Hey,
Some thoughts, in no particular order:
* Titles do not reflect ability, they reflect how titles are assigned in an
organization
* Some people see titles such as "software architect" as a stamp of
superiority
* Some people abuse their titles
* We would indeed be advised to keep the distinction between WMF and
MediaWiki in mind
* MediaWiki is not a shining beacon of good architecture. I'd argue it
should mostly be considered as a big blob of generally badly designed
legacy code
* Length of participation in a community, or the number of contributions,
does not linearly relate to ability
* Having a community process to decide who gets $fancyTitle, seems more
likely to result in the most popular people of the strongest subgroups to
get it then the most qualified ones. Same as what happens in politics.
Cheers
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Jeroen De Dauw
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