[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Re: Re: Uplifting the multimedia stack (was: Community Wishlist Survery)

2022-01-22 Thread Yaroslav Blanter
In the past, we were often told that a specific proposal even if it gains enough support will not be implemented because this is too difficult / not enough resources / whatever. My understanding is that it does not make sense to suggest such proposals again. On the contrary, if the proposal gained

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Re: Re: Uplifting the multimedia stack (was: Community Wishlist Survery)

2022-01-22 Thread Samuel Klein
I asked on th talk page, but posting here as well: -- what's the intended interaction b/t proposals from past years and the current list? Do people need to find and repost older proposals they want to see included? Is there a mechanism for refactoring sets of related proposals? 🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Sat., Jan

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Re: Re: Uplifting the multimedia stack (was: Community Wishlist Survery)

2022-01-22 Thread Szymon Grabarczuk
Hello, I'd like to refer to the original subject of the discussion - tomorrow is the last day for submitting proposals for the Community Wishlist Survey 2022. Apart from that, everyone is welcome to translate, promote, and discuss proposals: https://diff.wikimedia.org/2022/01/10/what-improvements-

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Re: Re: Uplifting the multimedia stack (was: Community Wishlist Survery)

2022-01-12 Thread Strainu
În mar., 11 ian. 2022 la 08:01, Kunal Mehta a scris: > > So I think the status quo can be changed by just about anyone who is > motivated to do so, not by trying to convince the WMF to change its > prioritization, but just by doing the work. We should be empowering > those people rather than conti

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Re: Re: Uplifting the multimedia stack (was: Community Wishlist Survery)

2022-01-11 Thread Gnangarra
Amir you raise a good point how do things get into the next budget, the simple answer is first to have people/teams responsible for each of the projects. Having someone accountable stops the ball being dropped as easily, it means WMF starts looking at needs on longer timetables. We've seen this wi

[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Re: Re: Re: Uplifting the multimedia stack (was: Community Wishlist Survery)

2022-01-11 Thread Amir Sarabadani
(Speaking in my volunteer capacity) I doubt there is any malicious intent by WMF. I personally think the underlying problem is time. Let me explain. Fixing a big issue in software takes time (I wrote a long essay about it in this thread) so it makes sense WMF annual planning to focus on issues bef