Hi, At the risk of starting an unnecessary argument, let me say that I think this kind of email is fine. Paid support is a form of help/support, so even though the mailing list description doesn't specifically list consulting as one of the allowed topics, it seems to me that it fits within the "spirit of the law", if not the letter ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_and_spirit_of_the_law). Of course, spamming the list is never a good idea, but a single email sent to announce a new consulting company seems fine - and, of course, potentially useful to people looking for help.
(Full disclosure: I too am a consultant. And I know Jeroen and Karsten.) -Yaron On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 4:41 PM Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > This seems to me to be an advertisement for commercial services that was > sent to a mailing list that is operated by a nonprofit and is intended for > MediaWiki system administrators. The description if the mailing list is > "This is a multilingual list for help/support with running/configuring > MediaWiki. It is intended for people who are running wikis with the > MediaWiki software and for announcements of new versions, bug fixes, and > security issues." It seems to me that advertising commercial services here > is well outside of the intended purposes of this list, and is a misuse of > Wikimedia Foundation resources. > > Pine > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > > > > On Wed, May 8, 2019, 13:07 Professional.Wiki <i...@professional.wiki> > wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > We are happy to announce the launch of our new wiki company: > > Professional.Wiki <https://professional.wiki/>. > > > > > > Professional.Wiki's mission is to provide customer-focused wiki services > > that are both holistic and of high quality. Because of our strong > > involvement in the MediaWiki and Semantic MediaWiki worlds over the last > > ten years, we can provide a unique set of professional services to > > companies that have a wiki or want to use one. > > > > > > Our services <https://professional.wiki/en/services>cover all your wiki > > needs, including wiki hosting <https://professional.wiki/en/hosting>, > > wiki setup and creation, wiki management, training, advice, professional > > support and custom development. > > > > > > To celebrate our launch we provide a limited time discount on our > > hosting plans. Contact us <https://professional.wiki/en/contact>before > > May 20th, 2019 to get a 20% discount on one of our hosting plans. All > > our hosting plans <https://professional.wiki/en/hosting>include free > > professional support and Semantic MediaWiki. > > > > > > Subscribe to our mailing list <http://professional.wiki/en/newsletter>to > > receive tips and tricks, wiki news and exclusive promotions. Please also > > follow us on Twitter <https://twitter.com/ProWikiExperts>. > > > > > > We will remain involved in the community, contributing to the software, > > documentation and discourse. Indeed, we hope to introduce more companies > > to the wonders of wikis and thus strengthen both the community and > > software. > > > > > > For more information, please visit our website Professional.Wiki > > <http://professional.wiki/>or contact us > > <https://professional.wiki/en/contact>. > > > > > > Karsten and Jeroen > > > > > > -- > > > > Professional.Wiki – Jeroen De Dauw & Karsten Hoffmeyer GbR > > > > Tieckstraße 24-25, 10115 Berlin > > > > +49 (30) 55 87 42 65 > > > > i...@professional.wiki > > > > https://professional.wiki/ > > > > USt-IdNr. DE322440293 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- WikiWorks · MediaWiki Consulting · http://wikiworks.com _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
