[Foundation-l] Moderate this list

[phoebe ayers]

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Samuel Klein <meta.sj at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is effectively the only cross-project list at the moment.  And it
> is the canonical place to raise certain important issues and
> announcements.
>
> It has become popular to disparage this list as a poor place to have
> serious discussions about the foundation -- and to do the disparaging
> in private, where it can't possible lead to consensus to change this.
> Let's please stop doing that, and instead fix the list and its norms,
> or devise replacements and alternatives, so that we can all agree on
> where to have open, welcoming discussions -- that are comfortable for
> almost everyone, including non-native English speakers; that draw
> input from the core audience (people who care about Foundation
> issues).
>
> Please don't view this as a problem that someone else must identify
> and cope with.  If you are reading this list, you can help fix it.

A reminder that there's ongoing discussion on meta about what to do.
Please add to it!
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Improving_Foundation-l

-- phoebe