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Begin forwarded message: > From: Ad Huikeshoven <[email protected]> > Date: 13 August 2014 12:40:14 BST > To: [email protected] > Subject: Clarification by Lila Tretikov about MediaViewer > > Dear fellow Wikipedians and Wikimedians, > > Your work in creating the awesome thing Wikipedia is very much appreciated > and you're all recognized for contributing towards it's success. Last weekend > I have been to Wikimania. I really enjoyed the presentation by Fabrice Florin > about A Culture of Kindness [1]. One of the slide contains a picture of Jimmy > Wales holding a sheet of paper on which he has written 'be kind to everyone, > including the annoying ones'. > > There have been multiple threads on this list with many postings about > actions on the German Wikipedia with respect to MediaViewer. On meta Lila > Tretikov has posted several remarks including an additional clarification > [2], which I copy below: > > <quote> > * Our overall communication, design, prioritization, testing, roll-out > mechanisms and general product development practices are insufficient and > must be brought on-par with our user’s expectations. We are not planning any > new major deployments until some of those basic improvements are put into > place. This will be done in the open; it is fundamental and urgent. I've > touched on it at Wikimania. > * We are not removing MV. It has been in production for months. Its removal > will cause more problems and confusion for our users. We will hold ourselves > accountable to getting it to the level of quality that is expected of the top > site. > * We are working to post next steps to clarify development and deployment > process including rights and responsibilities; you can expect more > information in coming days. > * I encourage you to help us improve our process as a whole as well as this > specific feature by offering your time, advice, and collaboration. We will be > engaging you on it. Please refrain from making unassisted changes to the > feature’s configuration. > </quote> > > What Fabrice and Jimmy ask for is to be kind. What I would like to express is > that many of the postings about MediaViewer do annoy me, and some are very > annoying. What I do ask of my fellow Wikipedians is to continue to contribute > to Wikipedia in a kind way, to pay attention to what Lila has posted on meta > and which I copied above. > > Some of you might be curious to learn to know the ideas of Lila. She made a > presentation at Wikimania, which can be viewed on line [3]. Please > collaborate in the development of processes in a kind way. Thank you. > --- > [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/A_Culture_of_Kindness > [2] > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ALilaTretikov&diff=9501584&oldid=9501543 > [3] http://new.livestream.com/wikimania/saturday2014 > -- > Ad Huikeshoven > > Bestuurslid / Board member Wikimedia Nederland > Internationaal / International Affairs > Educatieprogramma / Education Program > > tel. (+31) (0)70 3608510 > mob. (+31) (0)6 40293574 > > Steun vrije kennis! Kijk op wikimedia.nl > Postadres: Bezoekadres: > Postbus 167 Mariaplaats 3 > 3500 AD Utrecht Utrecht > > ABNAMRO NL33 ABNA 0497164833 - Kamer van Koophandel 17189036 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
