A rewrite involves substantial changes, not just changes in detail, which is all you made. On Sep 30, 2012 1:07 PM, "Jon Davies" jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
I think that would depend on how you define re-writes Tom. They felt like re-writes and stuff changed. I Incorporated a lot of people's suggestions and tried to find consensus. I listened a lot and acted. You are being unfair. Jon
On 30 September 2012 12:50, Thomas Dalton thomas.dalton@gmail.com wrote:
On Sep 30, 2012 11:25 AM, "Jon Davies" jon.davies@wikimedia.org.uk wrote:
There is a terrible tendency in planning to 'never quite get there' ,
waiting for perfection. We have been a bit prone to that. This plan went through four re-writes over about the same number of months. It is common sense and achievable in my view.
It didn't go through any rewrites. You just made a few tweaks around the edges between your drafts. You didn't address any of the fundamental problems. Dismissing those problems as being attempts for "perfection" confirms what I suspected at the time - you just weren't listening.
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