Thread:Talk:Flow/Strengths of existing system/reply (6)

What is interesting or valuable about the workarounds? What do they reveal about how people prefer to collaborate? Knowing the way you work, I am sure you've asked questions like this, but I think your thinking on this needs to be on prominent display if community buy-in is desired. I'm not looking for answers here in discussion -- my point is that the description of the project needs to put this stuff on display, or nobody outside the core group working on the feature will understand or fully buy into its value, nobody outside a core group will be in a position to offer useful input along the way. I am pretty sure this kind of communication is the key to getting genuine community buy-in in the long run.

An example of the kind of overview/conversation-starter that works: http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimediaannounce-l/2011-September/000238.html and a helpful evaluation of what came before: meta:Talk:Terms_of_use