Hi Mykola, Yes, for WLM Netherlands we used the VRTS-queue in the same way. We now have a wikiproject page on our municipal monuments with only dead reference links.... And I can definitely ask for wlm-ua to be re-opened as well, same for other teams if they want to get back their queue. I just want to make sure to not open up unused queues, that would be quite pointless.
Best, Ciell Op wo 24 aug. 2022 om 22:12 schreef Mykola Kozlenko <[email protected]>: > Hi Ciell, > > This is very surprising to us as organisers of Wiki Loves Monuments in > Ukraine. > > We rely on lists obtained from different government institutions (because > we don't have one single national list). The VRTS queue wlm-ua@ was the > place where we aggregated them. > > We think that VRTS queue is exactly fit for the purpose, as it guarantees > that, on one hand, all new volunteers have access to previous emails, on > the other hand, we can link to the exact email as a source (because > sometimes they send documents that were never published before). Basically > if VRTS did not exist, we would have probably opted for a similar > non-Wikimedia solution. If VRTS does not want to host wlm-ua@ emails, we > would probably have to use a non-Wikimedia ticket system, which would costs > us volunteer time for no good reason. > > The closure of this list was never discussed with us, and statement > that it contains only spam is wrong. Of course we did not use them for the > last 6 months for obvious reasons (in a normal year we would have already > received dozens of emails by this time), but not being able to use > it anymore would be a major problem for us. > > Should we make a separate request to unlock wlm-ua@ or does your request > concerns the entire list of wlx queues? > > Thanks > Mykola > > * 24 серпня 2022, 20:17:37, від "Ciell Wikipedia" > <[email protected] <[email protected]>>: * > > Hi everyone, > > Some teams from the 'early days' have been using OTRS > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTRS>, now VRTS, to handle incoming emails > for their Wiki Loves Monuments competition. VRTS is a closed email system > that allows multiple 'agents' access to the incoming emails sent to one > email address, and to process these emails as a team. Wikimedia project > volunteers also use VRTS to answer emails from readers, they are called the > Volunteer > Response Team > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Volunteer_Response_Team>, and > have queues and agents in several languages. > > Because these WLM-related queues had become inactive and seemingly > abandoned, and received only spam, all WLX-queues were closed last January. > I have now started a procedure on the VRT-wiki to open up the general > WLM-queue for the international team, since our email address is connected > to our queue, and we need to have access to the email address for obvious > reasons. > > As far as I can see, there has been no consultation of the people working > on WLX-competitions (so also Wiki Loves Earth, for instance) and therefore > wanted to notify those that had a queue in the past and also might want to > have their queue restored. > > For those of you that have access to the closed vrt-wiki, my request can > be found here > <https://vrt-wiki.wikimedia.org/wiki/Administrator_requests#Re-opening_wlx-queues>. > Please join the conversation if the same situation applies to you > > If you have moved on to a different system for receiving and sending email > about Wiki Loves Monuments and are not using VRTS as a platform anymore, or > never used VRTS for WLM, no action is needed. > > Best, > Ciell > > [image: Screenshot 2022-01-31 at 19-32-25 List of queues - VRT Wiki(1).png] > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected]http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org
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