On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 9:26 AM, Erik Moeller <erik(a)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 :)
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Stephen Bain
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