On Fri, Sep 12, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Oliver Keyes okeyes@wikimedia.org wrote:
No, I'm suggesting that the implication of the sentence "As cans of worms go, I'm pretty sure it would not be on the major end of the scale, if an experienced developer actually quantified it." is "Steven didn't do his job"
- IOW, that he didn't consult with one of said experienced engineers. I
appreciate that's probably not what you intended to communicate; it was, however, what was communicated.
I'm sorry you misunderstood. I was trying to communicate that in my experience as a commercial Mediawiki developer, I think adding thanks to IPs would be days to a few weeks of work for a single developer. I was also trying to communicate that "a major can of worms" is not a professional assessment of task complexity. I have no idea whether Steven consulted with anyone about the magnitude of the task and I find it very difficult to believe that expressing a contrary opinion and asking for a quantification would imply anything about whether or not he did to anyone.