[WikiEN-l] Re: Try out the rating scheme
Poor, Edmund W
Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com
Wed Nov 9 14:37:01 UTC 2005
> It seems to me (please correct me if I'm wrong) that Brion
> has failed to
> provide adequate explanation with regards to the perceived
> problems with
> the feature. It seems that several times, Magnus Manske (the
> author of
> the feature) has posted to wikitech-l asking why the feature
> isn't being
> enabled; Brion would reply stating a few "problems" which
> Magnus quite
> convincingly demonstrates are either fixed by now, or have never
> actually been a problem. Brion then never replies to those
> refutations
> again and just leaves everyone puzzled.
>
> > but it's understandably frustrating to those of us who
> REALLY REALLY
> > WANT IT IN.
>
> The situation as I have outlined it above is not only
> frustrating, but
> actually somewhat angering. If he can't turn the feature on
> or explain
> what's wrong with it, then maybe he shouldn't be "in charge"
> or at least
> not the only one.
>
> Timwi
This is the kind of politics that made me quit the development team a
couple of years ago, and also what led me to being mostly inactive even
after joining _three_ years ago. Technical leadership is difficult, and
developers are no better than average (merely because they are computer
"scientists") than any other group, at cooperating.
I hope one person will be BOLD, knowing that if a problem actually DOES
crop up, the feature can simply be shut off.
Ed Poo
Developer Emeritus
More information about the WikiEN-l
mailing list