Extension:ReaderExperiments

MediaWiki extensions manual

ReaderExperiments Release status: beta
Description	Prototypes for Wikipedia reader-focused enhancements.
Author(s)	Marco Fossati Eric Gardner Roan Kattouw Matthias Mullie Jon Robson Kimberly Sarabia Brooke Vibber Lauralyn Watson
MediaWiki	>= 1.47.0
Parameters $wgReaderExperimentsApiBaseUri $wgReaderExperimentsImageBrowsingExternalWikis
Hooks used BeforeInitialize BeforePageDisplay ShouldUseParsoid SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal
Licence	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball README
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The ReaderExperiments extension is designed for prototyping and testing innovative features to enhance reader engagement and grow Wikipedia's audience. This experimental platform tests new ways to improve the Wikipedia reading experience and encourage deeper exploration of Wikipedia content, including features such as image browsing and other reader-focused enhancements.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted ReaderExperiments folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:

  cd extensions/
  git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/ReaderExperiments
  

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'ReaderExperiments' );
  

• Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration parameters

$wgReaderExperimentsApiBaseUri

Url to API of MediaWiki instance to use for external data (e.g. when using MobileFrontendContentProvider, in which case this should be equal to $wgMFMwApiContentProviderBaseUri), or leave empty to use local API.

$wgReaderExperimentsImageBrowsingExternalWikis

Map of external wiki domains from which to show other images, to the message key to use when describing the project name.

Enabling experiments

To enable an experiment, find the experiment name by searching the codebase (usually stored as constant variables.

With the experiment name, you can append a mpo query string parameter to a page to see the experiment enabled. Make sure you are using the correct skin and mobile/desktop.e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris?mpo=mobile-page-previews:treatment