[WikiEN-l] A quiet, peaceful email list for experienced en contributors?

[MacGyverMagic/Mgm]

Isn't that what the mailing list moderators are supposed to keep an eye on?

Mgm


On 1/8/07, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I notice that lately this mailing list seems to be almost overrun
> with a lot of noise: complaints about blocking, diatribes about
> perceived wrongs, requests of various kinds. Whereas what I would
> really like is a place where the most committed and experienced
> Wikipedians can discuss more serious issues in a bit of depth: where
> the project is going, recurring problems at a more abstract level,
> general issues more distilled than "omg [[foo.com]] is so crap!" etc.
>
> Is there such a list, or place to talk? Is there interest in creating one?
>
> There is certainly a need for the current list, to allow such
> day-to-day discussions to take place, but somewhere to escape the
> noise and engage in a bit of deeper reflection would be nice.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Steve
>
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