Robert Rohde wrote:
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At some level Foundation-l is a victim of Wikimedia's success. Long-term
growth in the brand must inevitably filter into growth in the conversation
about Wikimedia. Maybe one can stem that tide for a while by asking for
restraint, but sooner or later the only real recourse is to restructure the
conversation. Whether that restructuring is best accomplished by new
mailing lists or new technologies, is a difficult question to answer, but
I'm inclined to believe that mailing lists can't be the answer to
everything.
-Robert A. Rohde
Yea, and it would be a pity to throw out the baby with the
bathwater...if contributors are watching their backs, as is suggested,
we might miss out on a *really* insightful post and we would all be the
poorer for it -- luke