Agree with Federico.
Additionally:
Wondering why a single person is getting consulted, generally onwiki is the best way to get feedback (at least it was done so for over a decade). Imho the blogpost is biased, i don't agree with everything
what is written there. Is she even active on commons?
I thought a while what to write here, honesty ... i was a bit upset after reading the Blogpost.
"How could Wikimedia Commons be improved?" This is something... which the community who created Wikimedia Commons should be asked.
https://wikimediafoundation.org/2018/10/29/george-oates-conversation/
--Steinsplitter
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Steinsplitter/