This is something new to me, "bikeshedding". I have participated in this kind of discussio before, but never knew there was a term for the phenomenon. Thanks!
On Jul 24, 2011 7:09 AM, "Arthur Buijs" <[email protected]> wrote: > Sometimes a discussion pops up that gets a lot of attention from a lot > of people and it often leads to heated discussions. When this happens we > (as a community) should be carefull not to run into the trap of > bikeshedding [0]. > > This thread about icons and branding already contains more messages from > more people than for example the move to SVN and some people are already > throwing in accusations without explanations. > > Because threads like this choke the community we should try to identify > them early and see how we can work around them before they cause to much > damage to our community. > > For example in this case someone who is smart about branding and icons > could do a proposal to add a page to the wiki and define (based on > research and evidence) a set of guidelines for icons. Instead of > discussing about a certain color on this list we discuss the reason to > use (or not to use) colors. And then we hope this different discussion > does not attract everybody with an opinion (because then the > bikeshedding continues) but only those people who add value to the > guidelines on the wiki with their knowledge and experience on the subject. > > [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkinson's_Law_of_Triviality > > -- > Regards/groeten, > Arthur Buijs
