David Gerard wrote:
In terms of requests like this ("please switch on
this function for
en:wp"), they would be the right ones. But requiring all such changes
to go through them is fraught with instruction creep and bureaucracy.
- d.
Same principle as with anything else in wikimedia, if the change is
non-controversial, or easily revertible then, by all means, Be Bold. We
don't waste needless words or have needless processes. Nor do we spend
too much time placating very small minorities who will resist everything
and anything for ever.
If, however, there's evidence of contention (like 130 oppose votes),
sane people with strong doubts, and the change is practically hard to
revert, then go very very slowly and carefully, discussing all the way
and sanity checking. Because speed, or wrong decisions, will simply
result in bad feeling, disruption, and time wasted in disputes
after-the-fact. QED
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