On Sat, 10 Nov 2012 14:09:21 +1100, Tisza Gergő <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 10, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Amir E. Aharoni < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> In my perspective, there should be two things on this list: >> >> * Invitations to test new features. "Testing" in this case is >> something that can be done by somebody who is an end user who has an >> "early adopter" character and who is curious about technologies, but >> who is not necessarily a developer. The new feature must be set up >> online somewhere: in labs, as an opt-in feature in an existing >> Wikipedia or Wikisource, in translatewiki.net or some other site. It >> usually shouldn't be needed to install software on your own computer >> to test features announced here - installing MediaWiki is too hard for >> non-developer users. Announcement of Visual Editor features >> deployments in Meta is a good example of this. >> >> * Announcements about new features that break existing gadgets, >> templates, features or content in existing projects, and require >> change in their code. The change is not necessarily something that the >> ambassador can do himself or understand completely, because the >> ambassador is not necessarily a coder, but it must be something that >> the ambassador must be able to convey to the techie types in his >> community. The announcement of the $.browser deprecation by Krinkle a >> few days ago is a good example of this. >> > > I would add announcements about new features which are available or can be > requested (e.g. "from today wikis can request ArticleFeedback to be turned > on"). > > I would prefer not to have discussions here (with the exception of > meta-discussions about the list itself, like this one); there are several > channels for that already, and keeping the list low-traffic, high-relevance > is much more valuable. On the other hand, pointers to discussions in other > places (about how upcoming features should work, for example) would be > useful.
+1 x2 The purpose of the list over the wiki is that it is real time, and it is *push*, so ... * Invitations / opportunities : including the priority of what is the next in the process, skills wanted, time requested, with whom you would be working : clear notices of where help or review is wanted by the general user and/or sysop, and clarity in the preferred means of reporting .. via bugzilla, via wikis, via ambassadors * Context : wiki communities, as it would be great to see either languages and/or the sister communities represented, so there is some conduit through to the forums so they are kept informed. Sometimes the detail to understand the context of changes I also agree about not wanting the list of NOTs that were expressed. Regards, Andrew _______________________________________________ Wikitech-ambassadors mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-ambassadors
