On 3 August 2012 19:12, Michael Snow <wikipe...@frontier.com> wrote: > I agree that the community retains the authority to reach its own decisions > about future actions of this type. I think the policy should be understood > primarily as something the foundation will adhere to in its operations, not > something that regulates the community's autonomy.
And, arguably: disabling Italian or Russian Wikipedia (which are very sizable and popular sites) did not require as much WMF coordination as disabling English Wikipedia, which remains around a third, IIRC, of our size, load and readership - that took much more serious technical consideration, and the Foundation is the relevant body. - d. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l