There's been a request to make mailing list readers aware of a poll
being conducted at
A number of users have expressed major concerns about
the way
discussions occur and decisions are made and propegated with regard to
the mailing lists (particuarly WikiEN-L). Presently, the mailing list
is dominated by a handful of individuals and thoughtful back-and-forth
discussion over extended periods of time is difficult (among other
difficulties). Multiple users have complained that the mailing list
volume is too high for them to reasonably keep up with. The current
situation is clearly frustrating to many users, and clearly action is
called for. However, there should be a home for the sorts of informal
"meta-discussion" that takes place on the mailing list.
This subject was recently brought up on WikiEN-L and was rapidly shot
down; however, those who shot it down were those who frequent the
mailing list, and I feel as if the community's voice has not been
heard. Below I propose a number of potential solutions; feel free to
add additional options...
I personally suggest moving discussions to the online forums already
set up at
boards.wikimedia.org, because they offer the threading,
viewing, and referencing capabilities that the Wiki is not capable of,
but are open, fully transparent, and real-time on the web (accessible
conveniently to all).