[Foundation-l] Analysis of lists statistics: community in decline

[Nathan]

If the lists were diverged because volume was high and effective
communication was difficult, then it may make sense to recombine previously
diverged lists now that volume is decreasing. There is a communication trade
off in both high volume lists and a complex list hierarchy - we went to a
complex hierarchy seemingly to mitigate high volume, but with lower volume
we've retained the complex system. Simplifying it may bring people back
together. Something to consider, anyway.

Nathan

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Brion Vibber <brion at wikimedia.org> wrote:

> A danger with these sorts of shifts is fragmentation of the discourse --
> it used to be that everybody who was anybody had their Serious
> Discussions on wikipedia-l (later split into wikipedia-l, wikitech-l,
> wikien-l, intlwiki-l, foundation-l, .....)  Bloggy-chatty things at
> least tend to link around among themselves, so perhaps splitting isn't
> too dangerous there, but I don't have a good feel for how much *actual
> productive planning* gets done on these channels.
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