On 16/01/12 13:00, MZMcBride wrote:
I don't think Wikimedia ops can be complicit in
turning off editing like
that. Ops operates under the exact opposite goal, doesn't it? To ensure that
the site is continually running, accessible, functioning as much as humanly
possible?
Whatever their goals, the ops team are Foundation staff members and
ignoring direct requests from management would be insubordination.
In cases of conflict between the Foundation and the community, ops
(and Engineering more broadly) can take a role of mediation. But when
the community and the Foundation want the same thing, as appears to be
the case here, I don't think it would be appropriate for ops to take a
contrary position.
-- Tim Starling