On 3 August 2012 19:12, Michael Snow <wikipedia(a)frontier.com> wrote:
I agree that the community retains the authority to
reach its own decisions
about future actions of this type. I think the policy should be understood
primarily as something the foundation will adhere to in its operations, not
something that regulates the community's autonomy.
And, arguably: disabling Italian or Russian Wikipedia (which are very
sizable and popular sites) did not require as much WMF coordination as
disabling English Wikipedia, which remains around a third, IIRC, of
our size, load and readership - that took much more serious technical
consideration, and the Foundation is the relevant body.
- d.