[Mediawiki-l] Is MediaWiki-l dysfunctional? What is it good for, really?

[lonelyprophet at hotmail.com]

I can see both sides to this discussion: there does seem to be a lack of 
response on the mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk page, and on this 
mailing list, to certain *but not all* questions. From my experience anyway.
But, I appreciate that people are offering their time to help strangers. So, 
as I say I can see both sides.

Anyway if you don't like something don't continue reading it, is my motto 
when it comes to the Internet...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Kirk" <gary.kirk at gmail.com>
To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" 
<mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Is MediaWiki-l dysfunctional? What is it good 
for,really?


>I am growing frustrated with your messages. Nobody is forcing you to
> use, view, or post to this mailing list.
>
> If you want people's responses when they send them, why sign up to the
> digest version? You can change your settings at lists.wikimedia.org.
>
> There is support available on MediaWiki.org:
> mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Support_desk. There's also #mediawik at
> irc.freenode.net.
>
> This list is a fantastic resource and you have done nothing but
> rubbish it or complain. Remember, we don't owe you anything, but as
> we're nice people, we'll try and help. We're all also human, and we
> have limits.
>
>
> On 23/05/07, Monahon, Peter B. <Peter.Monahon at uspto.gov> wrote:
>> 1 - More than one of my posts has bounced back because either:
>> - the moderator thinks is inappropriate (to complex?);
>> - because a list auto-setting complains that my post is too big (to
>> complex?).
>> Hey, if I had simple problems ...
>>
>> 2 - The list recently, at least, has taken w-a-y too long to arrive for
>> me to depend on it for contemporaneous solutions.  By the time the
>> digest arrives, it's not only bereft of responses, but it's w-a-y too
>> late, and I've moved on to other resources and other problems.
>>
>> So, is this list MediaWiki-l dead or dying?  Do we all find each other
>> off list instead, and the l-o-n-g time between broadcasts is an
>> indication that this list has little or no function after all?
>>
>> Is MediaWiki-l dysfunctional?  What is it good for, really?
>>
>> Why not setup a real ***wiki*** discussion right at the MediaWiki.org
>> home pages, and encourage the MediaWiki software to actually mature to
>> handle such support needs as ours, instead of using an old-fashioned
>> mailing list like this?
>>
>> Your 2 cents?
>>
>> - Peter Blaise
>>
>>
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> Gary Kirk
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