[Foundation-l] spamming of the english wikipedia users detected

[Brion Vibber]

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Gregory Maxwell wrote:
> On 7/3/07, Matthew Britton <matthew.britton at btinternet.com> wrote:
>> Something doesn't have to be "totally ridiculous" to be spam.
>>
>> An "unpleasant" and "unwanted" message copied to hundreds of users
>> without their consent counts as spam, as far as I'm concerned.
>>
>> I think the sender of these messages should be informed that it is not
>> acceptable.
> 
> The message is no mystery, I posted it in advance on wikien-l.
> Unfortunately many people don't see posts on the lists.

Just wanted to chip in my thanks as well -- Greg's mail (which was
clearly labeled as it who it was sent from, contrary to Oscar's
anonymous reporter) reminded me to get my vote in.

- -- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)
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