> Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:51:14 +0200 > From: Tobias Oelgarte <tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] News from Germany: White Bags and thinking > about a fork > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Message-ID: <4ea33ad2.6070...@googlemail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Am 22.10.2011 23:44, schrieb Erik Moeller: > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Tobias Oelgarte > > <tobias.oelga...@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> No one said it would be evil. But since we already have working > >> solutions for this projects, why do we need another, now global, > >> solution, based on categories? Thats when it becomes hairy. > > The Board of Trustees didn't pass a resolution asking for the > > implementation of a filter based on categories. > > > > The Board asked Sue "in consultation with the community, to develop > > and implement a personal image hiding feature that will enable readers > > to easily hide images hosted on the projects that they do not wish to > > view, either when first viewing the image or ahead of time through > > preference settings." > > > > Based on the consultation and discussion that's taken place so far, I > > think it's pretty safe to say that a uniform approach based on > > categories has about a snowball's chance in hell of actually being > > widely adopted, used and embraced by the community, if not triggering > > strong opposition and antagonism that's completely against our goals > > and our mission. > > > > With that in mind, I would humbly propose that we kill with fire at > > this point the idea of a category-based image filtering system. > > > > There are, however, approaches to empowering both editors and readers > > that do not necessarily suffer from the same problems. > > > > Erik > I gladly agree that category based filtering should be off the table. It > has way to many problems that we could justify it in any way. > > What approaches do you have in mind, that would empower the editors and > the readers, aside from an hide/show all solution? > > nya~ > > > > > Hi Tobias,
Do youhave any problems with this category free proposal http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:WereSpielChequers/filter WereSpelChequers _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l