[Foundation-l] wiki for interwiki

[Mark A. Hershberger]

> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
>> ... So that's another opportunity to mention the request to enable it,
>> open since September 2008:
>> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15607
>>
>> Are there still any technical barriers to enabling it?

I opened a new blocker for #15607 (https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/28194)
that is based on Tim's comments on #15607 to make it easier to track the
which issues block the deployment of the Interlanguage extension.

Casey Brown <lists at caseybrown.org> writes:
> I believe both interwiki transclusion and the interlanguage extension
> are on Mark Hershberger's, the Bugmesiter, to-do list.  He's the one
> who bothers the sysadmins to get things done. :-)
>
> I've CC'd him so he can hopefully chime in.

Thanks, Casey.  Finally subscribed.

I'm trying to find ways to track issues that are important to the
community *now* and raise them to the attention of the Foundation as
something the community cares about.  Casey, Gerard and others have
contacted via email and helped by pointing me to specific issues.  I
invite anyone who thinks there is an important issue that the Foundation
isn't addressing to send it to me.

Every week, I'm trying to send out a couple of emails to wikitech-l
about the bugs that the Foundation and MediaWiki hackers can focus on.

This past week, some mediawiki hackers helped me realize that my criteria
probably isn't the best (http://hexm.de/1d) and I tried to save myself
by refocusing on bugs that got the most votes (http://hexm.de/1e).

Developers haven't (and probably shouldn't) paid much attention to bugs
rated by popularity, but, since my job is help Foundation developers
and MediaWiki hackers remember to focus on the needs of the community, I
think I'll continue to look at the popularity of bugs as well as rely on
feedback from other people in the community.

By filling the Bugmeister position, the Foundation is (in part) trying
to increase its responsiveness to the community.  If you think there is
a specific item the Foundation isn't paying enough attention to, let me
know.  I can't promise that everyone who sends me an email will find the
attention of the Foundation is focused on their issue, but I can, at
least, make sure you are heard.

Mark.