In fact some WMF paid employees (including me) were in the channel at that time and agreed with the decision. It seemed then and still seems to me a reasonable course of action given the circumstances. I understand it's aggravating to people who didn't get notice; let's look forward. PLease just add the UA header and your tools / bots/ etc. will be back to working. Thanks.
Ariel Glenn [email protected] Στις 16-02-2010, ημέρα Τρι, και ώρα 16:21 +0000, ο/η David Gerard έγραψε: > On 16 February 2010 16:13, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Domas Mituzas > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > >> > No idea. For ages you've been able to just go onto the Wikimedia servers > >> > and change whatever you feel like, and answer to nobody? You must be > >> > misunderstanding my question or something. > > >> Kind of. Isn't that a good enough motivation? :-) > >> Though of course, I tend to consult with tech team members, and they're > >> free to overturn anything I change, especially if they come up with better > >> solutions (and they usually do!). > >> And indeed, I guess WMF owns the ultimate power of terminating my access :) > > > In all honesty, I find that fascinating. If someone manages to write a book > > about how that system works, I'll probably buy it. > > > That should be the next book about Wiki[mp]edia. I had *never* thought > that volunteer sysadmins would be feasible until I saw it happening > here. > > Wikimedia: Things Are Different Here(tm). > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
