At last it is gone. Great news. Looking forward.
Bodhisattwa
On 6 Nov 2015 00:40, "Pierre-Selim" <pierre-selim(a)huard.info> wrote:
It's a great news to hear that superprotect is
gone and the willingness of
a better collaboration.
It's a long-awaited move.
2015-11-05 20:03 GMT+01:00 Chris Keating <chriskeatingwiki(a)gmail.com>om>:
Yay! Great news about Superprotect's
scrapping, also really good to hear
the direction of travel on the development process.
Chris
On 5 Nov 2015 17:36, "Quim Gil" <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Superprotect [1] was introduced by the Wikimedia Foundation to resolve
a
product
development disagreement. We have not used it for resolving a
dispute since. Consequently, today we are removing Superprotect from
Wikimedia servers.
Without Superprotect, a symbolic point of tension is resolved. However,
we
still have the underlying problem of disagreement
and consequent delays
at
> the product deployment phase. We need to become better software
partners,
work
together towards better products, and ship better features faster.
The
> collaboration between the WMF and the communities depends on mutual
trust
> and constructive criticism. We need to
improve Wikimedia mechanisms to
> build consensus, include more voices, and resolve disputes.
>
> There is a first draft of an updated Product Development Process [2]
that
> will guide the work of the WMF Engineering
and Product teams.[3] It
> stresses the need for community feedback throughout the process, but
> particularly in the early phases of development. More feedback earlier
on
will
allow us to incorporate community-driven improvements and address
potential controversy while plans and software are most flexible.
We welcome the feedback of technical and non-technical contributors.
Check
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Product_Development_Process/2015-11-05#Q…
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Quim Gil
Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil
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