[Foundation-l] 86% of german users disagree with the introduction of the personal image filter

[Oliver Koslowski]

Am 16.09.2011 10:40, schrieb Peter Gervai:
> I believe it is a fair assumption that we have voted for developing
> the feature, so wikipedias who need it can activate and use it, while
> those who do not want to use it will not request its activation, or
> will request its deactivation. I see no technical reason not to do
> that so I see no reason not to do it this way.
>
>

Where exactly has such a vote taken place?

Just a few bits about the "Meinungsbild" in the de-WP: Only active 
authors are allowed to vote since the results of a "Meinungsbild" are 
binding, unlike the results of ordinary polls ("Umfage").

Of those 14% who did not oppose the filter, I did not really see much 
actual support for it either. The general tone of the people who did not 
vote against it was that they don't mind that such a tool should be 
introduced if there's really demand for it.

The 86% rejection rate means that the feature will not be activated in 
the de-WP and that the WMF would be in a heap of trouble if they tried 
to force the second largest project to adopt something that the people 
who actually shape the project simply do not want. I believe it is also 
safe to assume that those 86% are not likely to do the dirty work of 
tagging pictures with categories to support the filter.

Regards,
Oliver