On 2 July 2011 13:01, Alec Conroy <[email protected]> wrote: > Editors fight because we throw them into an arena. Arenas have lots > of benefits, but they're a tad stressful for most. > When we open up something that's not an arena, we'll get to keep the > editors who like our mission but hate our bloodsport.
This is a marvellously concise summary of the problem. (If you don't post this stuff to a blog, you should.) > * Staff and devs should do as much of their work in public except in > cases of SERIOUS, NO-CHOICE. As much as possible, show emails, show > code, show everything. This will help the community understand > what's happening, why it's happening, and how it came to happen. Development is being consciously moved to this model, because the devs have realised that repelling the volunteers is a bad idea. A lot of the community upset about every little thing is just "why wasn't I consulted?" [1] Sometimes this is appropriate and reasonable, sometimes it really isn't. - d. [1] http://www.ftrain.com/wwic.html _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
