For wider discussion
--- From: <bugzilla-daemon <at> wikimedia.org> Subject: [Bug 58236] New: No longer allow gadgets to be turned on by default for all users on Wikimedia siteshttp://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cbug%2d58236%2d3%40https.bugzilla.wikimedia.org%2f%3e Newsgroups: gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki.bugshttp://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.wikimedia.mediawiki.bugs Date: 2013-12-09 20:41:41 GMT (19 minutes ago)
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58236
Web browser: --- Bug ID: 58236 Summary: No longer allow gadgets to be turned on by default for all users on Wikimedia sites Product: Wikimedia Version: wmf-deployment Hardware: All OS: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: Unprioritized Component: Site requests Assignee: wikibugs-l <at> lists.wikimedia.org Reporter: jared.zimmerman <at> wikimedia.org CC: benapetr <at> gmail.com, bugzilla+org.wikimedia <at> tuxmachine.com, dereckson <at> espace-win.org, greg <at> wikimedia.org, tomasz <at> twkozlowski.net, wikimedia.bugs <at> snowolf.eu Classification: Unclassified Mobile Platform: ---
Gadgets being turned on for all site users (including readers) can cause a confusing users experience, especially when there is some disagreement and defaults change without notice (readers are rarely if ever part of these discussions)
Move to model where gadgets are per user rather than part of a default experience for users