On 03/03/2013 01:49 PM, ENWP Pine wrote:
Date: Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:40:55 -0800 From: Antoine Musso hashar+wmf@free.fr To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] "Pictures from a developer's life" Message-ID: kh0900$qqd$1@ger.gmane.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Le 03/03/13 09:39, ENWP Pine a écrit :
Forwarding a link from the EE list for the enjoyment of workaholics and volunteers who check their email on weekends. If you get this email while you're working paid time, please wait until you're on free time. (: http://martinvalasek.com/blog/pictures-from-a-developers-life
Do you know this is a serious mailing list? Not a place to hangout with your friends and share dumb stuff. There are other services to do that.
-- Antoine "hashar" Musso
Sigh. The EE list is a normally "serious" list too, and that doesn't stop people from smiling once in awhile. This was sent to EE by someone from an @wikimedia.org email address.
Anyway, since there are apparently strong feelings against building morale or camaraderie on the Wikitech list, I won't do this again.
Pine
It is time for one of my very rare List Decrees.
Antoine: you were a little too grumpy there in how you phrased this, but I understand where you're coming from. The ee list had 98 messages in February; wikitech-l had 993. You're right that we need to keep the list (mostly) on-topic.
Pine: you're exaggerating a little bit in your characterization, but you have a point -- there is room for the occasional pleasant semi-related post to brighten people's day. I have done morale- and camaraderie-building stuff on this list, like celebrating new maintainers, or starting that Appreciation thread back in August.
Pine and Antoine: I value your contributions to the Wikimedia community and I ask you to take a breath, value each other, and share the WikiLove.
Thanks.