On 15 September 2015 at 06:19, Brian Wolff bawolff@gmail.com wrote:
I suppose I'm kind of confused by the scope. We want template creators to propose RFCs for architecture changes in MediaWiki?
In some senses, template creators are developers just like the rest of us. They're writing code that affects our sites. They're just doing it in a different place from most others; on-wiki, rather than in Gerrit. That divide is, essentially, artificial.
However, you're right that one would not expect such people to propose architecture changes in MediaWiki; that's not really their domain. However, to me that does not seem necessary in order to attend the developer summit. Their perspectives as people involved in the development of MediaWiki and Wikimedia projects would be welcome.
I think what should be done here is to define exactly what it is we're hoping to get from the participation of template creators, and what we hope they get from attending the summit. Perhaps several sessions around templates should be organised.
Thanks, Dan