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Wiki pages are certainly better for long-term organization of discussions.
They are harder for a few voices to dominate; they can be refactored and
summarized, and skimmed to find discussions among new voices.  Our
translation tools work directly on meta.

A simple mail-to-wiki script could be nice, adding a link from wiki pages
to public email/forum threads.  But one doesn't exist now.

Pine, you are one of the most active posters to this list, by count and
volume; clearly you like mail.  Not everyone does; some are put off by the
power law distribution of posters here.  Nat's suggestion is reasonable;
why not try it and see how it works. Some discussions about board
composition will inevitably occur here; if you see ones that you think are
relevant, you can help ensure they are summarized on that page.

Sam


On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 11:45 AM, Dan Garry <dga...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hey Pine,
>
> On 27 July 2016 at 08:25, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I'm not sure that I agree with you. The Board and Lila ignored some
> > inquiries that I made on Meta. Discussions on this mailing list seem to
> > attract at least as much good-faith participation as discussions on
> Meta. I
> > would suggest that inquiries could be made in either venue, and the Board
> > can simply acknowledge and collect them for action during the governance
> > review.
>
>
> If I'm understanding, you're saying that you've previously left questions
> on Meta which ended up going unanswered, and therefore you'd prefer to ask
> questions on this mailing list to increase your chances of a response.
>
> Increasing the number of open channels of communication also increases the
> burden of monitoring those channels to ensure that nothing goes missing.
> Therefore, trying to engage in two places will likely increase the chance
> of something going missing, rather than decreasing. This is likely why
> Nataliia has asked that feedback be given in a single location, so that she
> can be sure that she can see any feedback or questions that are given. I
> would encourage you to try engaging on Meta, as Nataliia suggests, rather
> than here, to reduce the chances that something goes missing or ignored.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> --
> Dan Garry
> Lead Product Manager, Discovery
> Wikimedia Foundation
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