On 20 aug. 2013, at 23:21, Bartosz Dziewoński matma.rex@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 23:19:22 +0200, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
If we change all sites to require HTTPS for logged-in users, we'll certainly increase site security and enhance the user experience for most users, but is that worth losing every zh.wikipedia.org contributor who lives in China? Or do we expect anyone blocked from HTTPS to simply edit without an account? I think the concern here is that some projects may be decimated (in terms of number of contributors) if HTTPS is forced for all users.
I think that zh and fa wikis are "exempt". The concernseems to be about contributors from affected countries editing other wikis, such as Commons or Wikidata.
Can I just say that IF there is still this much discussion and confusion going on even at the level of the developers, that I feel really uncomfortable with this being deployed in the next 24hours.
This all just feels way too rough. And it smells like this is gonna create yet another deploy shitstorm within the communities. I wouldn't like to be in the shoes of the liaisons and ambassadors tomorrow....
DJ