As a non-technical volunteer, I've drifted in and out of the VE discussion, and have participated at wildly variable levels over the past few years.
I found this to be a very interesting and informative read - especially as it came from people new to the entire history. It's good to have fresh eyes on a situation. Thank you for your work on this, it was quite enlightening. Risker/Anne On 7 June 2015 at 00:09, Neil P. Quinn <nqu...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hey Greg! > > Yes, this is meant to be a one-time process. We've been spending a > significant proportion of our time on it ever since we joined in mid-April > (I'd say about 30% for me, and probably more for Joel)—too much to make it > a regular thing. And hopefully, if we manage to address these problems, we > won't find them replaced by new ones the very next quarter :) > > Thanks for the question—it feels great to know that someone is out there > reading our child of the mind! > ————— > Neil P. Quinn <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Neil_P._Quinn-WMF>, > product analyst > Wikimedia Foundation > +1 (202) 656 3457 > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 3:34 PM, Greg Grossmeier <g...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > > > <quote name="Neil P. Quinn" date="2015-06-05" time="16:56:07 -0700"> > > > Hello everybody! > > > > > > For the past couple months, Joel Aufrecht and I have been working on a > > > project to document and improve the VisualEditor team's processes; we > > > just published a draft of our report > > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/2015_Process_Review> on > > > mediawiki.org. If you're interested, please read it over and, of > > > course, shout at us on the talk page if we wrote anything stupid. > > > > > > Neil et al, this is great! Thanks for the very informative read, even as > > someone who works closely with the VE team on a semi-daily basis (at > > least!). I think it is great that the time and energy was devoted to > > developing this report. > > > > The plan at [0] suggests that this is a one-time process with a > > conclusion (which is good), thus it isn't tied in, explicitly, with the > > quarterly goal planning process, correct? > > > > > > Best, > > > > Greg > > > > [0] < > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/VisualEditor/2015_Team_Process_Review#Plans > > > > > > > -- > > | Greg Grossmeier GPG: B2FA 27B1 F7EB D327 6B8E | > > | identi.ca: @greg A18D 1138 8E47 FAC8 1C7D | > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
