[Foundation-l] for the future...

[Ayelie]

On 7/3/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
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>
> It seems pretty clear to me that it would be reasonable for the
> Foundation to send out an official election reminder by email in all
> languages (or as many as we can muster) next time around.  Thoughts?
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Sounds like spam to me. There are already notices on all sites which you
have to click on to get rid of, and it's been in the air on mailing lists
and on IRC for a while; are e-mails really necessary for *everyone*? Perhaps
if there was a preference for users where they could opt in or out of
foundation e-mails or site e-mails altogether if they so wish.

I think the e-mails will be considered spam by many (especially those who
can't vote anyway) and will get a lot  more people annoyed than it will be
appreciated by a few.

-- 
Ayelie
  ~Editor at Large