[WikiEN-l] Dispute resolution mailing list

[Thomas Dalton]

2009/6/28 stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com>:
> On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 2009/6/28 stevertigo <stvrtg at gmail.com>:
>> > Note: Why not make it a general "dres-l" and let all language wikis
>> submit?
>>
>> Because multi-lingual mailing lists don't work. I don't want my inbox
>> full of emails written in languages I don't understand.
>>
>
> Hm. They do work. In fact wikipedia-l was a kind of international mailing
> list, though in reality most people who deal with intnl issues write in
> English anyway.

wikipedia-l is pretty much dormant. I haven't counted, but I'd guess
it gets about one thread every couple of months. I hardly thing that
is an example of a list that works.