Community Wishlist/Focus areas
These are all the current active focus areas. You can learn more about each area, rate their impact, and join the community discussion.
In progress
We're building a better way for new and experienced contributors to recall and discover templates via the template dialog, to increase dialog usage and the number of templates added.
Supported by: 40 people
Long-term opportunity
Improve the metadata, visual display, and efficiency of working with references.
Supported by: 6 people
Long-term opportunity
Volunteers noted the importance of supporting new file formats and improving features and tools that can allow users to upload high-efficiency images to Wikimedia sites, have an easier editing experience and improved use of media players.
Supported by: 56 people
In progress
Make it easier for patrollers and other editors to prioritize tasks, so they can more efficiently review and uphold the quality of content on their wikis.
We'll know we're successful if this work improves editor or patroller satisfaction and reduces the "queue" of things to review.
Supported by: 24 people
Long-term opportunity
Volunteers believe that Commons files are not easily discoverable in popular third-party search tools, as well as on-wiki experiences.
Supported by: 12 people
Long-term opportunity
Volunteers want to better organize and sort categories on Wikipedia articles, to improve ease of accessing and organizing information.
Supported by: 3 people
Long-term opportunity
Help newer contributors understand the status and rationale behind a moderation decision, so they are more likely to make additional contributions.
We know we're successful when newer contributors are more likely to make a second (or tenth) edit, and when their edits are more efficiently reviewed.
Supported by: 8 people
Long-term opportunity
Help content reviewers more efficiently manage their repetitive tasks, so they can focus more on editing articles or other on-wiki activities.
We'll know we're successful if we can cut down on the number of edits in review and improve moderator satisfaction.
Supported by: 24 people
Long-term opportunity
Consider and test new ways that consumers may get and share information from Wikipedia.
Supported by: 6 people
Long-term opportunity
How might we help like-minded contributors find each other, so we can see more high-quality contributions and satisfied contributors?
Supported by: 3 people
Long-term opportunity
Improving Citoid's accessibility, integration, and the range of external material that it can work with will help improve references within Wikipedia and Wikidata.
Supported by: 8 people
Long-term opportunity
Volunteers expressed interest in improving the connection between Wikimedia Commons and other projects.
Supported by: 3 people
In progress
How might we provide newcomers with the support and guidance they need to confidently create articles while minimizing frustration and reverts?
Supported by: 15 people
Long-term opportunity
Provide admins with better tooling to detect and prevent content vandalism.
Supported by: 6 people