Most likely, if you propose your new mailing list (on the Haskell mailing list), the discussion will focus on whether it will be likely to gather enough posts to stay reasonably active. While the definition of "reasonably active" differs depending on the individual, it is likely to mean somewhere between an average of several posts per week to one or two per day. Your proposal will be more likely to pass if you can demonstrate a reasonably strong demand for active discussion in the Haskell community.
Alternatively, it is possible to create a Haskell-related mailing list that is not hosted at haskell.org. Haskell-Art (see the haskell-art Info Page at http://lists.lurk.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-art and The haskell-art Archives at http://lists.lurk.org/pipermail/haskell-art/) is one example of such a list. You may wish to see the following sites for reference: haskell.org Mailing Lists http://haskell.org/mailman/listinfo Mailing lists - HaskellWiki http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Mailing_lists -- Benjamin L. Russell On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 07:16:14 -0400, Ryan Trinkle <ryant5...@gmail.com> wrote: >I'm interested in creating a list for iPhone development. While I also have >an ongoing iPhone build target project, which I will be open-sourcing very >soon, I'd like the list to be about Haskell on iPhone without regard to >whether it has anything to do with my project. > > >Ryan > >On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 03:06, Wolfgang Jeltsch ><g9ks1...@acme.softbase.org>wrote: > >> Am Donnerstag, 18. Juni 2009 16:21 schrieb Henning Thielemann: >> > Ryan Trinkle schrieb: >> > > Hi all, >> > > >> > > I'm interested in starting a mailing list on haskell.org >> > > <http://haskell.org>. Who should I talk to about such things? >> > >> > Is it a mailing list related to a project? Then you may request a >> > project on community.haskell.org, then you can start a mailing list at >> > yourproj...@project.haskell.org >> >> See <http://community.haskell.org/>. >> >> Best wishes, >> Wolfgang >> _______________________________________________ >> Haskell-Cafe mailing list >> Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe >> -- Benjamin L. Russell / DekuDekuplex at Yahoo dot com http://dekudekuplex.wordpress.com/ Translator/Interpreter / Mobile: +011 81 80-3603-6725 "Furuike ya, kawazu tobikomu mizu no oto." -- Matsuo Basho^ _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe