In the Hebrew Wikipedia it's pretty straightforward: A proposal is made at the Village Pump-like page, people bring up arguments for and against, and if there are no strong arguments against, an administrator makes the gadget default after a few days.
-- Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי http://aharoni.wordpress.com “We're living in pieces, I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore 2013/12/10 Chris Steipp <[email protected]> > I think the bug is sufficiently killed at this point, so I wanted to add my > $.02 here instead of there. > > As hoo mentioned on the bug, there have been some gadgets that have opened > up some serious security and performance issues, so I can sympathize with > Jared wishing they didn't exist at times. But without them, we would get > even worse stuff hacked into Common.js. So I think we need to focus on the > desired process so useful gadgets can safely be set as default. > > Do any of the communities have formal policies on how code should be > formalized into a gadget, and a process for setting that gadget as a > default? There seems to be some inferred policy from Wikipedia:Gadget, but > I'm not finding a specific policy on it. > > > > > On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 9:01 AM, Gerard Meijssen > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hoi, > > A blanket ban like this is an extremely bad idea. The notion that you > > should think twice before you make something a default option does have > > merit. > > > > Gadgets, java script all provide functionality that is sometimes / often > > experimental. Without the benefit of experiments we will get into a rut, > We > > will have moved away from the credo of "be bold". > > Thanks, > > GerardM > > > > > > On 9 December 2013 22:02, K. Peachey <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > For wider discussion > > > > > > --- > > > From: <bugzilla-daemon <at> wikimedia.org> > > > Subject: [Bug 58236] New: No longer allow gadgets to be turned on by > > > default for all users on Wikimedia > > > sites< > > > > > > http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cbug%2d58236%2d3%40https.bugzilla.wikimedia.org%2f%3e > > > > > > > Newsgroups: gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki.bugs< > > > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki.bugs> > > > Date: 2013-12-09 20:41:41 GMT (19 minutes ago) > > > > > > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58236 > > > > > > Web browser: --- > > > Bug ID: 58236 > > > Summary: No longer allow gadgets to be turned on by default > > for > > > all users on Wikimedia sites > > > Product: Wikimedia > > > Version: wmf-deployment > > > Hardware: All > > > OS: All > > > Status: NEW > > > Severity: normal > > > Priority: Unprioritized > > > Component: Site requests > > > Assignee: wikibugs-l <at> lists.wikimedia.org > > > Reporter: jared.zimmerman <at> wikimedia.org > > > CC: benapetr <at> gmail.com, > > > bugzilla+org.wikimedia <at> tuxmachine.com, > > > dereckson <at> espace-win.org, greg <at> > > wikimedia.org > > > , > > > tomasz <at> twkozlowski.net, wikimedia.bugs <at> > > > snowolf.eu > > > Classification: Unclassified > > > Mobile Platform: --- > > > > > > Gadgets being turned on for all site users (including readers) can > cause > > a > > > confusing users experience, especially when there is some disagreement > > and > > > defaults change without notice (readers are rarely if ever part of > these > > > discussions) > > > > > > Move to model where gadgets are per user rather than part of a default > > > experience for users > > > > > > -- > > > You are receiving this mail because: > > > You are the assignee for the bug. > > > You are on the CC list for the bug. > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikibugs-l mailing list > > > Wikibugs-l <at> > > > lists.wikimedia.orghttps:// > > lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
