Hoi, There is no way that I would consider the wikien-l as the obvious place to read about things specific to Wikipedia in general. When people mistake the English language wikipedia mailing list for just that, they will miss out on the people that are involved in the "other" wikipedias.. Yes, I know some will think what other Wikipediashttp://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias ... Thanks, GerardM
On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
joyce wrote:
I had even forgotten I had subscribed. No offense, but what WAS wikipedia-l created to do?
Wikipedia-l was created on January 22, 2001, a week after the creation of the Wikipedia website. Its purpose was to provide a place for Wikipedia-specific discussions, as an alternative to the Nupedia list which was in use for Wikipedia-related discussions before that date.
Here is the archive of the first post: <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2001-January/000000.html
Wikipedia-l was initially used for all discussions relating to Wikipedia, including technical and organisational issues. It has now been replaced by wikitech-l, wikien-l and foundation-l. Foundation-l did in fact take a while to catch on, but now that it has, wikipedia-l is left with no role. Even discussions which affect only the Wikipedia editions and not other Wikimedia projects today find their place on other lists.
I hope that Wikipedia-l will not be deleted, as nupedia-l was, so that the archives will remain easily accessible for people who are interested in Wikipedia's history.
-- Tim Starling
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