In reply to kimstuart12345.

@kimstuart,

So "Users make the rules," do they? Not on wordpress.org, they don't. That would be crazy. Wordpress.org is supposed to provide leadership and examples of best practice. You might not agree with what gets decided -- hey, I frequently don't -- but it is definitely not, and should never be, the users who decide. That would lead to utter disaster.

Now outside of wordpress.org, users, developers, etc. can do what the hell they want. That's the beauty of open source, isn't it? And if what goes on outside wordpress.org turns out to be better than the direction in which the wordpress.org leadership went, then all power to those ploughing that furrow.

But please don't confuse the power to do your own thing in your own space with a supposed right to do your own thing on wordpress.org.