On Mar 20, 2007, at 1:46 PM, Jimmy Wales wrote:
I undid this merger of policy not because I think it is a bad idea but because there was not really a proper process.
Jimy, I may be missing something here, so maybe you can help me understand.
Here are some facts:
1. The proposal for the merger started circa mid October 2006 6. The effort was announced in this very mailing list on October 10, 2006: 2. More that 2,000 edits to the WP:ATT page itself 3. More than 5,000 edits to the talk page 4. Hundreds of editors involved 5. ATT was promoted to policy on February 15, 2007, and remained uncontested until your intervention of today three months later.
What I would want to understand related to "proper process" is:
(a) What was done that we should not have done; (b) What was not done that we should have done; (c) How do we gauge consensus as it relates to policy changes. (d) Do we need to involve you in the final determination so this does not happen again?
(What I mean by "we" are those editors that put a considerable effort in this initiative.)
-- Jossi