https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64921

Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |WONTFIX

--- Comment #14 from Ryan Kaldari <[email protected]> ---
As explained at
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2014/05/02/the-wikipedia-editors-behind-the-curtain/,
the rationale for surfacing authorship information is to help transition
readers into editors. Getting more editors increases the depth and quality of
Wikipedia. No evidence has been provided that a "Last edited" statement is
confusing, nor would I expect it to be.

The issue of how "anonymous" Wikipedia articles should be is not a proper
subject for Bugzilla discussion. That would be better discussed on meta, a
mailing list, or in an RFC. Reopening the bug isn't going to accomplish
anything except creating extra cruft in Bugzilla. Even if I completely agreed
with your argument, a single Bugzilla bug is not going to be sufficient for
reversing the current trajectory of the product, which is to "humanize"
Wikipedia by surfacing more information about editors in the interface. In
order for the PMs to agree to your course of action they would have to rethink
that trajectory. In other words, this isn't really a bug, but a fundamental
difference of opinion about the interface. Such a difference of opinion is not
going to be settled in a Bugzilla discussion.

That said, I would welcome having a discussion about the issue of surfacing
authorship, just not here.

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