2009/9/28 Jimmy Wales <jwales(a)wikia-inc.com>om>:
If the Foundation is bottlenecked at the moment
(understandable) then
how can I help, how can we the community help, to take some of the
burden off of them to get done what we need to get done for the sake of
our mission? :-)
The process going forward is pretty clear -
a) make sure prototype setup reflects desired behavior as per the
en.wp proposal and invite broader testing;
b) make revisions to extension based on public and internal review
with a particular eye to usability;
c) ensure that the extension is fully scalable to en.wp traffic volume;
d) deploy on en.wp as per proposal (potentially, per c, initially in
some scale-limited fashion).
Brion's going to look into the prototype situation ASAP, and we have a
scheduled call with Aaron later this week to talk about any obvious
changes that he can focus on immediately. The most obvious way for
people to help is to give feedback during the testing period. Beyond
that, I would ask for patience and goodwill as we're managing many
competing priorities right now, and things are pretty stressful.
--
Erik Möller
Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
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