Hoi,
There are too many "village pumps" there are fewer embassies. By sending to
a mailing list you reach the people who have indicated to be interested in
the subjects a mailing list stands for.
I disagree that the mailing list are less public or transparent then the
"village pumps", they reach a different public. When a specific thread is of
sufficient interest, it can be referred to. The archives are open to all. I
would even argue the opposite; when you post on more then two "village
pumps" most people will not know what is said elsewhere and consequently it
is impossible to reach a consensus.
Thanks,
GerardM
On 8/11/07, Gianluigi Gamba <gigamb(a)tin.it> wrote:
2007/8/11, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher(a)gmail.com>om>:
...Well that's fine. The name is not of great importance to me. I just
want some infrastructure to exist.
In a sense, it already does exist.
The "village pumps" and the "embassies" (or their equivalent) of
every
wikiproject are the right place for posting questions about policy
comparisons, suggestion about wiki-activities, and so on... meta itself
*is*
the place where try to coordinate globally.
The main difference is that such wiki-spaces are completely public and
trasparent, meanwhile a mailing list requires a subscription. But the
topics
given as example IMHO do not require secrecy. Should a topic be handled in
a
non-wholly-public place, there are the already existing mailing lists...
Bye,
G.
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