Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-09 Thread Thyge
No, that is not the case. I got a confirmation by email about being unsubscribed, and 6 hours later a new email that I was subscribed again. Fortunately, this gave me the opportunity to report the group twice. Regards, Thyge 2015-01-10 0:05 GMT+01:00 Charles Gregory : > I believe the problem occ

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-09 Thread Charles Gregory
I believe the problem occurs if you use a gmail (or domain with google apps) email address which differs to the email address you were subscribed to the list with. Being a Google service, the group interface tries to use your gmail account. MZ's email method works well! If you need the direct li

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-09 Thread Thyge
My experience is the same :-( 2015-01-09 19:28 GMT+01:00 Ricordisamoa : > Thanks for the notice. I unsubscribed some hours ago and got resubscribed > again... > > Il 07/01/2015 19:26, Austin Hair ha scritto: > > You may have already received a message indicating that you've been >> added to the

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-09 Thread Ricordisamoa
Thanks for the notice. I unsubscribed some hours ago and got resubscribed again... Il 07/01/2015 19:26, Austin Hair ha scritto: You may have already received a message indicating that you've been added to the "Wikimedia-l" Google Group; if not, you likely will soon. In case it's not clear, thi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-09 Thread Austin Hair
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote: > On 15-01-09 09:26 AM, Richard Symonds wrote: >> >> I believe mailman allows people to be added without confirmation >> too! > > It does, our list admins are just too polite to do that to people. This one is, at least. Wikimedia-l requires

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-09 Thread Marc A. Pelletier
On 15-01-09 09:26 AM, Richard Symonds wrote: I believe mailman allows people to be added without confirmation too! It does, our list admins are just too polite to do that to people. -- Marc ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-09 Thread Richard Symonds
FWIW MZ, I believe mailman allows people to be added without confirmation too! It's useful for some things, but not for lists like ours. Richard Symonds Wikimedia UK 0207 065 0992 Wikimedia UK is a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales, Registered No. 6741827. Registered Ch

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-09 Thread Hong, Yena
Thank you for the tip. "report abuse" did not unsub'ed me somehow. -Yena Hong (Revi) http://www.revi.pe.kr -- Sent from Android -- 2015. 1. 9. 오후 11:03에 "MZMcBride" 님이 작성: > Austin Hair wrote: > >You may have already received a message indicating that you've been > >added to the "Wikimedia-l" Goo

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-09 Thread MZMcBride
Austin Hair wrote: >You may have already received a message indicating that you've been >added to the "Wikimedia-l" Google Group; if not, you likely will soon. I've had difficulty using the Web unsubscribe form, so I've been unsubscribing from this repeated stupidity exclusively via e-mail, which

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-08 Thread Austin Hair
Yes. As stated in my original messages, you can (and should) use the "report" link at the bottom of the subscription e-mail. Austin On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 6:41 AM, Nurunnaby Hasive wrote: > +1 Karthik. Better to report the group. > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Karthik Nadar > wrote: > >>

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-07 Thread Nurunnaby Hasive
+1 Karthik. Better to report the group. On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 11:18 AM, Karthik Nadar wrote: > I think it will be better if most of us can "Report the Group". > > > > > Regards from Mumbai, > Karthik Nadar. > > On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Vishnu wrote: > > > Thanks for the alert, Austin! >

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-07 Thread Karthik Nadar
I think it will be better if most of us can "Report the Group". Regards from Mumbai, Karthik Nadar. On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 9:43 AM, Vishnu wrote: > Thanks for the alert, Austin! > > Vishnu > > > On 01/07/2015 11:56 PM, Austin Hair wrote: > >> You may have already received a message indicatin

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-07 Thread Vishnu
Thanks for the alert, Austin! Vishnu On 01/07/2015 11:56 PM, Austin Hair wrote: You may have already received a message indicating that you've been added to the "Wikimedia-l" Google Group; if not, you likely will soon. In case it's not clear, this Google Group is in no way affiliated with Wiki

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-07 Thread Santi Navarro
Thnak you for your e-mail. I was added and now I've been unsuscribed. El 2015-01-07 19:26, Austin Hair escribió: You may have already received a message indicating that you've been added to the "Wikimedia-l" Google Group; if not, you likely will soon. In case it's not clear, this Google Group i

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-07 Thread Austin Hair
Yes, it almost certainly is, and this isn't new to us. We dealt with this exact type of attack as recently as last month. Austin On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Srikanth Ramakrishnan wrote: > This is probably related to a group that calls itself India Against > Corruption. > A similar tactic was

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Warning: "Wikimedia-l" Google Group

2015-01-07 Thread Srikanth Ramakrishnan
This is probably related to a group that calls itself India Against Corruption. A similar tactic was employed by them on the India Community. You may look up archives of Wikimediaindia-l and Commons-l. You could also read up on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse/India_Against_C