On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
I would characterize WMF's prioritization as an "A rising tide lifts all boats" policy. Improvements are generally conceived to be widely usable, both in Wikimedia projects and even outside the Wikimedia environment, and to have the largest possible impact. Even if a first deployment is Wikipedia, they will generally benefit other projects as well.
I believe the correct name for that is the trickle-down effect :)