[portawiki-discuss] PortaWiki - set up by Stewart

[Darren Tucker]

Arjen Lentz wrote:
> I was actually going to suggest to not do this ;-)
> "yet another mailing list" is a pest for many people.
> And AFAICS, most msgs we've exchanged are basically about being
> uncertain about whether/how to put things in the wiki, and the simple
> answer there is "just do it". It's just about becoming more comfortable
> with the wiki-way of maintaining content.

"just another mailing list" is a feature for me, not a bug since it 
means I can treat it the same way as all the others I participate in.

> Also, MediaWiki itself actually has facilities for meta-discussions,
> you'll see the "Discussion" tab at the top. And users can set up a
> "Watch" on specific pages so they get notified when stuff changes.

A partial compromise is easy: make portawiki-discuss "watch" that page.

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