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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