Fwiw, Im of the opinion that its borderline but ok. I would be annoyed if there was subsequent advertisements for this service. Or if there were a lot of these types of messages on this list. But an initial announcement of a new wiki hosting service with wide applicability that is being run by people well known in the mediawiki ecosystem seems ok to me for this list.
-- Brian On Wednesday, May 8, 2019, Yaron Koren <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > > 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 > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list To unsubscribe, go to: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
