Last modified: 2014-06-17 19:18:25 UTC
For discussion of humanities-based outreach in the community, will expand into larger group: have 4 on-wiki people (see sign up and description at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Humanities ), and group signed up offline (mostly academics). Will be actively building group in the next year.
Requested name "humanities"
I seriously doubt whether a mailing list is required for a group that consists of four people. In any case, before I can do anything, I require the following information from you: 1. Who is supposed to be the list administrator? Please provide at least two e-mail addresses for people willing to take on the job. 2. Should list archives be public or private? 3. Should new subscriptions be approved by list moderators/administrators, or should users be automatically subscribed upon confirmation (which they do themselves)? Thank you!
Responses in line: (In reply to Tomasz W. Kozlowski from comment #2) > I seriously doubt whether a mailing list is required for a group that > consists of four people. I have 13 other names solicited w/ emails and academic contacts (most of them are primarily academics and are more reachable via Email), and I am waiting to solicit more from communities like HASTAC, which Addriane Wadewitz built relationships with to build it up. There is a already available interest. > > In any case, before I can do anything, I require the following information > from you: > > 1. Who is supposed to be the list administrator? Please provide at least > two > e-mail addresses for people willing to take on the job. Alex Stinson (sadads[a]gmail.com), Sage Ross (ragesoss[a]gmail.com) > 2. Should list archives be public or private? Public > 3. Should new subscriptions be approved by list > moderators/administrators, > or should users be automatically subscribed upon confirmation (which > they do themselves)? Automatically confirmed. > > Thank you!
Would it be acceptable for you if the list was named 'wikipedia-humanities' (or even 'wikipedia-en-humanities' if it's an English Wikipedia-only initiative) per <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Standardization>? Thanks!
(CC-ing Sage with the hope he can answer the question above.)
I think 'wikipedia-humanities' would be fine. I don't think we need or want to limit it to en.wiki at this point.
I agree with SAGE: I think this might be something that will bring in a larger scholarly attention, maybe. (In reply to Sage Ross from comment #6) > I think 'wikipedia-humanities' would be fine. I don't think we need or want > to limit it to en.wiki at this point.
The list has now been created, and I configured it to have public archives, with new members added after confirmation. 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/wikipedia-humanities The web page for users of your mailing list is: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-humanities The list will also be available in the e-mail to news gateway Gmane.org as gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.humanities 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
