There used to a be a good document on TS wiki for their mailing lists we could link to.
On 18 March 2014 21:59, John Mark Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 6:16 PM, David Gerard <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 18 March 2014 10:49, John Mark Vandenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> While legal threats are banned on the wiki projects, the mailing lists > >> are managed differently, and there are differences in expectations of > >> behaviour (and dispute resolution) for the mailing lists. > > > > Personally I'd consider legal threats in the general case a kicking > > offence, for the same reason as on the wikis. > > > > (ATM I appear to be the listadmin. Bitten by my own law: "The reward > > for a job well done is another three jobs." I don't even live in > > Australia, so I'm probably not the best person to be sole admin - any > > volunteers? Perhaps you, John ...) > > I'd rather not David; I dont think it would help matters. There are > active members of our community who are suitable. Typically it isnt > much work - usually approving one over-sized email per month is the > amount of work required, and managing a dispute once a year. > > >> I am also scratching my head about whether the WMF mailing lists are > >> covered by the WMF terms of use. Perhaps not. > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Terms_of_use#What_services_are_covered_by_the_terms_of_use > > > > > > I'd be amazed if not explicitly listing the mailing lists meant that > > blatantly antisocial behaviour - such as we're witnessing here - was > > just fine. > > In the paragraph before the one you quoted, I said "I think we should > note the behavioural guidelines of this list on the mailman listinfo > page". Do you have any thoughts on that? > > IMO, the terms of use would be an excellent document to refer to as > the baseline for behaviour on the WMF mailing lists, but only if the > WMF legal team intended for it to be used in that manner, or at least > dont object to it, which is why I have asked the question on meta. > Sorry that I wasnt more clear in my last email. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >
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