[Foundation-l] could we please have a community-l?

[GerardM]

Hoi,
There are too many "village pumps" there are fewer embassies. By sending to
a mailing list you reach the people who have indicated to be interested in
the subjects a mailing list stands for.

I disagree that the mailing list are less public or transparent then the
"village pumps", they reach a different public. When a specific thread is of
sufficient interest, it can be referred to. The archives are open to all. I
would even argue the opposite; when you post on more then two "village
pumps" most people will not know what is said elsewhere and consequently it
is impossible to reach a consensus.

Thanks,
     GerardM

On 8/11/07, Gianluigi Gamba <gigamb at tin.it> wrote:
>
> 2007/8/11, Brianna Laugher <brianna.laugher at gmail.com>:
> >
> > ...Well that's fine. The name is not of great importance to me. I just
> > want some infrastructure to exist.
>
>
> In a sense, it already does exist.
>
> The "village pumps" and the "embassies" (or their equivalent) of every
> wikiproject are the right place for posting questions about policy
> comparisons, suggestion about wiki-activities, and so on... meta itself
> *is*
> the place where try to coordinate globally.
>
> The main difference is that such wiki-spaces are completely public and
> trasparent, meanwhile a mailing list requires a subscription. But the
> topics
> given as example IMHO do not require secrecy. Should a topic be handled in
> a
> non-wholly-public place, there are the already existing mailing lists...
>
> Bye,
> G.
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