On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) <[email protected]> wrote: > «This is like the 27637862487 time that links have been broken due to the > exact same action.» I can bear hyperboles but this is a bit excessive, and > looks like just another attempt to make this flame bigger: I hope the > reality is closer to "two or three times in the past couple of years", and > that in any case list owners have been warned. > In fact, to compensate such hyperboles, I can't help noting that > <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/Remove_a_message_from_mailing_list_archive>, > which I already linked, exists since 2005 and that I assume it's not > completely out of everyone's radar. >
It was meant to be an exaggeration. It has happened a number of times in the past. It may happen again in the future. Mistakes happen and they are especially noticeable when it's ops that makes the mistake. > Adding to what has been said elsewhere in this thread, what needs fixing is > this section: > <https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/view/Remove_a_message_from_mailing_list_archive#Considerations_for_requesters>. > We should have clear rules (you could just make that advice policy maybe?) > and someone responsible for the process. > It's obviously not fair to expect someone to pick up these tasks in their > overtime, if one wants the process to be reliable (ie timely, > policy-compliant and technically correct/non-disruptive). > Yep. As mentioned, we're going to make the procedures clearer to avoid this situation in the future. Having someone responsible for the process is unlikely. I'd be surprised if anyone on the ops team works less than 60 hours a week. No matter who does this, it's going to be as a side-task to their normal responsibilities. That's unavoidable. - Ryan _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
