Thread:202nd Skywalker/@comment-4705324-20190811162228

Hey!

Introducing Special:Analytics! A new statistics tracking tool for admins on all Fandom wikis.

This feature includes some really insightful statistics that should allow you guys to inform some wiki decisions, such as:


 * Top viewed pages
 * # of page views (daily over the past 30 days)
 * Desktop vs mobile sessions
 * and more!

A big statistic in the feature is that over half of your viewership view the wiki from mobile phones (53%). This means they are viewing articles on this wiki through the mobile skin. With over half of your viewers viewing the wiki from mobile devices, it is important to accommodate them.

One key way to do this would be to look at your current article layout. So, taking an episode article like The DVD, it looks really good on desktop and the JS tabs make it so you don't have to switch articles to view their content.

This issue with this comes from a mobile reader's perspective, as you can see from the screenshot below:



As you can see (and feel free to try it here) the tab links don't work so viewers can't see the other articles. This is a big problem for those readers and for you guys as the majority of your readerbase are missing out on content that desktop readers can read easily. This means you run the risk that readers and users won't return to the wiki due to the difficult mobile experience on their end and it will slow any wiki growth.

In order to get around this, a simple solution would be to not use JS tabs, and use a system the SpongeBob Wiki uses and simply have the tabs take readers to different articles, like here (but in the infobox in this case). The links work in mobile and look good in desktop too. There are other options too and I would be happy to help with and discuss those, but I wanted to offer the simple one initially. :)

Sorry if this seems a bit overwhelming, but this is a really good use of the new analytics tool, to show you how you can help your readers and users.

For more help with the tool, please feel free to ask me questions and also refer to these two super useful articles:


 * Introducing the Wiki Analytics Admin Dashboard
 * Help:Analytics Dashboard

Thanks! 