[Foundation-l] for the future...

Tue Jul 3 20:09:08 UTC 2007

Ayelie:

Not everyone can see those site notices. Not everyone is on IRC or a  
mailing list, nor should they be. Emails are already opt-in, you do  
NOT have to provide your email. If you choose to do so, you  
essentially are consenting to receive email from other users, such as  
this. And I believe fewer people will be annoyed by a single letter  
than will be happily reminded of their ability to vote in something  
that drastically affects them.

-Dan
On Jul 3, 2007, at 3:53 PM, Ayelie wrote:

> On 7/3/07, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> It seems pretty clear to me that it would be reasonable for the
>> Foundation to send out an official election reminder by email in all
>> languages (or as many as we can muster) next time around.  Thoughts?
>>
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>
> Sounds like spam to me. There are already notices on all sites  
> which you
> have to click on to get rid of, and it's been in the air on mailing  
> lists
> and on IRC for a while; are e-mails really necessary for  
> *everyone*? Perhaps
> if there was a preference for users where they could opt in or out of
> foundation e-mails or site e-mails altogether if they so wish.
>
> I think the e-mails will be considered spam by many (especially  
> those who
> can't vote anyway) and will get a lot  more people annoyed than it  
> will be
> appreciated by a few.
>
> -- 
> Ayelie
>   ~Editor at Large
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