On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 10:17 PM, Carol Moore DC <carolmooredc@verizon.net> wrote:And I assume all the ranting and raving that may follow - and which may or may not be relevant to the initial topic - is just part of fulfilling the email lists purpose??
We are discussing at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Canvassing what the policy should be on official wikipedia mailing lists like this.
Also probably needs discussion more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mailing_lists.
These are current such lists https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo
CM
There seems to be a starting consensus at [[WT:Canvas]] that if the mailing list is a Foundation one with a public archive, and if the initial email about the issue is worded neutrally (e.g. here is a discussion that list members might be interested in), there shouldn't be a problem.
Sarah