Anthere wrote in part:
Erik Moeller wrote:
first, a note: please use foundation-l for project wide discussions.
This is exactly what I said very recently. Till recently, wikipedia-l was the list to discuss project wide discussion. Now, we are beginning to cross post, because we do not see where this discussion is supposed to take place.
Typically, discussion over list of contributors, is related to gfdl, so should go to foundation, while discussion over a message to display during down time is rather wikitech or wikipedia-l.
In short, Erik, the difference between wikipedia-l and foundation-l is now difficult to define. Either we define it much better, or we should just remove a list.
Arguably, <wikipedia-L> should only be for issues that relate to the Wikipedia encyclopaedia projects, while anything that equally affects Wiktionary, Wikisource, etc sould go to <foundation-L> instead.
OTOH, what I thought was the purpose of <foundation-L> is to discuss matters related to the Wikimedia Foundation, while anything about the Wikimedia projects themselves would go to <wikipedia-L> as before.
Now, we could create a /new/ list <wikimedia-L> (with an "m"). Then people posting to <wikipedia-L> could be told "Hey, this affects Wiktionary too! Take it to <wikimedia-L>.", while people posting to <wikimedia-L> could be told "Hey, this is only about Wikipedia! Take it to <wikipedia-L>.". And people posting to <foundation-L> could be told "Hey, this is about the project content, not Foundation management! Take it to <wikimedia-L>.", while people posting to <wikimedia-L> could be told "Hey, this requires official action by the Foundation! Take it to <foundation-L>.".
What fun that would be! ^_^
-- Toby