Yeah, I think I'd like this - the archiving point is a good one, and I have too much email traffic....
Best, Sara On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 at 19:08, Gina Bennett <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it makes sense. I would especially appreciate the archiving aspect > of the Space. > > On Fri, 1 Nov 2019 at 04:56, Nichole Saad <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > We’ve received an interesting proposal that we want to run by you. The > team > > working on Wikimedia Space <https://space.wmflabs.org/> wants to start > > experimenting with mirroring mailing lists as a way to unify and improve > > movement communication. They have reached out to us about the possibility > > of mirroring this mailing list in Space. While an experiment like this > > seems to make sense to the admins of this list, we wanted to run the idea > > by you first. > > > > Concretely, this would mean that: > > > > > > - > > > > We would create an Education list subcategory in Discuss Space, and > any > > emails sent to the mailing list would appear there as well. > > - > > > > It would function like a web archive: users are able to read but no > > reply or start new topics. For that, they would need to use the > mailing > > list exactly as it is done today. For the mailing list subscribers > > everything would stay the same. > > - > > > > The topics mirrored in Space would appear in the Latest list on the > > Discuss main page and in the search results. > > - > > > > Users can tag topics and "like" comments. If a subscriber of the > mailing > > list is registered in Space with the same email address, they will > earn > > the > > "likes" to their messages and this will help them build their trust in > > Space, without doing anything extra. > > > > > > If you want to read about how this experiment fits into the larger > picture > > of the development of movement communications, they’ve released a short > > blog post about the future of mailing lists and Wikimedia Space > > < > > > https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/testing-the-path-from-mailing-lists-to-wikimedia-space/1934 > > >. > > But again, for now this is just an experiment that we can start and stop > at > > any time. > > > > What do you all think? Are you interested in taking part in this > > experiment? > > > > Best, > > > > Nichole > > > > > > -- > > *Nichole Saad* > > Wikimedia Foundation | Senior Program Manager, Education > > [email protected] > > user: NSaad (WMF) > > _______________________________________________ > > Education mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > > > _______________________________________________ > Education mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education > -- Dr Sara Thomas Scotland Programme Coordinator, Wikimedia UK 07803 505 172 https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Wikimedia_in_Scotland *I work part time; my usual days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays & Thursdays. * *Wikimedia UK* is the national chapter for the global Wikimedia open knowledge movement. We rely on donations from individuals to support our work to make knowledge open for all. Have you considered supporting Wikimedia? https://donate.wikimedia.org.uk Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Charity No.1144513. (England & Wales), SC048644 (Scotland). Registered Office Ground Floor, Europoint, 5 - 11 Lavington Street, London SE1 0NZ <https://maps.google.com/?q=5+-+11+Lavington+Street,+London+SE1+0NZ&entry=gmail&source=g> . Wikimedia UK is the UK chapter of a global Wikimedia movement. The Wikimedia projects are run by the Wikimedia Foundation (who operate Wikipedia, amongst other projects). *Wikimedia UK is an independent non-profit charity with no legal control over Wikipedia nor responsibility for its contents.* _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
