Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2013-04-01/Technology report

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Hey :) A bit of clarification on the Wikidata part: The lag was attributed to Wikidata but there were other massive template changes going on at the same time and Wikidata was likely just a contributing factor. As for the deployment: We have a new date for deployment. It is April 8, so next Monday, if there are no further issues. --Lydia Pintscher (WMDE) (talk) 13:29, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I just want to say that I explicitly felt like these user experience issues shouldn't hold up deployment of phase 2 to English Wikipedia, and I'm heartened that other enwiki editors and key Wikidata supporters like Erik chimed in with constructive ways we can improve things for new and old editors alike. I still am cautious about the impact of Wikidata on editor engagement and retention, but they're not insurmountable problems. All things can be solved with some elbow grease and clearing thinking about the interaction design. In any case, thank you Jarry for highlighting concerns about usability when it comes to deploying new features. Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 21:21, 5 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]