On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 27 July 2012 00:26, John Vandenberg
<jayvdb(a)gmail.com> wrote:
It says: "This is a private list, which means that the list of members
is not available to non-members."
That is a very specific meaning of "private". It only refers to the
list of members and, since anyone can subscribe and then see the list,
it really isn't very private at all. (I don't know why the list is
private - it should be made public since there is no purpose served by
having it be private.)
It isn't public. The software considers it private. Emails to the
list can be claimed to have been sent under the assumption that it
isn't going to be published on the web.
This was previously discussed in thread "List archives" from March 29
to April 11, where list admin & UK trustee Mike Peel promised to
restore the list to being a public list in three days (i.e. April 14)
after he had removed any problematic
emails.(7B53A90E-3A36-4737-BE50-FC23295F05A1(a)wikimedia.org.uk)
This was followed by Fae saying he would unsubscribe if it was
restored to being a public
list.(CAHRYMYXVd0RkFduwVYRjoth=BB8aP3DLnf87jv+_50fURCGRrw(a)mail.gmail.com)
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John Vandenberg