Hey! On 7/29/14, Merlijn van Deen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Amir, > > On 27 July 2014 07:14, Amir Ladsgroup <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Another thing: pywikipedia-l isn't a hospitable place? > > > Today, I discussed this with Frances and Sumana a bit, and these are my > thoughts on it. Basically, I think there are several things we could > improve on. It's not so much that pywikipedia-l is inhospitable, it's > rather that it's not as hospitable we could make it. > > There are three points I can think of: 'passive inhospitability', in that > e-mails sometimes do not get answered. Luckily, you are always very quick > in replying to new users, which is great! Still, some mails stay > unanswered, and we (as pywikipedia-l) could improve on that. Maybe we can > also mention on the mailing list page that IRC might be a better choice > than the mailing list for people just getting started to get help.
Thank you :) Sometimes I can't be online for a while otherwise I'll answer them as soon as I can. but saying IRC is a better place, I doubt that because I saw several times A person came and asked but since there was no one online (no one who checks the channel) the question remained unanswered. > > Secondly, a lot of the discussion on-list is aimed at experienced > developers, and assumes a high level of understanding of pywikibot. This > can scare people away that want to ask a simple question. This is something > we could improve by maybe explicitly mentioning on the mailing list page > that basic questions are very welcome, and by actively promoting > discussions with people who are unsure how to contribute. I agree :) > > Thirdly, there is 'active inhospitability', which can range from 'RTFM' > emails to venting frustration to berating others. Pywikipedia-l (or any > other mailing list, for that matter) is /not/ the place for that. I've > fallen for the 'venting frustration' a myself, but it's important to keep > in mind this shapes the image of the project for people who may not be > actively participating at the moment. They might not participate because of > a negative atmosphere. Please send frustration-venting emails to me ;-), > and send only the constructive mails to the mailing list :-) As I told before If pywikibot doesn't work properly you can yell at me ;) no matter it's my fault or not. so please if you angry about something in pywikibot please send your e-mail to me not here. > > Merlijn > -- Amir _______________________________________________ Pywikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/pywikipedia-l
