On 9/10/07, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
At the same time enwp was allowing a few vocal voices to push back against anything like this proposal the powers that be in German Wikipedia were aggressively pushing it forward. It's due to their effort that we have anything coded at all at this point.
Bla bla bla. Don't blame a mob for bing a mob, Greg. Leadership comes from the top, not the other way around. How long have you been Chief Research Officer/Coordinator for the foundation?
As such representatives from that community got to give a lot of the
input that you wish to have had. Thems the breaks.
Fortunately, the Germans have solid judgement and certainly appear to have a more internally consistent vision than the EnWp community. So their greater influence on the design may turn out to be a win for English as well.
Show us the code.