[WikiEN-l] In favor of shutting down WikiEN-l

[Jimmy Wales]

Kingturtle wrote:
> Not all have the ability to post to the mailing
>lists; this results in cutting out some people from important
>dialogs.

Anyone who has the ability to use the website has equal ability to
post to the mailing list.  That's a completely artificial distinction.
If you have access to the web, you have access to email.

> > In actuality, there is close to nothing that needs to be
> >said in WikiEN-l that cannot be said in wikipedia-proper. I would
> >like the arbitration committee to hear my arguments for the shutting
> >down of WikiEN-l. You can call it User:Kingturtle v. WikiEN-l.

That's entirely beyond the scope of what the arbitration committee
has as it's jurisdiction.

--Jimbo