Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Introducing Beta Features (corrected)

2013-11-14 Thread sibi kanagaraj
I too believe that it very much relevant . For some one who wants to know every new happening in Wikipedia , that mail was not redundant .The mailing list consists of both new comers and experienced users . under such situation , the mail was not only relevant but also informative . -Sibi On Nov

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Introducing Beta Features (corrected)

2013-11-14 Thread ansuman
Yes it's definitely relevant, but few of us missing the point. There are better and easier ways of getting such updates: 1. Blog posts (also available via Twitter/Wikimediablog): https://blog.wikimedia.org/c/technology/ https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/07/introducing-beta-features/ 2.

[Wikimediaindia-l] Introducing Beta Features (corrected)

2013-11-11 Thread Pavanaja U B
[Please ignore the previous email with the same subject] WMF is introducing Beta Features https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/About_Beta_Features (1), a new program that lets you test new features on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia sites before they are released for everyone. Think of it as a

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Introducing Beta Features (corrected)

2013-11-11 Thread ansuman
Thanks Pavanaja, just a link would have sufficed, https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-betafeatures I don't think such updates need to be shared at all these mailing lists. Folks at Meta, and wikimedia.org might be knowing this already. Ansuman

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Introducing Beta Features (corrected)

2013-11-11 Thread Dhaval S. Vyas
+1 Ansuman. Also sharing such emails with regional language lists don't serve the purpose as they wish to receive as less as possible emails in non-native languages. Regards, Dhaval On 11 Nov 2013 17:51, ansuman ansum...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Pavanaja, just a link would have sufficed,

Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Introducing Beta Features (corrected)

2013-11-11 Thread Ashwin Baindur
I beg to differ. Pavanaja doesn't spam the list. Some new features are being publicised. A well-crafted email has been placed. In many cases, Indic Wikipedians are unaware of what's happening. This is an India list the topic is completely relevant. On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 11:28 PM, Dhaval S.