[Wikimedia-l] What community initiatives have made an impact on editor engagement?

[Federico Leva (Nemo)]

Tim Starling, 12/07/2013 01:14:
> Of course, the pt.wp community was well aware of the situation.

I don't think so. Some community members were, but very few. It took 7 
months to get a local discussion/vote on the matter start and conclude.
Proceurally, the absence of consensus for the configuration is the 
reason why the default was restored.

 > The
> response of the pt.wp community to the original "emergency" -- asking
> for CAPTCHAs to be enabled for everyone -- was very specific to that
> community. I have to wonder whether the requesters were hoping for
> implicit permanence.
>
> It's a reminder that we need a robust procedure for making temporary
> changes. In the past we have relied on the requester saying to us
> afterwards "ok, it's all done now, you can revert it." That doesn't
> work if "temporary" is said with a wink.

Indeed.

Nemo