Hi Gary,
Just to clarify:
Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:15:37 +0100
From: "Gary Kirk" gary.kirk@gmail.com
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Is MediaWiki-l
dysfunctional? What is it good for, really?
To: "MediaWiki announcements and site
admin list" <mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org>
I am growing frustrated with your messages...
Peter Blaise says: Then either ignore me or respond to me privately, off list, eh?
Gary says: Nobody is forcing you to use,
view, or post to this mailing list...
Peter Blaise says: Nor you. But somehow, I've had trouble getting my situation presented - not enough room to address BIG problems? Hence my question, what's the list for, really?
Gary says: If you want people's responses
when they send them, why sign up to the
digest version? You can change your
settings at lists.wikimedia.org...
Peter Blaise says: I don't want their response when they send them, one by one, I want to read all engaged dialogical responses from all contributors all together as much as possible, with each of us responding to each other feedback in process. The digest was arriving multiple times daily, then stopped for days, hence my question, is the list dysfunctional?
Gary says: There is support available on
MediaWiki.org:
mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk.
There's also #mediawik at irc.freenode.net...
Peter Blaise says: Nope. Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. There is no "there" there.
Gary says: This list is a fantastic resource
and you have done nothing but rubbish it
or complain. Remember, we don't owe you
anything, but as we're nice people, we'll try
and help. We're all also human, and we
have limits...
Peter Blaise says: Complain? Heck - all I'm asking for is HELP, and specific help at that! This list has been ZERO support for me and my problems as presented. So, our experience differ.
However, please set me straight - contribute an accurate answer today!
If YOU know how to install MediaWiki on Window XP Pro with Apache, PHP, MySQL and PHPMyAdmin, then please contribute your notes and make the list as useful for me as you claim it is for you.
Thanks!
- Peter Blaise