On Sun, Apr 13, 2014 at 1:37 PM, Marcin Cieslak saper@saper.info wrote:
I agree that -1 is practically a death penalty to a change. But that's not a positive development, because even a mild -1's completety discourages anybody to post a positive review (I wonder how many +1 or neutral comments were posted *after* some of the WMF reviewers posted a -1).
That seems dramatic and hasn't been my experience. A -1 does mean others will be less likely to review, but it doesn't discourage positive comments about the change. Often people will -1 a beneficial change because they see how it can be improved further, but the answer is to respond to their comment with "I've filed bug NNNNN for that suggestion", and invite them to remove the -1.