GerardM,
One out of twelve members (yourself) is not "several members", and the only other member who commented politely provided their arguments in favour of the additional localization without seeming "extremely unhappy with Pathoschild's sorry show" or even suggesting that we immediately restore your changes (as you just did).
You proposed your changes a few days ago without elaborating on their significant difference from the current requirements, got a single ambivalent support, and implemented them just 24 hours after your proposal. I restored the previous version and politely requested on langcom-l that we discuss it further before implementing, and provided my arguments against it and a proposed compromise; instead of simply arguing in favour of your version, you publicly accused me of making a "sorry show", and privately of damaging the subcommittee, not grasping the importance of localization, and dumbing down MediaWiki.
Whatever you may think of my opinions—or me of yours—, personal attacks on private and public mailing lists are not the way to solve disagreements. Referring to me in the third person, as if I were excluded from the discussion, is not particularly constructive either.