2009/9/17 Helen Faulkner <he...@debian.org>: > Hi all, > > Miriam Ruiz wrote: >> One of the reasons -among others- that new women don't write in the >> mailing list might be that the messages are being publicly archived >> and exposed forever, and that could be quite intimidating. Do you >> think it might help if the messages weren't archived? > > My opinion is that the value to the project of having the discussions archived > outweighs the potential problems with privacy involved. There are so very > many > mailing lists, forums and so forth online where everything that people say is > archived. I would be surprised if the archiving was a big barrier to those > who > are interested in contributing - it's somethhing that we are all getting > increasingly used to. > > Maybe we could try to solve the problem in another way. Are there any contact > people listed somewhere that newcomers could email directly for information if > they were interested but shy? Maybe highlighting that information more > clearly > somewhere would help to encourage newcomers to post? > > The other thing that I guess would be helpful would be encouraging people to > subscribe and lurk on the list. Maybe we can make it clearer that people are > welcome to do that. At least that way they will be reading posts and being > reminded about the existence of the project, and eventually I reckon that many > of the lurkers do end up posting something, it might just take them a few > months > to get up to doing so. > > Maybe it would help to point out that people can subscribe with a free email > address that doesn't have to identify them? >
Is it not possible to hide an email address when archiving? Or write a server side script to hide it on screen ? FWIW: I don't mind if people have an email address they use for mailing lists or other purposes. I do mind if they seek to completely hide their true identity for ulterior motives - male or female. Regards L. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-women-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
