[Wikipedia-l] Wikipedia-l RIP

[Gerard Meijssen]

Hoi,
There is no way that I would consider the wikien-l as the obvious place to
read about things specific to Wikipedia in general. When people mistake the
English language wikipedia mailing list for just that, they will miss out on
the people that are involved in the "other" wikipedias..  Yes, I know some
will think what other
Wikipedias<http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedias>
...
Thanks,
    GerardM

On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 7:55 AM, Tim Starling <tstarling at wikimedia.org>
wrote:

> joyce wrote:
> > I had even forgotten I had subscribed.
> > No offense, but what  WAS wikipedia-l created to do?
>
> Wikipedia-l was created on January 22, 2001, a week after the creation of
> the Wikipedia website. Its purpose was to provide a place for
> Wikipedia-specific discussions, as an alternative to the Nupedia list
> which was in use for Wikipedia-related discussions before that date.
>
> Here is the archive of the first post:
> <http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikipedia-l/2001-January/000000.html
> >
>
> Wikipedia-l was initially used for all discussions relating to Wikipedia,
> including technical and organisational issues. It has now been replaced by
> wikitech-l, wikien-l and foundation-l. Foundation-l did in fact take a
> while to catch on, but now that it has, wikipedia-l is left with no role.
> Even discussions which affect only the Wikipedia editions and not other
> Wikimedia projects today find their place on other lists.
>
> I hope that Wikipedia-l will not be deleted, as nupedia-l was, so that the
> archives will remain easily accessible for people who are interested in
> Wikipedia's history.
>
> -- Tim Starling
>
>
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