On 20 aug. 2013, at 23:21, Bartosz DziewoĆski <matma.rex(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 23:19:22 +0200, MZMcBride
<z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
If we change all sites to require HTTPS for
logged-in users, we'll certainly increase site security and enhance the
user experience for most users, but is that worth losing every
zh.wikipedia.org contributor who lives in China? Or do we expect anyone
blocked from HTTPS to simply edit without an account?
I think the concern here is that some projects may be decimated (in terms
of number of contributors) if HTTPS is forced for all users.
I think that zh and fa wikis are "exempt". The concernseems to be about
contributors from affected countries editing other wikis, such as Commons or Wikidata.
Can I just say that IF there is still this much discussion and confusion going on even at
the level of the developers, that I feel really uncomfortable with this being deployed in
the next 24hours.
This all just feels way too rough. And it smells like this is gonna create yet another
deploy shitstorm within the communities. I wouldn't like to be in the shoes of the
liaisons and ambassadors tomorrow....
DJ