:::Scott and I have been in touch before, but his retirement is news to me. I hope he finds more satisfaction doing whatever he goes on to do next. 
 :::I find one of your statements very interesting: "But if you start forcing change on Wikipedia, you'll break the community." Help me out with this one. What specific groups of people make up what you're calling "Wikipedia" here? Also, what do you mean by "break"? I haven't talked to a single Wikipedian who believes that nothing is broken in the project, and that's to be expected. But I've been very surprised by how many Wikipedians from all walks of wikilife believe the status quo is broken. What do you think? 
 :::The community loses none of its options by giving Lila a chance to do what she has done time and time again: build great services that their consumers fall in love with. But if it turns to the nuclear option now, it certainly loses an opportunity to work with her to build a WMF that meets and exceeds the community's expectations. In the meantime, the nuclear options aren't going anywhere. I've seen what she can do, but even if I didn't know what I do about her track record of turning software projects and entire organizations around, I'd still say it stands to reason that the community serves itself best with a little patience.