> > I think that there's consensus that the backlog is a problem. >
For whom is the backlog a problem? On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 4:36 PM Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm going to make a few points that I think will respond to some comments > that I've read, and I will try to organize some of my previous points so > that they're easier to follow. > > 1. My impression is that there's agreement that there is a huge backlog. > > 2. I think that there's consensus that the backlog is a problem. > > 3. I think that we're collectively unsure how to address the backlog, or > how to analyze the backlog so that everyone has shared situational > awareness, but we collectively seem to agree that the backlog should be > addressed. > > If any of the above is wrong, please feel free to say so. > > Regarding my own opinions only, I personally am frustrated regarding > multiple issues: > > a. that there's been discussion for years about technical debt, > > b. that WMF's payroll continues to grow, and while I think that more > features are getting developed, the backlog seems to be continuing to grow, > > c. that WMF, which has the largest budget of any Wikimedia entity, is not > more transparent regarding how it spends money and what is obtained from > that spending; > > d. that although I think that the Community Liaisons help a lot with > communications, there remains much room for improvement of communications. > One of my larger frustrations is that the improvements regarding > communications have not been more extensive throughout all of WMF. > > e. that WMF retains the ability to veto community decisions regarding > decisions such as deployments of features, but the community has little > ability to veto WMF decisions. I think that staff as individuals and > collectively have become more willing to negotiate and yield ground in the > past few years, which is good, but I remain concerned that these are > informal rather than formal changes. > > f. that I think that some of what WMF does is good and I want to support > those activities, but there are other actions and inactions of WMF that I > don't understand or with which I disagree. Conflicts can be time consuming > and frustrating for me personally, and my guess is that others might feel > the same, including some people in WMF. I don't know how to solve this. I > realize that some people might say "Then you should leave", and I regularly > consider that option, but Wikipedia and the sister projects do a lot of > good, so I'm torn. This is very much my personal issue and I don't expect > to discuss it more on Wikitech-l, but it's a factor in how I think about > this email thread, which is why I mention it. > > I hope that this email provides some clarity and is useful for this > discussion. > > Pine > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > _______________________________________________ > 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
