> On Dec 1, 2019, at 8:15 AM, Jonathan Goble <jcgob...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 1, 2019, 11:06 AM Ned Batchelder <n...@nedbatchelder.com> wrote: > On 12/1/19 10:45 AM, C. Titus Brown wrote: > > Hi folks, > > > > sorry, took me more than a few months, but I wrote a draft of a > > python-ideas HOWTO here, > > > > https://hackmd.io/@-6xkuCDkTrSFptQEimAdcg/B1noEGh2H
[ munch of good discussion ] > > Thoughts? Am I missing am obvious location? Should I just get on with a PR > > and we’ll sort it out later? :) > > There is a page that catalogs the mailing lists: > https://www.python.org/community/lists/ . A new page linked from the > Python-Ideas description (which is very brief!) sounds good to me. > > Thanks again for doing this! > > --Ned. > > I'd suggest putting the full text on the list sign up page above the > subscription form (to encourage reading before signing up) and perhaps even > in the body of an automated welcome email upon subscribing. > > The goal is to have as many new subscribers read it as possible, and that > requires making it as visible as possible. Text will be read if easily seen > and not buried "below the fold". Links are much less likely to be followed. Thanks Ned & Jonathan! I forgot to include some information in the original e-mail — I changed the python-ideas list so that new subscribers are by default under moderation. This was initially in response to the increase in spam, but also provides the opportunity to serve as a gate that lets me and other moderators respond to a first-post with “hey, have you read <THIS>? You really should!” So, in addition to being linked in to the appropriate places, I’m hoping to point to this document in a response to newcomers posting to the list. That seems like another high-conversion target location in addition to having it be on the list signup page and in a welcome message. best, —titus _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/EE6PYVUIX455NE3ZD7P4XH5XTTNUHCK4/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
