In my opinion, it is very important for any community to keep itself updated with the technical
advancements that could help the community. BetaFeatures is an amazing tool. I had attended
it's IRC introductory meeting and even the senior members of several communities agree that
this would be a very economical way of testing new features. I also think that the Indian Wikimedia
community should not be an absolutely Indian list, it needs some interaction with the global
community as well. Only developers are mostly subscribed to technical mailing list and very important
advancements are posted to regional lists. It would be really much better if we applaud the effort
put by Pavanaja, instead of accusing him of spamming which he did not commit. I don't think
condemning every action, even the ones done in good faith need to be criticised so much that
people stop acting altogether. No developer wants to volunteer for a community that doesn't value
his time and appreciate the effort they put.
Thank You,
Aarti