[WikiEN-l] Re: Try out the rating scheme

[Poor, Edmund W]

> It seems to me (please correct me if I'm wrong) that Brion 
> has failed to 
> provide adequate explanation with regards to the perceived 
> problems with 
> the feature. It seems that several times, Magnus Manske (the 
> author of 
> the feature) has posted to wikitech-l asking why the feature 
> isn't being 
> enabled; Brion would reply stating a few "problems" which 
> Magnus quite 
> convincingly demonstrates are either fixed by now, or have never 
> actually been a problem. Brion then never replies to those 
> refutations 
> again and just leaves everyone puzzled.
> 
> > but it's understandably frustrating to those of us who 
> REALLY REALLY 
> > WANT IT IN.
> 
> The situation as I have outlined it above is not only 
> frustrating, but 
> actually somewhat angering. If he can't turn the feature on 
> or explain 
> what's wrong with it, then maybe he shouldn't be "in charge" 
> or at least 
> not the only one.
> 
> Timwi

This is the kind of politics that made me quit the development team a
couple of years ago, and also what led me to being mostly inactive even
after joining _three_ years ago. Technical leadership is difficult, and
developers are no better than average (merely because they are computer
"scientists") than any other group, at cooperating.

I hope one person will be BOLD, knowing that if a problem actually DOES
crop up, the feature can simply be shut off. 

Ed Poo
Developer Emeritus