Hi Andy, et.al.,
There is one person in charge of making the final calls of every issue—me.
I'm also responsible for publishing, which is done by a script on Wikimedia
Labs and an accompanying bot, and is password-protected so that it isn't
vandalized. It was an unfortunate error that I did not give the password to
other trusted Signposters, but as Pine says, that is no longer the case.
My on-wiki nonavailability is a recent development and is a consequence of
not having an immediate Internet connection at the moment (take a moment to
imagine the difficulties). I am working on a temporary solution that will
last for the upcoming months.
Regards,
--Ed
On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:38 AM, ENWP Pine <deyntestiss(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi Andy,
The password isn't a single point of failure in the sense that Jarry and
Ed both had the password and either of them might have become available to
publish hours or days later, but I felt the Signpost was already late, we
had enough material to publish, and waiting another week would mean we
would lose the work that had gone into the Traffic Report and we would need
to reformat the Featured Content Report to add another week's worth of
material. This is the first time I have felt confident enough to make a
decision to publish in Ed's absence with Tony's agreement, so this is the
first time I have needed the password.
Tony and I now have the password. I hope that future publications are
normal even if Ed is absent.
Thanks for your interest in the Signpost. Do you have any other questions?
Pete, thanks for your comments. It is good to feel that the Signpost's
all-volunteer staff is appreciated.
Pine
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