While this might be a valid request, I'm a bit concern about the % of the participants
in the RFC. I don't think it's a good idea for this % of participant to make a
binding decision for an entirely disjoint community many hundred if not thousand times it
size with neither participation nor even consultation. This seem like a Kangaroo RFC to
me. Consult the larger community, reach a consensus then return here for implementation.
Best,
Olatunde Isaac.
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From: "Marc A. Pelletier" <marc(a)uberbox.org>
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Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Disabe Media Viewer for non-logged-in users and
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On 16-03-14 10:33 AM, Steinsplitter Wiki wrote:
Per commons Policy's the RFC is valid.
Then the policy is broken. It seems more than a little insane to me
that an opinion poll having had participation of a few % of a small
community (active commons users) can make a binding decision for an
entirely disjoint community many hundred times it size with neither
participation nor even consultation.
At the very least, the opinion of logged out users should be sought or
at least vaguely estimated in some manner (I can think of several easy
client-side ways of doing a quick opinion poll of at least a sample of
them; or a couple of metrics giving hints).
That RfC is akin to asking the print newspaper owners about making new
rules for all web sites. While I've no doubt that their collective
opinions would be very good for them, I'd like something a bit more
objective. :-)
-- Coren / Marc
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