Two weeks ago I turned on WikiMiniAtlas in the Swedish Wikipedia. This means Common.js was updated so each geographic coordinate now has a little icon, which makes a map pop-up. This map shows the names of other articles that have geo coordinates. Many other languages have already done this long ago. The WikiMiniAtlas is documented on http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiMiniAtlas
However, the names on the map are now out of date and they are not updated if I update the geo coordinates of a page. In order to spark enthusiasm from the Swedish Wikipedia community, I need improvements of articles to be shown as improvements on the map. This feedback doesn't work now.
I asked around and user:Dschwen told me that user:Kolossos was going to update the list. But nothing has happened. I asked Kolossos, but got no response. Not even "I don't have time".
I am a programmer. Even though I don't have a toolserver account, I understand that much of this relies on individual efforts, and I applaud this. But features like this WikiMiniAtlas (or all the services that rely on s3 replication) are too impressive and useful to rely completely on the voluntary efforts of single individuals. In this case, it doesn't help if I offer my help, because I don't get any response at all. That is harmful for all projects. Now I feel I can't trust anything to work.
We need to reorganize this, so that each task can be performed by more than one individual. Individual projects must be banned.
Instead, we need to form groups with group access to make updates and respond to questions. This might sound harsh, but it's actually very easy to implement. Just assign a second person to all of your individual projects, and keep the door open for more to join. Use the Linux group permissions (chmod g+w) for access, and use the user ID only for identity.