Richard wrote:
I'm thinking of starting up a new Google group, something like MediaWiki-Community.
Simon wrote:
I prefer self-hosted Mailing list (for example Mailman) over Google Groups. Its alway the same with online communities; "the winner takes all". I personally don't subscribe to mailing lists with low traffic and member numbers.
http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html
cheers Simon
Hi Simon,
Thanks for replying. There are a number of issues here, the most important one being about diversity (which can be read as MediaWiki out- reach). Folks here may not like Google groups, but others are equally intimidated by MediaWiki-L (I'm assuming). In my life, I have run many e- mailing lists, through Majordomo and Gnu Mailman. Most of those lists have no archival existence today. Large hosts like Google make for more reliable archiving (sustainability), if it matters. They are often more intuitive for non-techies -- again, if it matters.
We should expect the MediaWiki community to double or triple in coming years, out into increasingly diverse cultural realms. More discussion modalities may become necessary.
Richard