I've reverted your changes. See
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_activity.cgi?id=156 for an example.
First, I agree that the wider communities interest in an issue should
affect the importance of the issue.
However, if the you feel like the developer community isn't being
responsive enough to a particular bug, then there are more effective
ways to get action on the bug than bumping up the "Priority" field on
bugs. Doing so will only lead to further frustration on your part.
We use that field to allocate our scarce resources
(
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bug_management/Bugzilla_usage) and
direct volunteer developers when they request it. Mass changes like the
ones you made should be discussed on wikitech-l and the consensus of the
developer community should be respected.
Thank you,
Mark.
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Mark A. Hershberger
Bugmeister
Wikimedia Foundation
mhershberger(a)wikimedia.org