[Wikipedia-l] Please post to the right list

Thu Oct 23 17:32:37 UTC 2003

I have just recently subscribed to this list (in addition to 
wikien-l at Wikipedia.org) since it seems the only way to keep up with many 
issues, and I just want to second the request to reduce cross-posting.

There have been a lot of good emails about the differences between the two 
lists, and it definitely adds to the challenge of reading them. My sense 
(based on very little experience, though) is that most of what gets 
crossposted really belongs on wikien-l (e.g. that blessed Mother Teresa 
article), and that a much smaller amount should really just be on wikipedia-l.

No disrespect intended to Ed for cross posting *his* message  -- but I'll 
only respond here since that seems to be following my own advice ;-)

Brian
At 04:49 PM 10/23/2003 +0000, you wrote:
>Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 09:22:23 -0400
>From: "Poor, Edmund W" <Edmund.W.Poor at abc.com>
>Subject: [WikiEN-l] Please post to the right list
>
>As the administrator of English Wikipedia mailing list (Wikien-l), I
>would like to *request* that contributors avoid cross-posting to the
>International Wikipedia mailing list (wikipedia-l at Wikimedia.org).
>
>The international list should only be used for issues which affect all
>languages, or the project as a whole.
>
>I believe that all discussions relating to the [[Mother Theresa]]
>article should be confined to Wikien-l and kept off the international
>list.
>
>The difference of opinion between Erik & James is purely an English
>Wikipedia issue, so let's keep it there.
>
>NOTE: If you reply to this post, please CHOOSE either Wikien-l or
>Wikipedia-l (one or the other, NOT BOTH :-)
>
>Ed Poor
>Mailing List Administrator
>English-language Wikipedia (Wikien-l)