Can i get access to manage the list? I already manage the Wikiversity page on Google + and also an admin for the wikimedia Ghana mailing list, [email protected]
I check my mails very often and can handle it. Rex On 9/30/12, Erkan Yilmaz <[email protected]> wrote: > Harry had this request/game some time ago, where I tried to help him > not sure why he could not succeed > > afaik: Cormac is mod of the mailing list, he should be able to do something > about this > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cormaggio > > Erkan > > On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 8:14 PM, Abd ulRahman Lomax > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> The sequence reveals that no moderator is both monitoring this list and >> willing to respond to the request, and possibly the listserver is not >> working properly. >> >> Yes, the user should be able to handle his own unsubscription and is >> being >> obtuse, repeating a message, insistently, to people who can't do anything >> about the situation, and perhaps not following instructions that come >> with >> every mail, or if he is, he is not requesting help, describing the >> specific >> problem encountered, he is merely demanding that someone DO SOMETHING TO >> FIX THIS! >> >> A common reason would be that the user no longer has access to an account >> for sending mail, but is still receiving mail to that account. If that is >> the case here, then Harry isn't telling anyone what the account is. The >> complete headers from a list mail to him would show what's happening. >> (Below, I figure out that this is not the case here. It's commonly a case >> with open mailing lists, this list is, however, closed.) >> >> STOP and all that does absolutely nothing. The instructions below do say >> how to unsubscribe. One of Harry's mails seems to be a response to a mail >> from [email protected] and it looks like the >> subject was not created as instructed for unsubscription. >> >> If Harry tells us what he has done, and what happened, we will then know >> more specifically what to do about it. I'm not personally going to file a >> complaint with the overall wikimedia.org listserver administration unless >> I can verify a problem. And they are quite likely, given the massive >> subscription lists, to ignore complaints written in all caps that don't >> provide adequate information. >> >> To find out if the listserver is operating, I entered a number of >> commands >> through the web interface, which is *public*. I merely need enter the >> subscribed email address. The page is at >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l >> >> On that page, in the "Wikiversity-l" subscribers section, after entering >> my subscribed email address, I pressed the "unsubscribe or edit options" >> button. >> >> I got a member options page acknowledging my email address as a >> subscriber, and one of the buttons was unsubscribe. I pressed the >> unsubscribe button, and, after a few minutes' delay, I received a >> confirmation mail. If I had responded with no changes to that mail, I >> presume I'd have been unsubscribed. I'd forgotten my password, which is >> not >> needed for unsubscription, so I then pressed the password reminder button >> and my password was emailed to me. Using the password, I logged in to the >> member options page. There is also an immediate unsubscription option >> there >> (since they know it's you because you logged in with the password.) >> >> So I did the same, using the Harry address from the mails. I then pressed >> an unsubscribe bottom, which, if Harry is a subscriber, would send him a >> confirmation mail, with instructions that, if followed carefully, will >> unsubscribe him. On the other hand, I tested this with a ridiculous >> subscription address. The interface does not reveal if the person is a >> subscriber or not. >> >> If Harry does not receive a mail, he can then strongly infer that he is >> not, under this email address, subscribed to the list. That, then, means >> that *nobody* can help him, unless he provides the subscription mailing >> address. >> >> However, it is very likely that Harry is a subscriber, because the list >> will reject mails from non-subscribers. I just tested that. Harry's >> mails, >> from his gmail address, are not being held for moderator approval. (If a >> moderator has set automatic approval, it would go through, but he'd also >> be >> getting the message held for approval message. I've seen a moderator set >> up >> automatic bounce approval when the moderation didn't want to surrender >> control but also didn't have the time to actually manage the list.) >> >> Harry, when you are in the middle of an amygdala hijack, you may not be >> able to respond to instructions clearly. See if you can do whatever you >> know to do to relax, have some tea or coffee, get to a place of calm, and >> then try unsubscribing, reading everything carefully. You may find that >> this fixes the interface, in a way that shouting doesn't. >> >> The amazing thing here is how long the hijack has lasted. >> >> Plus, I'm getting that we don't have a moderator who is regularly >> watching >> this list and ready to fix problems. >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Shujen Chang <[email protected]> >> *To:* Mailing list for Wikiversity <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Sunday, September 30, 2012 8:28 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [Wikiversity-l] Wikiversity-l Digest, Vol 58, Issue 4 >> >> You can just unsubscribe this mail list, if you do not want to receive >> any >> letters from the mail list again. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikiversity-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l >> >> > > > -- > Find me at: > > personal blog http://IaskQuestions.com > gnu/linux user #500092 > > ********************************************************************************************** > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. > If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in > error) > please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. > Any unauthorised copying, disclosure or distribution of the material > in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. > > Diese eMail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte > Informationen. > Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese eMail irrtuemlich > erhalten > haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese > Mail. > Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist > nicht > gestattet. > ********************************************************************************************** > -- +Nyarko Rexford <https://plus.google.com/u/0/107174506890941499078> _______________________________________________ Wikiversity-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l
