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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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===Feedback form===

[[File:AFTv5.FES.Form.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

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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.]]

[[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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