Anthere wrote in part:
Erik Moeller wrote:
>first, a note: please use foundation-l for project
>wide discussions.
This is exactly what I said very recently. Till
recently, wikipedia-l was the list to discuss project
wide discussion. Now, we are beginning to cross post,
because we do not see where this discussion is
supposed to take place.
Typically, discussion over list of contributors, is
related to gfdl, so should go to foundation, while
discussion over a message to display during down time
is rather wikitech or wikipedia-l.
In short, Erik, the difference between wikipedia-l and
foundation-l is now difficult to define. Either we
define it much better, or we should just remove a
list.
Arguably, <wikipedia-L> should only be for issues
that relate to the Wikipedia encyclopaedia projects,
while anything that equally affects Wiktionary, Wikisource, etc
sould go to <foundation-L> instead.
OTOH, what I thought was the purpose of <foundation-L>
is to discuss matters related to the Wikimedia Foundation,
while anything about the Wikimedia projects themselves
would go to <wikipedia-L> as before.
Now, we could create a /new/ list <wikimedia-L> (with an "m").
Then people posting to <wikipedia-L> could be told
"Hey, this affects Wiktionary too! Take it to <wikimedia-L>.",
while people posting to <wikimedia-L> could be told
"Hey, this is only about Wikipedia! Take it to <wikipedia-L>.".
And people posting to <foundation-L> could be told
"Hey, this is about the project content, not Foundation management!
Take it to <wikimedia-L>.", while people posting to <wikimedia-L>
could be told "Hey, this requires official action by the Foundation!
Take it to <foundation-L>.".
What fun that would be! ^_^
-- Toby