It is very disheartening to see that active members of the community have been Borged by the Foundation, and all tell the same story, albeit with different levels of enthusiasm.
Quite possibly there are issues over configuration pages, but to implement a super-protection feature *in the middle of a dispute* is ham-fisted at best, and a blatant power grab at worst. Many less extreme alternatives exist, and good reasons for maintaining the *status quo* are also not hard to find. Since this is undoubtedly a fire, the fire-fighting steps that should be taken immediately are: 1 Un-super-protect the page. 2 Apologise to the community 3 Give an undertaking not to use superprotect except in a clear emergency (though I can't think of one that would justify its use) - or disable the feature 4 Engage with the community to discuss superprotect. Once this discussion is concluded, then and only then should a discussion about media-viewer be entered into, meanwhile the community consensus should be respected. And Magnus - saying X number of people does not represent the community is all very well, provided that there is a mechanism for gaining a more representative sample - and it has been used. All the best, Rich Farmbrough On 12 August 2014 19:12, Magnus Manske <magnusman...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Erik Moeller <e...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > > > These changes will need to be carefully tested/validated. If you want > > to take a look at an early early (!) prototype (!!), see > > http://multimedia-alpha.wmflabs.org/wiki/Lightbox_demo , but please > > note that anything but the basic view experience is placeholder right > > now (as is the "Details" icon etc.), and the caption-above-the-fold is > > not implemented yet. We've looked at some of this with folks at > > Wikimania, and the community feedback there was very positive. But > > like I said, give us a bit more time on this. > > > > This looks much better! (though it appears to have problems with PNGs...) > > > > > > In answer to your query regarding how we communicated about this, > > please note that we posted the following at the beginning of the poll: > > > > > https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_Diskussion:Meinungsbilder/Medienbetrachter&diff=prev&oldid=132469014 > > > > > Thanks Erik, I somehow missed this. It is indeed ample notification. > > Cheers, > Magnus > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Landline (UK) 01780 757 250 Mobile (UK) 0798 1995 792 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
