Last modified: 2013-01-28 22:17:55 UTC
Hi there, following a decision of the international team organising Wiki Loves Monuments 2013, I hereby request the creation of a mailing list for the African countries participating in the competition. The suggested name of the mailing list is wlm-africa@lists.wikimedia.org. The default admins should be myself (odder.wiki@gmail.com) and Lodewijk (effeietsanders@gmail.com). Please send the generated password to both addresses, and set up the mailing list with archives; the rest of the settings will be set up by ourselves. Thanks in advance, -- Tomasz (odder)
Just thinking for the future here - are we going to be using more lists per continent (e.g. wlm-europe@), or country? In other words, do we want to come up with a standardised suffix for these lists (like we have -XX for the Wikimedia- chapterS), or will there only be a few of these lists?
Probably not that systematically. However, I learned last year that the African countries were experiencing similar problems and challenges and most did not have enough critical mass to have their own list to discuss these issues. I thought it to be helpful to them to be able to share and discuss on a seperate forum besides the international one. Just like there is a similar mailing list for Iberocoop-countries and some specific countries like India, the Netherlands and Belgium (but at another domain). Maybe it would also make sense in parts of Asia, but maybe not - I'm unsure if they have enough similar issues. Anyway, lets just see what works best! Thanks for the thought though.
(In reply to comment #0) > Please send the generated password to both addresses, and set up the mailing > list with archives; the rest of the settings will be set up by ourselves. > > Thanks in advance, > -- Tomasz (odder) Now created, apologies for the delay. Added yourself and Lodewijk as the list admins, check your emails for the list admin password. Please make sure you add both a "terse phrase" and description for the list. List info: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wlm-africa>.
