So you propose to never ever change the look and feel because it might piss off some old-timers?
On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 6:01 PM, Juergen Fenn <schneeschme...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 2014-06-07 2:44 GMT+02:00 Arcane 21 <arc...@live.com>: > > Going to have concur on this. Flow and VE would be great for attracting > new users, but leaving the foundation of the community in the dust in favor > of innovation strikes me as a bad idea. > > > > I support the idea of having the ability for the old methods of editing > and talk pages to work when and where possible and for the transition to > newer ideas to be as gentle as possible on those who might otherwise be > alienated by the changes. > > Again, I would like to invite you to think twice. I talked about the > psychological foundation for participating in such a large project as > Wikipedia. It needs tact not to harm an already suffering community > when such sweeping changes should be introduced. > > No one has ever asked for our opinion whether we want this or not. It > is decided over our head, par ordre de mufti. Most of us insist on > community processes taking place for introducing new technology on > such a big scale, not in order to deactivate it. > > Again, this is all about breaking a community. And we cannot discuss > this in terms of what is good or bad because you cannot revert the > negative impact new technology will have on old editors. This is not > only about technology. It's about psychology. And the latter will > prevail. > > Regards, > Jürgen. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
