Tim Starling wrote:
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
In the past you had many votes to give away but they were a finite resource. When a bug was given a massive amount of votes by one person it meant that the request was really important.
Maybe that's what it meant to you, but what did it mean to the 170 out of 320 voters who have only voted for one bug? And what did it mean to the many people who voted with a value of 1, without ever giving consideration to multiple votes?
As for the rest of your post, I've always done my best to do the right thing by Wikipedia and its users, I know you're annoyed that that's a "p" in the middle of the word instead of an "m". You're not going to make me feel guilty by pointing out that the group of users to whom I freely give my time and assistance doesn't include you. I'm interested in vote tallies to the extent that they give an indication of the needs of Wikipedians.
-- Tim Starling
Hoi, Tim, please do not misunderstand. The voting system has a limited effect. When I need something programmed, I know that I do not need to ask you if it does not apply to the "p". I am not annoyed about that there are more fish in the sea and, I have my own way of getting what is needed. When a bug is voted upon, and it gets many votes, it is voted upon by Wikimedians, many people are not confined to just one project. It is your choise to work only on Wikipedia issues. Your exclusiveness makes it less relevant to ask you for an opinion when it is not strictly Wikipedia. That is a loss, because I rate you as a capable and competent person.
I would and will be annoyed when work done for other projects is frustrated or sabotaged because it is not Wikipedia related. That is something that has not happened yet as far as I am aware. It is sad that you exclude me from people you would give assistance; I do spend time and effort on wikipedia. If it means that I have to ask others to put forward my proposals re Wikipedia let me know. I had something to do with the Kennisnet servers, I do not think that you would not spend time on these when there is a need just because I had some involvement there.. Please Tim, judge my requests on their merits and if you do not want to personally honour a specific request do so in silence, there is no need to be nasty about it.
By the way, for your amusement, a Dutch saying; "er de p in hebben" "to have the p in it" means that you are really annoyed... so it is funny that you want to find a "p" in it. :)
Thanks, GerardM