On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 2:48 PM, Kevin Smith <ksm...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> I support restoring the rights in this case, but I'm not sure it should be > automatic in all cases. If having +2 rights is relatively harmless and > reversible, then an automatic (but announced) restoration of the rights > should be fine. > > The issue is that someone who leaves the foundation could do so under > unfriendly terms, possibly affecting their ability to do good work. I know > we don't want to think that a previously productive volunteer could later > cause problems, but it is possible. > > That's why I think there should be some form of check, so we have > confidence that this person still has good intentions. For example, their > manager and/or someone from Talent & Culture could be consulted, or trusted > people who still have close contact with the person so know their state of > mind. It could be quick and lightweight, in almost all cases, but skipping > that step entirely seems risky to me. Unless, as I said, having +2 really > isn't a big deal. Kevin Smith > Agile Coach, Wikimedia Foundation > > +2 (Expected, but not automatic sounds right to me, too.) > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Subramanya Sastry <ssas...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > On 01/25/2017 10:04 AM, Brian Wolff wrote: > > > >> On Tuesday, January 24, 2017, Legoktm <legoktm.wikipe...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> After speaking with Yurik, I've filed > >>> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T156219> on his behalf to restore > his > >>> membership in the mediawiki and maps-dev groups. > >>> > >>> I would appreciate guidance in whether these rights can be summarily > >>> granted since he used to have them, or if it needs to go through the > >>> full process. > >>> > >>> -- Legoktm > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Wikitech-l mailing list > >>> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > >>> > >> I support doing this automatically in any similar situation in the > future. > >> > >> -- > >> brian > >> > > > > +1. > > > > Subbu. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
