https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30208
--- Comment #89 from The Blade of the Northern Lights <yanksinfin...@aol.com> 2011-09-16 18:34:11 UTC --- (In reply to comment #88) > (In reply to comment #82) > > I've reopened this - it's long from finished. The refusal to conduct > > this > > trial is based not on 'buckets' of stats, for there aren't any. It's > > based > > on some 'stats' of extremely dubious provenance that were made up and > > published at Wikimedia. The refusal to allow this trial is not based on > > a > > decision of the WMF, it's a unilateral decision by one or two > > single-minded > > WMF staffers whose paid status has gone to their heads - to the extent > > even > > that they can't even keep a civil tongue in his head when posting here. > > You, as do many people, misunderstand the meaning of the "Status" and > "Resolution" fields; a bug does not have to be open to be a legitimate venue > for discussion (bugs which should be silenced are marked as Closed). The > Status reflects precisely that: the current sentiment about the bug. > > That current sentiment is that several senior sysadmins have stated that the > requested change will not be made. Unlike the wiki you are used to, there is > a > well-established (if loose) hierarchy within the developers which means that > that decision will not be overturned without their agreement. Now that change > can happen, driven by discussion and progress here, on the mw.org page linked > to in numerous comments above, or elsewhere. It can happen by convincing > those > who have already taken a position to rethink it, by convincing other sysadmins > of a similar level, or by convincing higher authorities to overrule them. It > cannot happen by simply reopening the bug and hoping that, if you wish hard > enough, reality will magically readjust. Thank you for the clarification. I wonder if it wouldn't help to post that somewhere, as I suspect that could head off some confusion at the pass. Otherwise, I thoroughly agree with comment 82, and I would also submit that en.wiki is not the best wiki to piss off. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
