good morning
To quote a spammer who found this list. Which now raises the question:
1. Is there a moderator for this list? If so, you know what to do.
2. Considering that these two way-off-topic emails comprise the only traffic this list has had in many months, should this list be closed down & should everyone admit that there is no serious interest in creating a US Wikimedia chapter?
Geoff
gburling@hevanet.com wrote:
- Is there a moderator for this list? If so, you know what to do.
I'm the moderator, and it's been so long since I last logged in to the administrative interface that I no longer have the password (and can't seem to get it reset.) Which brings us to your second point:
- Considering that these two way-off-topic emails comprise the only
traffic this list has had in many months, should this list be closed down & should everyone admit that there is no serious interest in creating a US Wikimedia chapter?
Probably.
- Tim McCormack
gburling@hevanet.com wrote:
- Is there a moderator for this list? If so, you know what to do.
Okay, found my password. (*phew*)
I've set an option so that I'll have to approve any new members on the list. Also, the list is no longer advertised on the server.
Is there anyone who *objects* to killing this list?
- Tim McCormack
Tim McCormack wrote:
gburling@hevanet.com wrote:
- Is there a moderator for this list? If so, you know what to do.
Okay, found my password. (*phew*)
I've set an option so that I'll have to approve any new members on the list. Also, the list is no longer advertised on the server.
Is there anyone who *objects* to killing this list?
- Tim McCormack
While this list is significantly under-utilized, I do believe that it serves an explicit purpose otherwise not dealt with elsewhere in the Wikimedia Community:
Working the the creation and development of Wikimedia "chapters" within the USA
There was some significant development in terms of a "Wikimedia Pennsylvania" chapter, and some other similar local and state-level chapters. Considering how effective some of the chapters have become in Europe, it is unfortunate that U.S. chapters aren't nearly so well developed even if for purely social reasons.
I have been "lurking" on here for some time, and for the most part spam isn't really a huge problem. In fact, the bandwidth is so low that I don't mind the discussions on here... as compared to Foundation-l that I've been tempted on several occasions to dump just because I can only read about 10% (and going down) of the posts on that mailing list even when I'm trying. Perhaps only 1%. That isn't the case with this mailing list.
This said, I don't want to see this list turn into a spam trap.
-- Robert Horning
On Feb 19, 2008 12:18 AM, Tim McCormack cortex@brainonfire.net wrote:
Is there anyone who *objects* to killing this list?
While this list has been dormant for quite some time, it's collected quite a few people interested in the subject in one place, and it may serve some use in the very near future.
We in the chapters committee are actively working to resolve this issue within the next few months, and two U.S. groups are working on formalizing with an official status. If anyone is interested in lending their thoughts and opinions, let me know and I'll share more details.
Austin
I'm interested in hearing the details. Is there a Meta page associated with these happenings or a chapters wiki?
--John Reaves
On Feb 19, 2008 3:50 PM, Austin Hair adhair@gmail.com wrote:
On Feb 19, 2008 12:18 AM, Tim McCormack cortex@brainonfire.net wrote:
Is there anyone who *objects* to killing this list?
While this list has been dormant for quite some time, it's collected quite a few people interested in the subject in one place, and it may serve some use in the very near future.
We in the chapters committee are actively working to resolve this issue within the next few months, and two U.S. groups are working on formalizing with an official status. If anyone is interested in lending their thoughts and opinions, let me know and I'll share more details.
Austin
Wikimediaus-l mailing list Wikimediaus-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l
On Feb 19, 2008 7:14 PM, John Reaves johnreaveswp@gmail.com wrote:
I'm interested in hearing the details. Is there a Meta page associated with these happenings
Many.
* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_chapters#Planned_chapters * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Pennsylvania * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_United_States_of_America * http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_United_States_Chapters_Council
to name a few.
or a chapters wiki?
Only a private one for the Chapters committee http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ChapCom, everything else is done on Meta.
--John Reaves
On Feb 19, 2008 3:50 PM, Austin Hair adhair@gmail.com wrote:
On Feb 19, 2008 12:18 AM, Tim McCormack cortex@brainonfire.net wrote:
Is there anyone who *objects* to killing this list?
While this list has been dormant for quite some time, it's collected quite a few people interested in the subject in one place, and it may serve some use in the very near future.
We in the chapters committee are actively working to resolve this issue within the next few months, and two U.S. groups are working on formalizing with an official status. If anyone is interested in lending their thoughts and opinions, let me know and I'll share more details.
Austin
Wikimediaus-l mailing list Wikimediaus-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l
Wikimediaus-l mailing list Wikimediaus-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaus-l
On Feb 18, 2008 10:18 PM, Tim McCormack cortex@brainonfire.net wrote:
gburling@hevanet.com wrote:
- Is there a moderator for this list? If so, you know what to do.
Okay, found my password. (*phew*)
I've set an option so that I'll have to approve any new members on the list. Also, the list is no longer advertised on the server.
Is there anyone who *objects* to killing this list?
Don't give up yet. The Wikimedia Australia mailing list was created in March 2006, almost 2 years ago. It was a slow start, but we finally submitted our documents to chapcom for approval of our chapter this month. I've no doubt the US chapters will get there soon, despite limited activity on this list.
Angela
Angela wrote:
Don't give up yet. The Wikimedia Australia mailing list was created in March 2006, almost 2 years ago. It was a slow start, but we finally submitted our documents to chapcom for approval of our chapter this month. I've no doubt the US chapters will get there soon, despite limited activity on this list.
Okay, I'll re-advertise the list (so it is findable).
I think that was the first spammer (now removed) to actually *join* the list instead of just sending all their crap directly to me. For now I'll re-open unhindered subscription and look into whether new users can be set as moderated by default.
- Tim McCormack (list mod)
wikimediaus-l@lists.wikimedia.org