On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dal...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 27 July 2012 00:26, John Vandenberg <jay...@gmail.com> wrote: >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l says its a >> private list > > It says: "This is a private list, which means that the list of members > is not available to non-members." > > That is a very specific meaning of "private". It only refers to the > list of members and, since anyone can subscribe and then see the list, > it really isn't very private at all. (I don't know why the list is > private - it should be made public since there is no purpose served by > having it be private.)
It isn't public. The software considers it private. Emails to the list can be claimed to have been sent under the assumption that it isn't going to be published on the web. This was previously discussed in thread "List archives" from March 29 to April 11, where list admin & UK trustee Mike Peel promised to restore the list to being a public list in three days (i.e. April 14) after he had removed any problematic emails.(7b53a90e-3a36-4737-be50-fc23295f0...@wikimedia.org.uk) This was followed by Fae saying he would unsubscribe if it was restored to being a public list.(CAHRYMYXVd0RkFduwVYRjoth=bb8ap3dlnf87jv+_50furcg...@mail.gmail.com) -- John Vandenberg _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediau...@wikimedia.org http://mail.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: http://uk.wikimedia.org
