[WikiEN-l] Recent thumbnail problems and problem reporting.

[Timwi]

Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> Rather than successfully flagging the tech team's attention, a series
> of inaccurate sitenotices were placed on English Wikipedia and on 
> several other language Wikipedias. The English notice in particular 
> was displayed to the general public. [...] None of the active tech
> team were aware of any ongoing issue.

I don't understand this train of thought. If, as you say, the notice was 
displayed _to the general public_, how can the tech team remain unaware 
of it? Are they a bunch of robots sitting in a basement who act only 
upon direct command and who never browse Wikipedia as a member of the 
general public?

Presumably the main reason something was mentioned in the sitenotice but 
not to the tech team is that out of all active Wikipedia admins, a great 
majority (myself included) probably know how to put something in the 
sitenotice but not how to contact the "active tech team". If the 
sitenotice is the only course of action known to any particular admin, 
then that admin will naturally take that course of action (I know I 
would if I had been there).

Timwi