Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> wrote: > [...] > "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." is a good principle for maintaining > the status quo, it isn't a good principle if you want progress. The > job isn't done yet, so progress would be good. If you want progress > you have to be willing to implement enhancements as well as fixes. One > of the main fundamental problems I have found with the WMF is with > regards to prioritising. Often the WMF doesn't prioritise the same > things as the community seems to want. The dumps that Anthony > mentioned is a good example of that - a significant number of > community members complained about the dumps not working for years > before much progress was made and they still aren't completely > working. The tech team prioritised other things over the dumps, had > the community had the final say they may have done otherwise (or they > may not, no detailed discussion of the options ever took place in > public so it is difficult to know what conclusion would have been > reached).
Given the fact that no candidate for the board seems to have campaigned prominently for this issue in this year's elec- tion and it does not even seem to have been mentioned in the two before, I do not see why the board should have decided otherwise. As the re-prioritization seems to have primarily been triggered by River's rant to this very list, do you find his behaviour or the subsequent board decision disrepectful of the community? Tim _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
