Overview

Currently, there isn’t an easy way to create or curate a visual narrative from Wikimedia content in a short snackable format for mobile devices. The overarching goals of this project were threefold. First, to understand how we might expand the Wikimedia audience, especially in African countries. Secondly, to explore ways of providing more gradual engagement and sparking interest in topics before users access denser, long-form formats. And finally, to identify ways of surfacing quality open content and provide a way for quick consumption from an information source that’s reliable. As part of the project, we also gathered feedback from potential Wikistory creators and consumers from outside the Wikipedia ecosystem on early concepts and designs for WikiStories.