Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2012-01-09/Technological roadmap

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Discuss this story

From the article:

"Although these are not necessarily indicative of more programming work, they do suggest that more developer hours were devoted to improving the software behind Wikimedia wikis this year than in 2010..."

Let me rephrase that for you:

"Although these are not necessarily indicative of more programming work, they are indicative of more programming work."

– Smyth\talk 12:27, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, what I meant was closer to:
"Although these are not necessarily indicative of more programming work, they are suggestive of it."
There was also originally a sense from the first clause that the figures cannot be used to make a value judgement with regard to 2011 vs 2010, but that didn't make the final cut. I shall adjust that now. - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 12:41, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • The staff–volunteer divide that was highlighted last year continued to be a source of tension in during 2011 [clarification needed] Orange Mike | Talk 15:24, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • To clarify by example, I recall that the differences between staff-written code and user-written code was treated were raised several times in different contexts (mostly from the perspective of disgruntled volunteers); there were also questions over the whether staff had the authority to take decisions unilaterally and, if so, in what areas; and I'm sure a whole host of other things I can't quite put my finger on at the moment. - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 16:03, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
  • "The Moodbar extension, deployed in July, was also a notable development in the field of new user integration; perhaps as a result of it and projects like it, the overall downward trend in the number of active editors on projects such as the English Wikipedia seemingly slowed during 2011." Giggle. Does anyone actually believe this? Ntsimp (talk) 15:47, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
    • Projects like it seems more likely than specifically the MoodBar, but, even so, it doesn't take much to suggest that every little helps in these matters. - Jarry1250 [Deliberation needed] 16:03, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
      • We have a mood bar - seriously? And that is supposed to help ... How? When psychology undergrads can't even register an account, perhaps we are looking through the wrong end of the telescope. Rich Farmbrough, 21:03, 11 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
        • Oh the Dashboard... why is it called a mood bar? Rich Farmbrough, 21:07, 11 January 2012 (UTC).[reply]
          • The MoodBar is a producer of data for the Feedback Dashboard. The Dashboard is envisioned as being a larger and more comprehensive tool for interaction with new users. The MoodBar feedback is just the first producer of content for it. For example, there are thoughts to have feedback about the mobile beta site flow into the Feedback Dashboard, too. In the future, we could have general "help me" requests go there as well. "MoodBar" is not a user-facing term, by the way, but it accurately describes how the feature works.--Jorm (WMF) (talk) 21:15, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-01-09/Technological_roadmap&oldid=1136597803"