Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
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"If it ain't broke, don't fix it." is a good principle for maintaining
the status quo, it isn't a good principle if you want progress. The
job isn't done yet, so progress would be good. If you want progress
you have to be willing to implement enhancements as well as fixes. One
of the main fundamental problems I have found with the WMF is with
regards to prioritising. Often the WMF doesn't prioritise the same
things as the community seems to want. The dumps that Anthony
mentioned is a good example of that - a significant number of
community members complained about the dumps not working for years
before much progress was made and they still aren't completely
working. The tech team prioritised other things over the dumps, had
the community had the final say they may have done otherwise (or they
may not, no detailed discussion of the options ever took place in
public so it is difficult to know what conclusion would have been
reached).
Given the fact that no candidate for the board seems to have
campaigned prominently for this issue in this year's elec-
tion and it does not even seem to have been mentioned in the
two before, I do not see why the board should have decided
otherwise.
As the re-prioritization seems to have primarily been
triggered by River's rant to this very list, do you find his
behaviour or the subsequent board decision disrepectful of
the community?
Tim