Help:Mailing lists

This page is about Wikia mailing lists. Existing mailing lists are listed on the list info page.


 * There is a low-traffic read-only Wikia announcements list which all users are encouraged to join.
 * There is a discussion list for Wikia as a whole. Questions, suggestions, bug reports, and general discussion about Wikia is welcome here.

Alternative means of communication include user talk pages, the Wikia IRC channel, and the Wikia Skype channel.

Every Wikia site can request their own mailing list for the purpose of discussing their wiki. Larger wikis can also request spin-off lists for focused discussions. Previously every new wiki was automatically given a mailing list. This is no longer the case due to spam. Unused mailing lists made between 2004 and 2007 have now been deleted.

General lists
As well as many wiki-specific lists, there are some general mailing lists.
 * Central mailing list - general discussion about the Wikia project or about Wikia wikis in specific languages
 * English
 * German
 * Russian
 * Dutch
 * Gaming wikis
 * Wikia-tech
 * Wikia bots
 * Wikia announcements

How do Wikia mailing lists work?
All mailing lists are publicly readable by default but you need to subscribe to be able to post to the lists. Posts from non-subscribers may be delayed or accidentally discarded, as they need to be approved by a list administrator to prevent spam.

Archives of posts to any list can be found at http://lists.wikia.com/pipermail/*-l/ (e.g. http://lists.wikia.com/pipermail/wikia-l/)

Information on any list can be found at http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/*-l (e.g. http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l)

* Replace the asterisk with the name of the wiki.

Please note that by posting to a list, your post will be publicly and permanently archived by Wikia, and potentially also by third parties. Posts are likely to show up in search engine results pages. Posts are not generally removed, so please be sure before you send an email to a mailing list that you are happy for the content to be made public.

How do I administrate my mailing list?
Each mailing list has at least one mailing list admin. Any responsible user can volunteer for this task. Their main responsibilities are helping people to subscribe, and approving posts that were held for moderaton. These include posts from non-subscribers, posts that were too large, or posts with attachments.

Lists are usually set to reject spam by default. If you change this to allow spam to be held for moderation, note that this should be discarded, not rejected. DO NOT send spammers any messages, like "You need to subscribe" because this will increase the amount of spam you receive.

Other tasks include cross-posting messages that pertain to other lists and gently suggesting that contributors keep on topic and/or avoid flaming each other.

List admins can change specific options on their mailing list. The admin interface is reachable by using the link http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/admin/*-l where * is the name of the wiki (e.g. http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/admin/perl-l). Not all changes are permitted. You should not, for example, mark users email addresses as public if they have chosen to remain private.

See Mailing list administration for more details.

Languages
Posts can be made in any language. See Languages for details on which language interfaces are supported by the mailing list software.

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