Steven Walling <steven.walling(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> It's pretty clear that the objectives of this
project are not successfully
> met at this point, and in fact have caused major problems on non-Latin
> script WMF sites, and significant but less critical problems on Latin
> script sites. Several factors for this have been identified in the thread -
> including limited attention to the effects on non-Latin script projects,
> the insertion of philosophical principles (FOSS) without a clear
> understanding of the effects this would have on the outcome, and the
> unwillingness to step back when a major change results in loss of
> functionality.
[citation needed]
Loss of functionality? The functionality we're
talking about here is
reading of Wikimedia content. It's the most core, most basic functionality
we have. In the case of VisualEditor, which picks up read-mode typography
styles, it's also editing.
Did reading suddenly become seriously impaired? No. If
these things had
happened, you'd see a hell of a lot more outcry than what we've seen now.
If millions of readers and tens of thousands of editors were functionally
unable to read our content easily and smoothly, you would hear a lot more
complaints. If you didn't hear complaints, you'd probably still see a swift
drop in pageviews.[1]
[...]
> 1. Our realtime pageviews data is lacking, but HTTP requests and edit rates
> for top wikis via
gdash.wikimedia.org don't seem to show unusual drops. Am
> I wrong?
[...]
What other free encyclopaedia would you expect readers and
editors to turn to?
Tim