It's a great news to hear that superprotect is gone and the willingness of a better collaboration. It's a long-awaited move.
2015-11-05 20:03 GMT+01:00 Chris Keating <chriskeatingw...@gmail.com>: > Yay! Great news about Superprotect's scrapping, also really good to hear > the direction of travel on the development process. > > Chris > On 5 Nov 2015 17:36, "Quim Gil" <q...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > Superprotect [1] was introduced by the Wikimedia Foundation to resolve a > > product development disagreement. We have not used it for resolving a > > dispute since. Consequently, today we are removing Superprotect from > > Wikimedia servers. > > > > Without Superprotect, a symbolic point of tension is resolved. However, > we > > still have the underlying problem of disagreement and consequent delays > at > > the product deployment phase. We need to become better software partners, > > work together towards better products, and ship better features faster. > The > > collaboration between the WMF and the communities depends on mutual trust > > and constructive criticism. We need to improve Wikimedia mechanisms to > > build consensus, include more voices, and resolve disputes. > > > > There is a first draft of an updated Product Development Process [2] that > > will guide the work of the WMF Engineering and Product teams.[3] It > > stresses the need for community feedback throughout the process, but > > particularly in the early phases of development. More feedback earlier on > > will allow us to incorporate community-driven improvements and address > > potential controversy while plans and software are most flexible. > > > > We welcome the feedback of technical and non-technical contributors. > Check > > the Q&A for details.[4] > > > > [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Superprotect > > [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Product_Development_Process > > [3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Engineering > > [4] > > > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Product_Development_Process/2015-11-05#Q.26A > > > > -- > > Quim Gil > > Engineering Community Manager @ Wikimedia Foundation > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil > > _______________________________________________ > > 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> > _______________________________________________ > 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> > -- Pierre-Selim _______________________________________________ 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>
