Hello translators, it is with great regret that I am forced to suspend my activity on Tech News with immediate effect.
After https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153302/ was merged and deployed to the Wikimedia cluster earlier today, implementing a new protection level which prevents volunteer Wikimedians from editing certain wiki pages, I can no longer in good conscience support the Wikimedia Foundation.
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153302/ is a change that I find completely unacceptable. It is a change that stands in direct contradiction to the wonderful cooperation between the Foundation and the volunteer community that's been Tech News.
It has been a great pleasure working with you on Tech News for the past year, but after this disgusting usurpation of power and sickening cheek towards the community, I am forced to suspend my involvement with Tech News.
From now on, I will neither work on the English version of Tech News,
nor translate future issues into Polish.
If you agree with my feelings towards this change, please consider suspending your translations of Tech News as well as other volunteer translations you are doing for the Foundation (especially if they are fundraising translations).
I am planning to suspend my involvement with Tech News until https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153302/ is reverted but until that day comes, I cannot volunteer my time and effort for the Foundation any further.
The current issue of Tech News will be published by Guillaume tomorrow, as usual. I have no information about the future issues, but perhaps Tech News can continue without me.
Thank you for your time, and the best of luck to you all.
Tomasz