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'''Hand coding''' is a mechanism used by the Wikimedia Foundation to help analyse the impact our software and changes have on the community. The intent is to provide a way for editors to use their judgment to evaluate the data: editors are far better at working out the impact changes will have than we are, because editors are the ones who will have to deal with such changes. Hand coding is currently used with the [[WP:AFT5|Article Feedback Tool, Version 5]] project, but will probably be used elsewhere too. If you're interested in making the software we ask you to use better, sign up here.

==What do you mean by "hand-coding"?==

Although it may soundssound like it, volunteers will '''not''' be asked to do any computer programming. "[[Coding (social sciences)|Hand-coding]]", in [[qualitative research]], refers to the process of evaluating and categorizing items by hand (and with human eyes), as opposed to using a computer or other machine to do the work. Hand-coding is often used when human judgement is necessary in order to perform a proper evaluation. In the case of feedback received via AFTv5, a computer algorithm is insufficient for determining the usefulness of comments, so volunteer Wikipedians will need to perform the evaluation manually. Therefore, the Feedback Evaluation System (described below) has been constructed to make the process of manually categorizing AFTv5 feedback quick and easy.

==The Feedback Evaluation System==

FES is designed to quickly organize the information necessary for evaluating feedback into a coherent [[graphical user interface]]. The system breaks down to three major parts:

* '''Completed list''': A list of feedback items that have been evaluated (coded)

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# Title: the title of the page for which the feedback was submitted

#* This is the page that will be loaded into the feedback form's article pane when the feedback item is selected.

#Whether it was submitted anonymously (ip) or by someone with an account (user)

[[File:AFTv5.FES.item.right.png|thumb|right|Information provided for completed feedback items]]

For items that have already been evaluated, icons which summarize the evaluation are included:

# which categories did the feedback item belong to?

#* suggestion (s)

#* question (q)

#* issue (i)

#* praise (p)

#* abuse (!)

#* irrelevant (?)

# was the feedback useful?

#* "yes" (✓)

#* "no" (✗)

Any feedback item can be selected (whether completed or available) to be loaded into the feedback form by clicking on it. The feedback item can then be updated by changing the values in the feedback form and clicking "save" again.

===Feedback form===

[[File:AFTv5.FES.formForm.png|thumb|right|The Feedback Form]]

The feedback form is the main mechanism of FES. The form consists of two components:

* Article pane: a scroll-able pane containing the content of the article at the time that feedback was posted

* Evaluation form: a header containing information about the feedback item (id & page title), the feedback itself, and twobuttons questionsto aboutevaluate the feedback.

When the FES interface first loads, the next available feedback item will automatically be loaded into the Feedback form. The revision of the article at which the feedback was submitted will be loaded into the article pane. When the user completes the form and saves the evaluation, the feedback item will automatically be moved from the available list to the completed list with an updated set of icons and the next available feedback item will be loaded into the form.

To complete an evaluation, look at the feedback and select the appropriate category ("useful", "unuseable", "inappropriate" or "oversight") for it. For explanations of what falls into each category, there are tooltips which can be accessed by moving the mouse over the [[File:AFTv5.FES.help_icon.png]] icon.

[[File:AFTv5.FES.help.png|thumb|right|Help tooltip for "What is the intent" is extended in the feedback form.]]

The two questions in the form include helpful tooltips which can be access by moving the mouse over the [[File:AFTv5.FES.help_icon.png]] icon.

[[File:AFTv5.FES.help.png|thumb|right|Help tooltip for "What is the intent" is extended in the feedback form.]]

====Is this useful?====

This question is a judgement call that Wikipedians will be the most qualified individuals to answer. Here, volunteers should use their best judgement, but think broadly of the possible usefulness of feedback to any editors. It is only the most entirely useless feedback that should be categorized as "no" (not useful). Additionally, feedback items where the evaluation is unclear can be marked as "unsure".

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