fedora-wiki-list?

Paul W. Frields stickster at gmail.com
Wed Oct 8 12:26:38 UTC 2008


On Tue, 2008-10-07 at 22:21 -0500, Ian Weller wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 06:07:56PM -0700, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote:
> > Nigel proposed today that we form a separate list for wiki-focused
> > discussions.
> > 
> > Much as I hate promoting list proliferation, these reasons make sense:
> > 
> > * Cross-section of many Fedora groups that could use a low(er) volume,
> > wiki-only list for:  guidelines; usage; new tools; tips; wiki-specific
> > decisions that affect all projects; etc.
> > 
> > * These same people (packagers, artists, translators, coders,
> > ambassadors, etc.) don't want nor need to be subscribed to
> > fedora-docs-list to get this information.
> > 
> > * Especially as we talk about multi-lingual wikis and the complexity
> > increases, we could use a stand-alone list for discussion.
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> > 
> > +1 or -1 or 0?
> > 
> There are definitely the merits to having a wiki list... in addition,
> it'd be a nice place to direct people to ask about syntax, or for new
> templates. (/me waves)
> 
> But then, where do you draw the line between f-docs-l and f-wiki-l --
> between talking about how the content is created and how the content is
> written? It almost seems like there's an unremovable overlap.
> 
> I'm personally iffy about it but I think the reasons *for* it are good
> enough to request it. I have no problem with setting up another mailbox
> filter. :)
> 
> In other words, a weak +1

Is the a reason we don't want to claim this on f-docs-l once and for
all?  I mean, it's not like our traffic here is overwhelming now.  We
could simply say, "All wiki discussion --> f-docs-l," and ask people not
to cross-post that material.

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