On 9 September 2011 12:44, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia-inc.com wrote:
If you don't like the feature, then don't use it.
This statement implies it will not affect the encyclopedia's contents in any way at all - that the implementation will be provably free of side-effects.
Are you guaranteeing this? If so, then based on what?
(This attitude of "we've done something potentially severely problematic, now love it or leave it" is severely problematic in itself, and this message is a seriously bad move in WMF interaction with the community concerning the feature. WMF has power, Milos doesn't; if he says something appalling it has no consequences, if a board member says something appalling it has *considerable* consequences.)
- d.