https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30208
--- Comment #17 from Chad H. <[email protected]> 2011-08-05 14:51:24 UTC --- (In reply to comment #15) > Note to shell users: This bug is controversial; please do not implement at > this time. There's pretty clear consensus on-wiki for this, after spending some time skimming the RfC. @Snottywong: I'm not opposed to doing this from the technical perspective, and many of the comments here have addressed the concerned I had raised above (comment 7). But as Brandon points out in comment 13, this has the potential of being very contentious (not just within enwiki), so I want to make sure before proceeding. (In reply to comment #16) > 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"? > It has nothing to do with being smarter or setting unusually high barriers to consensus. It's about /making sure/ the consensus is there and making sure that such a change doesn't fly under the radar. Neither Brion nor I have at any point said "NOWAY IS THIS HAPPENING," we just both want to make sure it's done slowly, carefully and correctly :) > 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). Who did you contact, so I can also contact that person and we can get the ball rolling as needed? -- 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
