https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30208
--- Comment #16 from Snottywong <[email protected]> 2011-08-05 14:16:42 UTC --- Frankly, I'm appalled by the way this request has been handled. You seem to be more interested in the WMF's goals of editor engagement, and not interested at all in Wikipedia's core policy on consensus. Is this really the way Wikipedia works when you pull back the curtains? A proposal can get clear consensus from 300-400 editors, but then a couple of developers can trump that consensus because they don't like the idea? Do you believe that the editors who supported this proposal were not aware of the WMF's goals for editor engagement when they voted for it? Do you believe that you are smarter and/or know better than the editors who supported this idea? How did you come to the conclusion that the consensus for this proposal is "not strong enough"? How many more supporting votes would it have taken for the consensus to be "strong enough"? Discussing the political aspects of this trial on bugzilla is extraordinarily inappropriate, not only because the comments are not visible to most wiki users, but because the political aspects have already been discussed and decided by ordinary wiki editors. If the developers want to have their say in whether various proposals should be enacted, then they should participate on Wikipedia by frequently checking and contributing to the proposals and centralized discussions as they are happening, NOT by going on strike when the request finally gets to bugzilla for the final stage of implementation. I have contacted the WMF in the hopes that this request will be fulfilled in a timely manner, without a discussion on the political aspects of the request (which has already happened in a 2-month-long discussion on enwiki). -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
