Hi Leila
On 26.06.2015 20:40, Leila Zia wrote:
On Fri, Jun 26, 2015 at 12:29 AM, Emmanuel Engelhart <kelson@kiwix.org mailto:kelson@kiwix.org> wrote:
[...] I have received this kind of email too. "No",*this is not delightful at all*. This kind of email bores me, like many other Wikipedians (see https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Le_Bistro_du_jour#Wikimedia_Foundation_se_lance_dans_le_spam). AFAIK I don't have asked to received that kind of email, and the definition of what you do is "spamming" (and please don't answer to this by talking about the "opt-out" option, "opt-in" is the respectful way of doing). Can you please stop this immediately?I'm sorry that you received an email when you don't like to receive one. This is not nice and I apologize for that. The opt-out option is available through the email you have received. We will make sure you do not receive any future research related emails if you unsubscribe. The test on French Wikipedia is over now.
The opt-out/opt-in discussion deserves a dedicated effort considering the needs of everyone involved. I'm committed for improving the communications with users regarding research projects and will do what I can on that front.
I know SF is really the "Far West" and maybe concepts like "Netiquette" or simply "good manners" may not have come so far... But if you judge your action unilaterally from the communication POV (which is obviously bad), then I'm sure you will understand what advertisement about "newly developed spamming machine at Wikimedia Foundation" means. As far as I can see we have enough bored people in the French speaking community to relay this kind of message.
Emmanuel