[WikiEN-l] Re: Discussion on English Wikipedia in languages other than English

Tue Jun 14 20:58:36 UTC 2005

--- dpbsmith at verizon.net wrote:

> People can and do have "private" discussions about
> articles via email. Is 
> there any rule prohibiting this?
> 
> Is there rule against discussing articles on this
> mailing list (knowing full 
> well that not all Wikipedians subscribe to this
> list?)
> 
> Is there any rule that forbids any discussion of an
> article anywhere except 
> on that article's Talk page?
> 
> If the answer to the above is "no," then what
> possible objection can there be 
> to non-English discussions on a talk page? These
> discussions are _more_ 
> public and accessible than _any_ of the above.

Well, for one thing, it's rude.  And it's especially
troublesome when one of the people involved is a
sysop.

RickK

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