Hi Diane, Thanks for the comments. I started to write a longer reply before deciding that, given the general message that I'm hearing of (paraphrasing), "this is fine but a shorter form would be better if you want people to participate", I'll skip writing a longer explanation of how I'm thinking. Thanks for taking the time to write.
Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 9:44 AM Diane Ranville <[email protected]> wrote: > " having a shorter list of subjects could lead to criticism about the > content being [...] too reflective of one person's preferences" > => well, as Amir said, the content is *already* reflective of just one > person's preferences. > Also, as Cornelius said, the idea of "what makes you happy" implies a very > subjective feeling. > > So it will always be just *your* view of what makes you happy, your bias. > But: making your email shorter (even going down to just 1 item per week) > would make room for others to share *their *views, creating a balance. > I hope you try the short version on this list (as I barely have time to go > through the Signpost!). > > Best, > > On Sat, Nov 30, 2019 at 12:53 AM Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Thanks to everyone for the feedback. > > > > One point of some agreement among commenters is that they would prefer > > WMYHTW emails to be shorter. Those would be faster for me to write, but > > some problems with having a shorter list of subjects each week are that > it > > could more easily lead to criticism about the content being > > unrepresentative of Wikiverse activities and too reflective of one > person's > > preferences. > > > > I had hoped that having a variety of people participate in these threads > > would add diversity to the content, but participation from others has > been > > rare. > > > > I will need more time to process this feedback and think about what to > do. > > I don't think that any one option will satisfy everyone. One possibility > is > > that I will stop sending these emails to Wikimedia-l, but will continue > to > > write the version that appears in *The Signpost*. Another possibility is > > that I could write the shorter version for a few weeks and see what > people > > think about it, but I worry about this option creating new problems, so > at > > the moment I a leaning toward the previous option. > > > > If anyone has additional feedback to share then please let me know. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Pine > > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
