Those are very good points, both of them. Thanks.
2013/4/9 Matthew Flaschen <[email protected]> > On 04/09/2013 12:18 PM, Denny Vrandečić wrote: > > I thought that in order to discuss these design decisions with the > > community before hand, telling them on their respective village pump is > > sufficient. Not so it seems. No single channel would find acceptance to > > communicate with the community. This, obviously means, that it is not > > actionable to communicate with the community. > > First of all, some people (including on English Wikipedia) are quite > happy with the idea of deploying Wikidata Phase II. Those who are not > seem to be arguing for a community-wide RFC before allowing deployment. > It does not seem that they are arguing no one was notified. > > > What about setting up a community selected body of representatives to > > discuss such issues beforehand? At first, it sounds like a good idea - > but > > the issue is, it makes the process only more complicated without at all > > resolving the underlying issues. Does anyone really think that such a > body > > would stop the criticism before or after the deployment of the change in > > question? Yeah, right. Doesn't change a thing. > > Yeah, I do not think this is a good idea. When something does need a > community decision (not saying everything does), I don't think some new > special council will help anything. That would basically introduce > indirect democracy in place of direct consensus. Community-wide RFCs > are not always smooth, but they do usually work. > > Matt Flaschen > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Project director Wikidata Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. | Obentrautstr. 72 | 10963 Berlin Tel. +49-30-219 158 26-0 | http://wikimedia.de Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. Eingetragen im Vereinsregister des Amtsgerichts Berlin-Charlottenburg unter der Nummer 23855 B. Als gemeinnützig anerkannt durch das Finanzamt für Körperschaften I Berlin, Steuernummer 27/681/51985. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
