing copy; add new well-sourced information. I'm an employee of the company and have a conflict of interest so I shouldn't make the edits myself and have posted a request instead. Could you provide any feedback on my draft or point me to any other helpful venues? Thanks, Sheryl at Synaptics (talk) 23:49, 16 May 2022 (UTC)

Hi! Since this message I did find help with this request, but I've posted one very quick request and one additional draft and have not yet found an editor to review. If anyone is watching this page, would you be interested in reviewing a Products draft? The draft is to replace the current text, which is largely cited to Synaptics' own website and promotional materials. The new draft is a summary of products sourced to secondary sources. If you're not able to help but know where else I could ask, please let me know! Sheryl at Synaptics (talk) 21:13, 29 November 2022 (UTC)