The Scope and Ownership of fedora-list

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Wed, 2008-08-27 at 17:34 +0930, Tim wrote:
> Paul W. Frields:
> >> maybe we should put a "caveat emptor" in the bit that the list management
> >> software applies to the end of every message?  Only not so scary.
> 
> James Wilkinson:
> > If you’re going to edit that, can we please *finally* have a link to a
> > FAQ list? Possibly
> > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines , or
> > that material re-ordered for fedora-list purposes?
> 
> Yes, there should be something like that.  People who sign up to the
> list should be presented with a link to the guidelines.  It's a bit hard
> to expect people not to top-post if they've not been told that before
> they see/send any messages.

+1 to this. In fact +10 :-)

> On a similar note, the "unsubscribe" link on each message is rather
> offputting.  People might avoid it, thinking that they'll unsubscribe
> themselves just by clicking on it.  And conversely, people wanting to
> unsubscribe might be a bit bamboozled as to what to do next.  There's
> got to be a simple way to say that it's for you subscription control,
> not just unsubscription.

Yes, instead of "To unsubscribe:" it could say "List options:" or some
such. I would propose something like:

        -- 
        Fedora mailing list: fedora-list at redhat.com
        Please read the Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
        Options: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
        
        
poc