If folks want to work on developing this idea for out more concretely, they can use this page to begin doing so. Eventually, when a proposal is ready and a fuller discussion is needed, I'd need to look into where the appropriate place to go is, because I'm not sure if functions regarding e-mail are handled on a project-by-project basis (and if so, where that is) or if this needs to happen somewhere on Mediawiki.org. I suppose a decent place to start would be the village pump of a specific project to get a conversation started once a proposal is ready.
On Thu, Feb 9, 2017 at 3:44 PM, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers@gmail.com> wrote:...The first would be to allow editors to set their email to only receive from confirmed or even extended confirmed accounts. This would be invisible to new editors, they'd just not see the email this user option for people they weren't entitled to email.This is a great idea. I wish I had this now.The second would be an opt in Email moderation service. Similarly to only receiving email from confirmed or extended confirmed accounts, this would enable editors to opt all or parts of their email via the "email this user" function into a moderated stream. Much as with moderated posts to lists like this, a list admin would see the email and either approve it or take other action. You'd presumably need to having something on the send email screen to say that "this editor has opted into email moderation and your email will be delayed slightly before being screened and forwarded" You'd also need a group of volunteers to do the moderation, spot abusive emails and block abusers.Also a good idea, but I doubt it would be scalable. We have a hard enough time finding volunteers to moderate this mailing list, much less, hundreds of people's incoming email streams. Plus there would be serious privacy issues to worry about.The third would be an AI driven filter that people could opt into and which would screen emails going through this system and put high risk ones into a moderation queue.This might be a more workable implementation of the previous idea.Another idea I've heard would be to let people use email aliases similar to Craigslist. That way you could respond to wiki-related emails without giving away your actual email address.
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