[WikiEN-l] Scope of this mailing list

[Phil Nash]

Carcharoth wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:31 AM, Phil Nash <phnash at blueyonder.co.uk>
> wrote: 
> 
>> Starting at the back, and working forward, my posts are not random.
>> They are carefully selected examples based on my experience as
>> (currently) a reader of Wikipedia and my responses to what I found.
>> I take it as obvious that if I can read these articles, so can their
>> subjects, and if they don't like what they see, making appropriate
>> noises, or (in extreme cases) litigating against the Foundation.
> 
> What you seem to be arguing for is a mailing list dedicated to the
> issues you raise. The point I was making is that re-purposing this
> mailing list (wiki-en-l) for that purpose is unlikely to succeed (or
> be desirable), and that is what I meant by references to this being a
> bit random. In other words, the venue(s) you are chosing for raising
> these matters seem a bit random. What you seem to be looking for is a
> mailing list version of the BLP Noticeboard. I've copied the WMF
> mailing list on this post (as you added that mailing list when you
> replied), but I won't see any replies to that mailing list as I'm not
> subscribed there. I've removed Jimmy from the cc list, as the posts to
> public mailing lists should be sufficient.
> 
> Carcharoth

OK, Chris. Let's see what happens next.