Thread:Talk:Release Management RFP/Cost v. benefit/reply (6)

What do we mean by “advocate third party interests”?
Here are some recent examples of what “advocate third party interests” means: the recent upload problem in 1.23 (about 2 hours) or the #REDIRECT bug (about 5 hours).

Of course, being available to engage in these unexpected problems takes time, too.

Another example is the one Cindy Cicalese mentioned in her endorsement. She submitted a minor patch to gerrit to add a needed hook to core and wasn't able to find anyone to review it. Because I was at SMWCon in Montreal and made it clear that I was available to help people get things done with MediaWiki, I was able to make sure her patch got the attention it needed.