[Wikimedia-l] Who invoked "principle of least surprise" for the image filter?

[David Gerard]

On 17 June 2012 15:43, Andrew Gray <andrew.gray at dunelm.org.uk> wrote:

> As there are no major and well-used forks at all, we can't reasonably
> draw inferences of the desirability of a specific project from its
> non-existence - we simply don't have the information to make that
> conclusion. This applies whether the hypothetical fork is one using an
> image filter, one using stable versions, one using peer-review
> editorial control, one dynamically switching between varieties of
> English, or anything else...


I haven't seen those being shouted for like this is. That is, there
are people actually asking for this, and there aren't really for those
other things. So I think my question - if this is so obviously the
right thing, then where are the existing attempts? - still stands as
relevant.


- d.