[Foundation-l] Process for a project to request a setting

[Birgitte SB]

As someone who has complained about the system in the past, I will explain what I have learned and hope others correct me if anything is in error.  First you are looking at bugzilla from the wrong angle.  It is not necessarily a mechanism to make certain requests are done so much as one to make certain requests are tracked. To make certain a request is actually done often requires contacting a developer directly and asking him to personally take care of your request linking to the bugzilla page.  This personal request may have to be repeated a few times on different occasions till you find a developer at a convenient time.  (I have also heard building shrines to these demi-gods is helpful)  But all joking aside there is not really any mechanism in place to make sure requests get attention on an organized fashion. It is more a matter of whoever is able to demand attention; receiving it.


Birgitte SB

--- On Tue, 7/8/08, Ting Chen <Wing.Philopp at gmx.de> wrote:

> From: Ting Chen <Wing.Philopp at gmx.de>
> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Process for a project to request a setting
> To: "Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List" <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Date: Tuesday, July 8, 2008, 1:19 AM
> Thanks for your answer. This process does not seem to work
> well. Here is an example:
> 
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14624
> 
> Two months already and no response. Also no request for a
> link. And see the last comment from es-wp, so it seems to
> be a general problem that can potentially hit every
> project. My impression is that there are no body who feel
> responsible for this. If it is so, I think we should set up
> a responsible person for this. As far as I know it
> doesn't happen every day and it is surely not a thing
> that takes a lot of time.
> 
> Any opinion or suggestions?
> 
> Ting.
> 
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 19:24:37 +0100
> > Von: Kwan Ting Chan <ktc at ktchan.info>
> > An: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
> <foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Betreff: Re: [Foundation-l] Process for a project to
> request a setting
> 
> > On Mon, 2008-07-07 at 18:16 +0200, Michael Bimmler
> wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Ting Chen
> <Wing.Philopp at gmx.de> wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > as far as I know there are settings for
> WikiMedia-projekts that can
> > only be done by certain developpers. An example is the
> change for
> > autoconfirmed days limit. So if the projects want such
> a setting changed, it must ask
> > a developper to do that.
> > > >
> > > > Do we have such a mechanism? Where should
> the project request such a
> > setting and who cares about these requests?
> > > >
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Yes, this is done via Bugzilla
> (bugzilla.wikimedia.org)
> > > 
> > > Use
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=Wikimedia
> to
> > > enter a new bug and add 'shell' in the
> box of keywords (towards the
> > > bottom)
> > > 
> > > Michael
> > > 
> > 
> > For most (all?) changes, the dev will ask for a link
> to an on-wiki
> > discussion which show the changes being asked for has
> consensus on that
> > project.
> > 
> > KTC
> > 
> > -- 
> > Experience is a good school but the fees are high.
> >   - Heinrich Heine
> 
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