Clarification by Lila Tretikov about MediaViewer - Wikimedia-l

13 Aug 2014

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> From: Ad Huikeshoven ad@wikimedia.nl
> Date: 13 August 2014 12:40:14 BST
> To: wikimedia-l-owner@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Clarification by Lila Tretikov about MediaViewer
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> Dear fellow Wikipedians and Wikimedians,
> 
> Your work in creating the awesome thing Wikipedia is very much appreciated and you're all recognized for contributing towards it's success. Last weekend I have been to Wikimania. I really enjoyed the presentation by Fabrice Florin about A Culture of Kindness [1]. One of the slide contains a picture of Jimmy Wales holding a sheet of paper on which he has written 'be kind to everyone, including the annoying ones'.
> 
> There have been multiple threads on this list with many postings about actions on the German Wikipedia with respect to MediaViewer. On meta Lila Tretikov has posted several remarks including an additional clarification [2], which I copy below:
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> <quote>
> * Our overall communication, design, prioritization, testing, roll-out mechanisms and general product development practices are insufficient and must be brought on-par with our user’s expectations. We are not planning any new major deployments until some of those basic improvements are put into place. This will be done in the open; it is fundamental and urgent. I've touched on it at Wikimania.
> * We are not removing MV.  It has been in production for months. Its removal will cause more problems and confusion for our users.  We will hold ourselves accountable to getting it to the level of quality that is expected of the top site.
> * We are working to post next steps to clarify development and deployment process including rights and responsibilities; you can expect more information in coming days.
> * I encourage you to help us improve our process as a whole as well as this specific feature by offering your time, advice, and collaboration. We will be engaging you on it. Please refrain from making unassisted changes to  the feature’s configuration.
> </quote>
> 
> What Fabrice and Jimmy ask for is to be kind. What I would like to express is that many of the postings about MediaViewer do annoy me, and some are very annoying. What I do ask of my fellow Wikipedians is to continue to contribute to Wikipedia in a kind way, to pay attention to what Lila has posted on meta and which I copied above. 
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> Some of you might be curious to learn to know the ideas of Lila. She made a presentation at Wikimania, which can be viewed on line [3]. Please collaborate in the development of processes in a kind way. Thank you.
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> [1] https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Submissions/A_Culture_of_Kindness
> [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk%3ALilaTretikov&di...
> [3] http://new.livestream.com/wikimania/saturday2014
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