[WikiEN-l] Introducing a new mailing list

Tue Dec 5 10:19:32 UTC 2006

It seems to me the answer is to open the list to all genders, as has 
already been pointed out. Its like Cleanup vs. Delete.

The Cunctator wrote:
> On 12/4/06, Puppy <puppy at killerchihuahua.com> wrote:
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>> The Cunctator wrote:
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>>> This should not be one the Wikmedia servers. Just start a googlegroup.
>>>
>>>
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>> Why not?
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> Because:
> * The list is restricted based on the discriminatory preference of gender
> * A goal of the list is to provide an outside forum for advocating change in
> Wikimedia/Wikipedia
> * Having Wikimedia resources be used to support the list implies endorsement
> of its standards and goals
> * Having Wikimedia resources be used to support the list means that
> Wikimedia can apply pressure on/control over the users of the list
>
> Or, in more classical Cunctator language, it's a bad idea. So do it on your
> own dime.
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