User:Elitre (WMF)/Feedback centralization

https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T162664

Community heads-up


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Over two years ago I contacted several wikis as part of the plan to progressively centralise user feedback about the visual editor at mediawiki.org. Among the other advantages it offers, the centralised board is the only one that is checked at least weekly by WMF Community Liaisons.

If you are reading this message, this means that the local feedback page wasn't suppressed then, but it's still a low traffic page, with low or no maintenance, only featuring off-topic content, or all of these alternatives.

We are working at the second phase of feedback centralisation. This will also affect this page for the reasons explained above: you don't need to do anything. We will redirect both the existing feedback page and the feedback tool (accessible from within the editor) to the centralised page on mediawiki.org. Please note, we will still need your help at mediawiki.org! In case feedback is posted there in your language, we may need someone who is proficient in it to take a look. So please do let us know who we could ping to get some support. Thanks!

However, if you actually still want to keep the local feedback page: please let me know as soon as possible that this is your intention. Then, you will have to add a visible notice at the top of the page in your language. It needs to either flag the name of (at least) one volunteer who agrees to monitor and take action on the page from now on, or it needs to say that the page is not actively monitored by WMF staff. I will also contact volunteers who had previously given their availability to act as local liaisons, to see if they'll renew their intentions.

Unless I hear from you before, we will proceed with the plan above in 2 weeks. I appreciate your attention and all your support! E.

Volunteer heads-up
Hi, in the past, you had expressed interest to maintain. Thank you!

Having all the feedback on a single, centralized place like mw:VisualEditor/Feedback mainly means getting faster, more frequent replies and more attention from a higher number of people, including the people who are building the software. It also means chances are high, that editors will find that someone else has already written there about the issues or requests they wanted to post. Maintaining a local page instead can be cumbersome: it needs to be checked frequently in case someone reports urgent issues. Old threads need to be archived from time to time. Off-topic comments should be removed to keep readability. Feedback left there is sometimes not easily understandable or actionable at all.

'''After 2 years, we are revisiting decisions about local feedback pages. Please see '''. Looking forward to hearing from you there. Best,