👍I agree with Beat’s sentiments. In the grand scheme of things, the noise factor is fairly low.
👊 —David On Sun, Sep 19, 2021 at 12:34 PM Estermann Beat <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Jan, > > > > Personally, I haven’t been particularly annoyed by the amount of “spam” to > this list. > > To me, a “reactive” moderation approach is absolutely fine to me. List > admins could just let senders know after the fact that off-topic messages > are not welcome. > > Senders known to post mainly unrelated stuff can be put on individual > moderation. > > So, the current practice as you describe it, looks perfect to me. > > > > Cheers, > > Beat > > > > > > > > *From:* Jan Ainali <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sonntag, 19. September 2021 18:21 > *To:* Discussion list for the Wikidata project < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [Wikidata] Re: Change list policy for call for papers postings? > > > > Beat, do you suggest that all messages should be moderated? > > > > Because right now it is not, and I was hoping that we could keep like that > and just ask people to not spam the list (and if they do, put them > individually on moderation). > > > > Jan Ainali > > > > > > Den sön 19 sep. 2021 kl 18:14 skrev Estermann Beat <[email protected] > >: > > Dear all, > > > > If there is an obvious thematic link to the topic of the list, then let > the message through; if not, discard it; if in doubt, ask the sender to > clarify the link. > > > > This should go for any message sent to the list; there is no need for any > specific rules regarding CfPs, event announcements, etc. > > > > My 2 cents, > > Beat > > > > > > *From:* Nicolas VIGNERON <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Sonntag, 19. September 2021 14:09 > *To:* Discussion list for the Wikidata project < > [email protected]> > *Subject:* [Wikidata] Re: Change list policy for call for papers postings? > > > > Hi, > > > > Maybe not a full ban (or maybe, I wouldn't be against it) but at least > some clear rules to avoid these spam. > > > > My 2 cents: > > An example of mail that should absolutely be avoided (and not just on this > mailing list) is when a similar mail is sent several times in a short > timespan. We had almost the same mail sent in 2 days this week ! (not to > blame this person in particular, this is not the first time it happens and > it's bad communication). > > Also, senders should strive to make an effort to tell us how the call is > related and/or could benefit to/from Wikidata (very often it's unclear, we > shouldn't have to guess why we are receiving these calls). > > > > Cheers, ~nicolas > > > > Le dim. 19 sept. 2021 à 12:57, Luca Martinelli [Sannita] < > [email protected]> a écrit : > > Back on point, please. > > In regards to calls for papers, do we want to ban them altogether, to > set standards to allow some of them, or leave them be as they are now? > > L. > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Wikidata mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > -- David McDonell Co-founder & CEO ICONICLOUD, Inc. "Illuminating the cloud" M: 703-864-1203 EM: [email protected] URL: http://iconicloud.com
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