[Foundation-l] the choice of what is going to be developed is very much a management issue;

Message: 7 Date: Sun, 30 Oct 2011 13:05:37 +0100 From: Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijssen(a)gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Show community consensus for Wikilove To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Message-ID: <CAO53wxVzz79KghtsAQe=YSacVtEL5XQuqfgA9nKt+2=w1XUTLg(a)mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hoi, There are a few issues: - the choice of what is going to be developed is very much a management issue; what gets priority and why - there are always people who object to any project because they are of the opinion that something else should be considered to be more relevant - when something is developed FOR a specific project, giving that project the option to opt out once it is developed defeats the objective of the functionality; such a decision is very much taken at the start of the project - I know that a thread like this is read. Good proposals are considered when they stand out as such. Personally I like the notion of leaving a message as the first option.. - I positively hate talk pages, prefer not to use them. I am a seasoned Wikimedian and when people like me are this negative about talk pages, then the notion that they are good / usable / can be left alone is suspect. - have you considered that many of the advanced functionalities used in the English Wikipedia are actually REALLY problematic in other languages - ease of use, even dumbing down is in my opinion acceptable when this grows our editor community in our projects other then the English Wikipedia - I am known for my hobby horses; working for the "Localisation team" allows me to be part of much good work. However, there are still many things that are not going to be developed any time soon that I rate highly Thanks, GerardM