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If available before June 5, it'll be great.

Please provide a link to a community discussion expressing a need (or wish) of the list.  Thanks!

Unfortunately, discussion of the need for a mailing list has not been discussed in a mailing list community. 

It's only a discussion among the organizing team behind the upcoming wikiindaba conference 

A thread of the discussions I paste below.


Hi Rexford

I think its a good idea to create a new list and name if "african-wikimedians" as suggested. We will need to keep up the communication channels way beyond Wikiindaba.

Regards

Dumisani Ndubane

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On 30 May 2014, at 6:52 PM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford@gmail.com> wrote:

Please see messages below. I also agree with asaf that for now I think we can use the mailing list of wikimedia south Africa.

We can also apply for one as per the instructions below

rexford | google.com/+Nkansahrexford | sent from smartphone

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "rupert THURNER" <rupert.thurner@gmail.com>
Date: May 30, 2014 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: Wiki Indaba Mailing List
To: "Asaf Bartov" <abartov@wikimedia.org>
Cc: "Nkansah Rexford" <nkansahrexford@gmail.com>

I d suggest the same as asaf, wikimedia za seems just fine. There is quite a number of persons who do not like the complexity of too many lists.

Rupert.

Am 30.05.2014 16:10 schrieb "Asaf Bartov" <abartov@wikimedia.org>:
Yes.  The way to create a new mailing list on Wikimedia servers is described here:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists#Create_a_new_list

If a more immediate solution is sought (and if the list is not expected to be used _after_ the Indaba), you might ask attendees to subscribe to the WikimediaZA list, at least for the duration. 

If the list _is_ expected to continue to be used to network between African Wikimedians, perhaps the list should not be named something like Indaba, but just "african-wikimedians" or something like that, so it would more obvious for future people that it's appropriate to subscribe to.

Cheers,

   Asaf


On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Nkansah Rexford <nkansahrexford@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,

Please, i need help. The team behind Wiki Indaba conference will like to have a mailing list. 

Any leads on who we can contact to get one for us?

Thanks

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My apologies for leaving this request lying around like this.

@Asaf, can you confirm that there is need for this list?

Thanks,
            Tomasz

Thanks, Tomasz.  Yes, I think it should be created.  The first pan-African wikiconference is about to commence in Johannesburg this weekend, and it is reasonable to expect it would result in heightened regional cooperation.  Such cooperation does not have an obvious venue, other than Wikimedia-l, and this proposed list could provide that.

I certainly intend to participate actively, and to follow up on any initiatives and plans hatched at or in consequence of the conference (which I will be attending).

@Rexford: Before I create the list for you, I require the following information:

    1. Should list archives be public or private?
    2. Should new subscriptions be approved by list moderators/administrators,
       or should users be automatically subscribed upon confirmation (which
       they do themselves)?

Thank you!

Bump — have an e-mail.

Bump bump.

Bump, bump bump.

List archive should be public.
List subscribing should be approved by moderators.

The list has now been created, and I configured it to have public archives, with new members added after confirmation & moderator approval.

You can configure the rest of the settings, including list description and a terse identifying phrase at the following web page:

    https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/admin/african-wikimedians

The web page for users of your mailing list is:

    https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/african-wikimedians

The list will also be available in the e-mail to news gateway Gmane.org as

    gmane.org.wikimedia.africa

Please list and describe your mailing list at the appropriate section of:

    https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Overview

I just sent the admin password to the two given e-mail addresses, and made them list administrators.

This request is now closed; enjoy your new mailing list!

            Tomasz

Thanks, Tomasz!