Earlier: "... And your point is ? ..."
Peter Blaise responds: How much energy do you have for this?
We were discussing parser behavior, then 2 people suggested the chat should be on another
list, yet they did not provide a link. I quoted a link, and the (apparently) initial
reference to the list. Is there more? Maybe we should occasionally revisit the list of
lists, and quote it here, as of today:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/overview
Wikimedia Foundation:
foundation-l (archive) - mailing list for the Wikimedia Foundation
wikitech-l (archive) - software development and Wikimedia maintenance
wikitext-l (archive) - markup and parsers discussions
mediawiki-api (archive) - announcement & discussion list for MediaWiki API
mediawiki-l (archive) - announcement & help list for people using the software to run
other wikis
mediawiki-i18n (archive) - MediaWiki internationalisation and language setup
mediawiki-announce (archive) - update and security announcements only (low-traffic)
mediawiki-cvs (archive) - automated notifications of Subversion commits
wikibugs-l - automated notifications of bug reports
wikibots-l (archive) - discussion list for bot-editor users on Wikimedia sites
wiki-research-l (archive) - low volume list for people who are actively engaged in
research on the Wikipedia project
wiki-offline-reader-l (archive) - list for the co-ordination of work on a free offline
MediaWiki reader
translators-l (archive) - a list for discussing and announcing translations across the
Wikimedia projects
wikimania-l (archive) for announcements and discussion about the Wikimania conference
wikiquality-l (archive) discussions regarding the design and implementation of
quality-related technology for Wikimedia projects, as well as quality policies and
initiatives.
oversight-l - Private mailing list for Oversight users.
stewards-l - Private mailing list for Stewards.
checkuser-l - Private mailing list for CheckUser users.
Wikimedia chapters:
WikimediaAU-l (archive) - for matters relating to the planned Australian chapter, but not
concerning the wider Foundation
Wikimedia-ca (archive) - for matters relating to the planned Canadian chapter, but not
concerning the wider Foundation
WikimediaCH-l (archive) for matters relating to the Swiss chapter, but not concerning the
wider Foundation.
VereinAT-l (archive) - for matters relating to the planned Austrian chapter, but not
concerning the wider Foundation
VereinDE-l (archive) - for matters relating to the German chapter, but not concerning the
wider Foundation
WikimediaFR-l (archive) - for matters relating to the French chapter, but not concerning
the wider Foundation
WikimediaNL-l (archive) - for matters relating to the Dutch chapter, but not concerning
the wider Foundation
WikimediaPL-l (archive) - for matters relating to the Polish chapter, but not concerning
the wider Foundation
WikimediaRO-l (archive) - for matters relating to the proposed Romanian chapter, but not
concerning the wider Foundation
WikimediaSR-l (archive) - for matters relating to the Serbian chapter, but not concerning
the wider Foundation
WikimediaUK-l (archive) - for matters relating to the UK chapter, but not concerning the
wider Foundation
Project mailing lists:
wikipedia-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of Wikipedia
(see below for local mailing lists)
wikisource-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of
Wikisource
textbook-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of Wikibooks
(see below for local mailing lists)
wiktionary-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of
Wiktionary (see below for local mailing lists)
wikinews-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of Wikinews
(see below for local mailing lists)
wikiversity-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of
Wikiversity
wikispecies-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of
Wikispecies
commons-l (archive) - for the Wikimedia Commons-related discussion
wikiquote-l (archive) - for Wikiquote-related discussion
Wikimediameta-l - list for issues specific for the Meta-Wiki (the wiki where you are now)
Local Wikipedia mailing lists:
wikials-l (Alemannisch)
wikiar-l (العربية)
wikica-l (Català)
wikida-l (Dansk)
wikide-l (Deutsch)
wikien-l (English)
daily-article-l (archive) - sends the current article featured on the Main Page to all
subscribers
wikieo-l (Esperanto)
wikies-l (Español)
wikifi-l (Suomi)
wikifr-l (francophone)
wikihi-l (हिन्दी)
wikihu-l (Magyar)
wikiia-l (Interlingua)
wikiis-l (Íslensk)
wikiit-l (Italiano)
wikija-l (日本語)
wikimk-l (Македонски)
wikinl-l (Nederlands)
wikino-l (Norsk)
wikipl-l (Polski)
wikipt (Português)
wikiru-l (Русский)
wikisa-l (Sanskrit)
wikiskan-l (new all-Scandinavian list)
wikisv-l (Svensk)
wikita-l (Tamil)
wikite-l (Telugu)
wikivi-l (Tiếng Việt)
wikizh-l (中文)
Local Wiktionary mailing lists:
WiktionaryDE-l (Deutsch)
WiktionaryPT-l (Português)
Local Wikibooks mailing lists
WikibooksDE-l (Deutsch)
Local Wikinews mailing lists
Wikinews-DE-l (archive)
Related mailing lists:
Pywikipedia-l - for discussion about the python mediawiki bot framework
toolserver-l - for announcements and discussion about and regarding the toolserver
Defunct:
intlwiki-l (archive) - formerly for Wikipedia internationalisation and multilingual
coordination, closed in favor of wikipedia-l (for project-wide issues), wikitech-l (for
tech issues) and requests for permissions (for administrative setup on small wikis)
wikilegal-l (archive) - legal & licensing issues, deprecated by foundation-l and the
individual project mailing lists
See also:
There are other ways of communicating with the community besides mailing lists. Some of
them include:
Wikimedia Meta-Wiki – a general discussion and brainstorming wiki
Wikimedia IRC channels – live chat
Village pump equivalents on different projects – for discussions relating to the specific
project
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Retrieved from "http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/overview" (with
clickable links), but at least this list will be fresh in our archives for anyone who
searches.