Hi, I do not expect that this email list to be used for promotional purposes beyond Wikipedia or Wikimedia in general. Specifically, the email list is for matters that concern Cascadia Wikimedians. While this book may interest some on the list, I think many would find this inappropriate & unwelcome, however well intentioned.
Yours, Peaceray On Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM Benj. Mako Hill <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings! > > {"quotation": {"who": "Joe Mabel", "date": "Mon, Feb 16, 2026 at > 03:19:49PM -0800"}} > > It doesn't look at all deliberately spammy to me; I think it was > > well-intentioned. > > Maybe I'm overreacting. When I get a "recommendation" for a first-time > poster about a self-published book that only tangentially related to > the purpose of this list from a person I don't know (complete with a > coupon code!) it feels like it's a person advertising. > > Professor Anderson lists himself as "Head of Research" but there is no > indication /what/ they are the head of research of or professor of/at. > > If you search for their email signature, all you get is this exactly > message forwarded to other mailing lists over the last six months: > > > https://www.google.com/search?q=%22professor+peter+anderson+head+of+research%22 > > Those mailing lists are about IPv6, open source, etc. Maybe this guy > just really loves this book and wants to tell every random list, but > I'm pretty skeptical. And I'd still probably ban him for it. > > If this was a book recommendation from *you*, or if it was from some > rando about a Wikipedia book, I wouldn't have thought twice. This > feels spammy to me. > > Is this guy a long time list member or did he just join to post this? > If it's the later, I'd definitely ban. > > > We've never made it super-clear (even to me as an admin) just what > > is and is not in scope for the list. If he does this repeatedly, or > > if there is something more egregiously spammy, yes, I'd ban someone > > for spam. > > I'd say that at a minimum it's either for messages from people in the > Wikimedia community in Cascadia (about anything) or directly about or > relevant to them (from anyone). This doesn't feel like either to me. > > Later, > Mako > > > > -- > Benjamin Mako Hill > https://mako.cc/ > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
