[Mediawiki-l] new google group: MediaWiki-Community ?

[Richard]

Richard wrote:
> >  I'm thinking of starting up a new Google
> >  group, something like MediaWiki-Community.

Simon wrote:
>  I prefer self-hosted Mailing list (for example Mailman) 
>  over Google Groups. Its alway the same with online communities; 
>  "the winner takes all". I personally don't subscribe to mailing 
>  lists with low traffic and member numbers.
> 
>  http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html
> 
>  cheers
>  Simon
 
 
Hi Simon, 
 
Thanks for replying.  There are a number of 
issues here, the most important one being about 
diversity (which can be read as MediaWiki out-
reach).  Folks here may not like Google groups, 
but others are equally intimidated by MediaWiki-L
(I'm assuming).  In my life, I have run many e-
mailing lists, through Majordomo and Gnu Mailman.
Most of those lists have no archival existence 
today.  Large hosts like Google make for more 
reliable archiving (sustainability), if it
matters.  They are often more intuitive for 
non-techies -- again, if it matters.

We should expect the MediaWiki community to
double or triple in coming years, out into 
increasingly diverse cultural realms.  More 
discussion modalities may become necessary.

Richard