I'm guessing confidentiality is the purpose for such a list. I'm not sure, however, that private mailing listshttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/04/wikipedia_secret_mailing/are necessarily great things right now. I understand the need for some discretion as concerns certain stories, but even so, do you want *all* accredited reporters to have access to all of that confidential information? If the answer is "no", then perhaps continued back-channel communication is the best thing (and even that's regrettable on a news site where everything is supposed to be out in the open and everyone should be able to participate in any stage of article preparation he might wish).
I used Google Documents (Writely at the time) to collaboratively write several *slightly confidential* stories with Wikinewsies a few years ago. For the most part, they were stories that were embargoed for some reason until a certain date or time.
Just rambling... -N.
On Dec 18, 2007 9:49 PM, bawolff bawolff+wn@gmail.com wrote:
Wasn't the mail list servers moved arround a while ago to make it easier to set up new mailing lists? ( I remember something in wikizine a while back. arbcom ended up being google groups)
As for mailing list, has there been a need for one yet? If there is, I say why not. but if there isn't, one no need to go creating what could be considered cabal this that without reason.
-bawolff
On Dec 17, 2007 2:10 AM, Wikinews Markie newsmarkie@googlemail.com wrote:
file a bugzilla :-)
mark
On Dec 17, 2007 4:14 AM, Nathan Reed nathanreed@gmail.com wrote:
From time to time it has been difficult to get the powers that be to
create new mailing lists. The climate may have changed, of course.
-N.
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