Re: [Foundation-l] Expert board members - a suggestion

[...] "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." is a good principle for maintaining the status quo, it isn't a good principle if you want progress. The job isn't done yet, so progress would be good. If you want progress you have to be willing to implement enhancements as well as fixes. One of the main fundamental problems I have found with the WMF is with regards to prioritising. Often the WMF doesn't prioritise the same things as the community seems to want. The dumps that Anthony mentioned is a good example of that - a significant number of community members complained about the dumps not working for years before much progress was made and they still aren't completely working. The tech team prioritised other things over the dumps, had the community had the final say they may have done otherwise (or they may not, no detailed discussion of the options ever took place in public so it is difficult to know what conclusion would have been reached).