Re: [Wikimedia-l] New, lower traffic, announcements only email list for Wikimedia developers

2012-07-01 Thread Michael Peel
Hi Gregory, Could I ask a related common question - why not just send these out on WikimediaAnnounce-l? Thanks, Mike On 30 Jun 2012, at 06:49, Gregory Varnum wrote: Cross-posting. -greg Begin forwarded message: From: Gregory Varnum gregory.var...@gmail.com Subject: New, lower

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New, lower traffic, announcements only email list for Wikimedia developers

2012-07-01 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Michael Peel, 01/07/2012 23:39: Could I ask a related common question - why not just send these out on WikimediaAnnounce-l? The list is meant to be low traffic compared to wikitech-l, which is currently (by far) the highest traffic list we have; so, still quite high traffic. Moreover, it's

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New, lower traffic, announcements only email list for Wikimedia developers

2012-07-01 Thread Michael Peel
Hey Greg, Great answer - thanks. :-) It does sound like that's quite a distinct audience here that most likely wouldn't be interested in the other emails that are sent to WikimediaAnnounce-l (e.g. chapter and WMF reports). I hope that there will be appropriate cross-posting to both lists for

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New, lower traffic, announcements only email list for Wikimedia developers

2012-07-01 Thread Gregory Varnum
Mike - thank you - and to Nemo as well for a more concise answer than mine. :) I agree about the cross-posting - and my hunch is that will come with time. Like any new outreach idea, it will need some time to mature, and it may not work out - but I think this one is worth trying. If it