Fantasy wrote:

I just have to say, that I would love to follow all en-discussions, but I (and many others) are working in many other languages as well and can therefore not follow everything going on here.

But: I (or we) would nevertheless like to know what "important" is going on here. We want to be part of Wikipedia en.

So, please, help me/us by adding important postings to this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mailing_list_postings_that_should_be_...

I think it's a good idea. :-) I've cleaned up that page a bit, and I hope it's going to be used.

However, there are a number of things you can do to make it easier for you. You seem to already be aware that the mailing lists are available through NNTP. Most newsgroup readers allow you to ignore a thread. The problem with a page like the one you're suggesting is that there will be clashes with what people think is "important" enough that "everyone" should read it; with a newsreader, I can ignore the threads that don't interest me, and I don't have to let anyone else know :-)

(Of course, it would be nice if people would stop using broken software that completely breaks threading, but it's at least something...)

Timwi