On Jan 4, 2008 1:45 PM, Brion Vibber brion@wikimedia.org wrote:
Dan Rosenthal wrote:
I don't think the interface was intended to be messed with in this way by the individual projects. Something needs to be done.
A formal request would be polite before escalating to something like a desysop.
It is possible that they don't know it's a bad thing. I still posit that if we want all the projects to follow certain rules (showing the ad banner by default, showing the WMF icons at the bottom) that we should put those basic rules into writing somewhere. We can talk about "common sense" until we are blue in the face, but that doesnt mean that any of it is actually "common", or that the russian sense of aesthetics and utility is the same as our own.
On a similar note, a second sysop, like a second CU, should be a necessity in all projects. If you don't have the community to support at least two sysops, then you probably shouldnt have any. Reduces the risk of unchecked god-kings running around and turning the projects into their own personal playgrounds.
--Andrew Whitworth