Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2011-10-24/Interview

I welcome this appointment. I have complained long  and hard about  the vague line between the community  and the WMF, the lack  of transparency, and the oblivion  as to who  is really  in  charge of anything. The issues surrounding the ACTRIAL and the  India Education Program were  prime examples. When I drafted and proposed the New Page Patrol  Survey, I  almost  took  for  granted that  it  was going  to  be another lost  cause, but  working  with  Oliver and Howie  has restored some of my  confidence that  the community's voice will  be better heard in  the future. Congratulations to Oliver on  his new post. --Kudpung กุดผึ้ง (talk) 12:17, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Kudpung! It's genuinely great to know I've started to help improve things. As always, a lot of credit has to go to you - your workload is phenomenal. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 13:28, 26 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Oliver is an excellent choice as a representative of the community and I am pleased that the low value, space-hogging atrocity that is the feedback bar is being remade from the ground up. Keep the vertical height tiny, please! And we particularly don't need the "I am an expert on this subject" box. Carrite (talk) 18:52, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'll take that into account! You know, we've got an Office Hours session tonight to discuss it - want to come along? If so, I can ping you the details. Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 13:38, 27 October 2011 (UTC)