Ok Mike, thanks - I was indeed sending as html, but this one is plain text, so let's
see if it shows up on my feed.
John
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 09:50:47 -0300
> From: Michael Peel
> To: UK Wikimedia mailing list
> Cc: John Byrne
> Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Wikimediauk-l Digest, Vol 153, Issue 7
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> Hi John,
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> I think you’re sending emails in HTML format, which come through to the list OK as an
individual email, but HTML-formatted emails are removed from the digest ("An HTML
attachment was scrubbed”). So there are two options: change to using plain text format for
the emails you send to the list, or change to receive individual messages rather than the
digest.
>
> Thanks,
> Mike
> > On 10 Apr 2018, at 15:05, John Byrne wrote:
> >
> > Once again my post is (to me) a header and blank text, but others can evidently
see it, which is something. Katie seems to see the only possible problem as the chapter
getting criticised...
> >
> > John/Johnbod
> > > On 10 April 2018 at 18:57 wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia .org
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> > > 1. Re: UK chapter membership numbers (John Byrne) (John Lubbock) 2. Re: UK
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> > > Message: 1
> > > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:54:28 +0100
> > > From: John Lubbock
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> > > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers (John
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> > > On 10 April 2018 at 18:49, John Byrne wrote:
> > > > As very often in recent years, I got a notification of my post sent
an
> > > > hour or so ago, with completely blank text. Yet Katie has clearly seen
it,
> > > > as she quotes me. Have others also got blanks? Can the rather cryptic
> > > > instructions for replies be clarified, or is there some bug? I get
the
> > > > digest version. It doesn't exactly encourage people to contribute,
and may
> > > > be a factor in the much lower activity on this list in recent years.
It
> > > > never used to happen.
> > > >
> > > > No Katie, I don't think this has much to do with it, though you
are right
> > > > to imply that the chapter is over-sensitive to criticism...
> > > >
> > > > John/Johnbod
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10 April 2018 at 18:37 wikimediauk-l-request(a)lists.wikimedia .org
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> > > > Today's Topics:
> > > > Re: UK chapter membership numbers (Charles Matthews) 2. UK chapter
> > > >
> > > > membership numbers (John Byrne) 3. Re: UK chapter membership numbers
(Katie
> > > > Chan) 4. Re: UK chapter membership numbers (Richard Nevell)
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> > > > Message: 1
> > > > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:25:51 +0100 (BST)
> > > > From: Charles Matthews
> > > > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list
> > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers
> > > > Message-ID: <1623281894.198396.1523366751569(a)mail2.virginmedia
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> > > > On 10 April 2018 at 11:41 Fæ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It appears that the jump in numbers was a one-off event, there has
> > > > been no continued growth since whatever happened.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I don't know what happened. I did correspond with the office about
a
> > > > prompt to renew. One could simulate such a "one-off event"
by simply asking
> > > > people whose membership had lapsed to renew. I was doing this sort of
thing
> > > > for WMUK some seven years ago, so as an explanation it is not
far-fetched.
> > > >
> > > > Charles
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Message: 2
> > > > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 17:31:33 +0100 (BST)
> > > > From: John Byrne
> > > > To: wikimediauk-l(a)lists.wikimedia .org
> > > > Subject: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers
> > > > Message-ID: <522111329.168305.1523377893491(a)email.1and1 .co.uk>
> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> > > >
> > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
> > > > URL:
> > > >
> > > > Message: 3
> > > > Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:31:14 +0100
> > > > From: Katie Chan
> > > > To: UK Wikimedia mailing list
> > > > Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] UK chapter membership numbers
> > > > Message-ID: <7mbf1d6v6k6decqn08p662nx.1523381474669(a)email.android
.com>
> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Oh I don't know, maybe this "yawning gap" wouldn't
be so wide if the
> > > > chapter don't get criticised for both not increasing its
membership numbers
> > > > and having increased its membership numbers.
> > > > Just a wide guess....
> > > > KTC
> > > >
> > > > Sent from my Samsung device
> > > >