So... Wikilove is enabled on all Wikis only by consensus... except en.wp, where it was pushed out with no consensus and as far as I can tell, no research yet proving it had any results?
2011/10/29 Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> > Hoi, > Given that the English Wikipedia has a problem, its page views is going > down for instance, there is a well documented division between the oldies > and the newbies. There is a natural attrition as well as open conflict > resulting in their being not as many editors as there used to be. > > Wikilove, the dashboard are all mechanisms to show appreciation and learn > from newbies. This functionality is developed with the English Wikipedia in > mind. > > My question what is the point in stagnating in old functionality when the > established community is to approve new features especially new features > not addressing the needs of the established community and seeking consensus > only once these features have been developed? > > With respect, these features are introduced, experience is gained and > consequently these features will be adapted. Does constant community > consensus make sense and if so what is it that you hope to achieve? How is > a no going to help given the need for a more healthy English community ? > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 29 October 2011 14:49, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequ...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > Message: 1 > > > Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:31:07 -0700 > > > From: Brandon Harris <bhar...@wikimedia.org> > > > Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] On certain shallow, American-centered, > > > foolish software initiatives backed by WMF > > > To: foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Message-ID: <4eab2d2b.3020...@wikimedia.org> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/28/11 3:27 PM, Etienne Beaule wrote: > > > > It's disabled on certain wikis because of technical problems. > > > > > > > > > > Oh? I wasn't aware that it had been disabled anywhere as yet. > > > > > > WikiLove was not rolled out "en mass"; the policy for deployment > > of > > > the > > > tool is that it is by request only, and the requesting wiki must: > > > > > > a) Make sure the tool is localized (via TranslateWiki); > > > b) Make sure they have a local configuration; and > > > c) Show community consensus. > > > > > > So if it was enabled and then *disabled*, I have not heard of > > this. > > > Is > > > there a bug report I can look to? Or if you know of a wiki where this > > > is the case, I can do a search. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > -b. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Brandon Harris, Senior Designer, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > > > Support Free Knowledge: http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Donate > > > > > > > > Good to hear that wikilove is only going in on wikis where there is > > consensus for it. Can anyone give me a link to the discussion that > > established consensus on EN wikipedia? The nearest I could find was > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28miscellaneous%29/Archive_33#Thoughts_on_WikiLove.3F > > > > Ta > > > > WerepielChequers > > _______________________________________________ > > foundation-l mailing list > > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
