On 16 February 2010 16:13, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote:
On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Domas Mituzas
<midom.lists(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
> > No idea. For ages you've been able to
just go onto the Wikimedia servers
> > and change whatever you feel like, and answer to nobody? You must be
> > misunderstanding my question or something.
> Kind of. Isn't that a good enough motivation?
:-)
> Though of course, I tend to consult with tech team members, and they're
> free to overturn anything I change, especially if they come up with better
> solutions (and they usually do!).
> And indeed, I guess WMF owns the ultimate power of terminating my access :)
In all honesty, I find that fascinating. If someone
manages to write a book
about how that system works, I'll probably buy it.
That should be the next book about Wiki[mp]edia. I had *never* thought
that volunteer sysadmins would be feasible until I saw it happening
here.
Wikimedia: Things Are Different Here(tm).
- d.