[Wikipedia-l] Web based posting to the Wikimedia lists is now available!

[Walter Vermeir]

Great news! You can now reply or post a new message to your favorite
Wikimedia mailing list.

This is by use of the gmane.org web interface.

How does is work;

Go to the gmane.org website. http://gmane.org
Go to "reading" and do a search for "wikipedia" (or "wikimedia" for the
newest lists)

http://news.gmane.org/index.php?prefix=gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia
http://news.gmane.org/search.php?match=wikimedia

Select a list.

Now you can read the postings. (for options; choose "help" in drop-down menu)

In the drop-down menu you can pick "followup" or "post".

Use the emailadres that you have used to subscribe to that list.

If it is the first time you use gmane to post to that list you will recive
A authorization email that will be sent to you after posting. You have to
reply to that message to confirm that you exist. After you've confirmed
your existence, the message will then be forwarded to the mailing list.

If you are not a list member it will not reach the list.


The posting system is enforcing very strict email netiquette! You will
notice.


This message is send to Wikipedia-l and to most of the list admins the
Wikimedia lists.  List admins; please inform you readers about this. You
can include this in the welcome email send to new listmembers. (for
Wikitech-l, Intlwiki-l and WikiNL-l it is ok now)

Greetings,
Walter