To me, "Hello" and "Thank you" are quite under-used words on this list (in the movement generally but particularly here) so I would prefer we didn't rule these emails out.
After all, if we remove pile-on positive threads that contain little information then pile-on negative threads with equally little information will probably still remain. Chris On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 5:07 PM, Gerard Meijssen <gerard.meijs...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hoi, > The drawback is that not everyone has the inclination to read everything on > Meta as well. At some stage it is just too much. By insisting on silence, > the silence may become overwhelming and it increases the notion that this > list is only for polical tigers. > Thanks, > GerardM > > On 13 January 2016 at 18:00, Asaf Bartov <abar...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > +1 from me too, and to not be spammy myself, I'll add: > > > > one very appropriate way to do welcomes and thanks is *on-wiki*. Notes > > welcoming people (or announcing new boards etc.) should, as a matter of > > habit, include a wiki URL (the user's page, or the affiliate's page, > etc.), > > where people would be invited to leave thank/welcome notes. People > > interested in others' messages could watchlist the page, or read the > > accumulated messages all at once, and the list would be quieter. > > > > A. > > > > On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 4:06 AM, MF-Warburg <mfwarb...@googlemail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > As a mostly silent reader of this list, I'd like to spammingly +1 this > > > message. There's hardly anything more superfluous than these "Welcome > > from > > > Wikimedia Schleswig-Holstein as well!!!!" mails. > > > Am 13.01.2016 12:12 schrieb "Fæ" <fae...@gmail.com>: > > > > > > > TL;DR > > > > Can anyone suggest of a better way of publicly logging thanks, hellos > > > > & goodbyes for our public email lists? > > > > > > > > BACKGROUND > > > > Wikimedia lists are probably unique in the number of emails over a > > > > year which 'thankspam'. For example there is a pattern set that an > > > > awful lot of chapter representatives send public welcomes and > goodbyes > > > > without conveying any new information. Sometimes when my email > > > > notifier shows about ten of these on the same day, I've made the > > > > effort to block that thread, I don't know of a way of specifically > > > > muting the notifications for these types of emails on my mobile > phone. > > > > > > > > Though everyone could chose to send these privately rather than > making > > > > a public statement, I understand the motivation for "us too"s to be > > > > noticed by others who are not the intended 'thanked'. On email lists > > > > something like ensuring thank email subject lines have a formulaic > > > > part of the title would help, so that readers can choose to mute > them; > > > > equivalent to marking "minor" or "bot" edits on our projects so they > > > > don't get flagged in recent changes. > > > > > > > > This thought stirred by Ad's email, but not against the sentiment he > > > > was aiming for. > > > > > > > > PS For those that recall my meta thanks reports, I hope to get this > > > > online again soon once a related phabricator task is resolved. > > > > > > > > Fae > > > > > > > > On 13 January 2016 at 09:21, Ad Huikeshoven <a...@wikimedia.nl> wrote: > > > > ... > > > > > I failed to welcome incoming directors to the board of the > Wikimedia > > > > > Foundation and I failed to thank outgoing directors of the same > board > > > for > > > > > the time and effort they have spent. > > > > > > > > > > - that you are sorry about the harm/damage/waste/confusion your > > > > mistake > > > > > caused (being specific would demonstrate understanding); > > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry for this unpolite and rude behavior. > > > > ... > > > > -- > > > > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > Unsubscribe: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Asaf Bartov > > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the > > sum of all knowledge. 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