I've had a few responses, and I think this is my plan:
I'll name lists as (in the case of the french list) wikiFR-l, where FR
is the language code of the list. Then, I can optionally add an alias
that directs mail sent to "francais-l(a)wikipedia.org" through the list
as well. Only the official name, "wikiFR-l(a)wikipedia.org" would be
mentioned in the list settings, but people who are accustomed to
sending mail to deutsch-l(a)nupedia.com may be more apt to send to
deutsch-l(a)wikipedia.org than to wikiDE(a)wikipedia.org...
Jason
Jason Richey wrote:
I have installed mailman on the new server to server
the wikipedia
lists. More specifically, someone requested a list "francais-l" be
added to the nupedia domain, but I found that a list by that name is
already in use for Nupedia's purposes, so I made it
francais-l(a)wikipedia.org instead. So, we now have the ability to make
any wikipedia lists point to
wikipedia.org...
So, my question is this: On the old scheme, we prefixed the list name
with 'wiki' to indicate that it was for wikipedia. As I copy the old
lists to the new server, should I convert the list-names as well? I
think not, but I thought I should ask.
Also, are these the only wikipedia lists? I think they are.
Intlwiki-l
Wikitech-l
Wikipedia-l
WikiNL-l
And I think this begs another question. The Dutch list is WikiNL, and
the french list is francais-l (though this new list is not yet
public). Should we go with a standardized naming scheme on the
language-specific (or is it country-specific?) lists. Should I change
francais-l to wikiFR-l?
Jason
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