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Wikimedia Foundation[edit]

Lists relating to the Wikimedia Foundation:

Interest group lists[edit]

Lists for various topics:

Internal, governance and committee lists[edit]

These lists have to do with specific committees or internal operations, and often require approval to join:

Wikimania[edit]

Wikimedia movement affiliates[edit]

Lists for Wikimedia movement affiliates:

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Regional mailing lists[edit]

Lists for established meetup groups in particular locations:


Project mailing lists[edit]

Sorted by project name:

Local Wikipedia mailing lists[edit]

Local Wiktionary mailing lists[edit]

Local Wikibooks mailing lists[edit]

Local Wikisource mailing lists[edit]

Local Wikinews mailing lists[edit]

Local Wikiversity mailing lists[edit]

Local Wikivoyage mailing lists[edit]

Off-wiki requests lists[edit]

MediaWiki and technical[edit]

Lists related to software and technical matters.

MediaWiki[edit]

General MediaWiki discussion, strictly suitable (also) for a general, non-Wikimedia-only audience.

List Description
mediawiki-l For administrators and users of the MediaWiki software in non-Wikimedia-related projects, including some feature and development discussion. If you are having difficulty with your own installation of MediaWiki, then this is the place to ask for help. (gossamer-threads)
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mediawiki-announce A low traffic list for announcements about new MediaWiki releases and security updates. All messages to this list also go to mediawiki-l, so you don't need to be on both. (gossamer-threads)
Note: this list is in "emergency moderation". Only messages from accepted addresses don't get immediately discarded, and any message has to be manually approved by a list admin or moderator (Tim Starling, Reedy or Csteipp).
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mediawiki-i18n Discussion and notifications regarding MediaWiki internationalisation and language setup. Not to be confused with the private localisation-team.
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mediawiki-api Discussion related to the MediaWiki API and its on-going development.
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mediawiki-api-announce A low-traffic list for announcements about the API, such as breaking changes and new MediaWiki releases. All messages to this list also go to mediawiki-api, so you don't need to be on both.
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wikitext-l This list is for long-term discussion of MediaWiki's syntax ("wikitext"), its current parser, improvements, and work on Parsoid, the new parser. Specific, fixable problems with the current parser and with Parsoid should go to wikitech-l instead. We used to discuss the new VisualEditor here, but discussion of VE has now moved to wikitech-l.
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wikidata-tech Discussion regarding the development of Wikidata
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Code and bugs[edit]

Of interest mainly for developers following the code closely.

List Description
wikibugs-l Automated notifications of bug reports. Note that follow-ups should go into Bugzilla, or sent directly to the reporter and/or to wikitech-l. They should not be sent to wikibugs-l.
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mediawiki-commits Automated notifications of Git/Gerrit commits. Developers and other interested users may wish to subscribe to keep abreast of the latest whizz-bang changes that somebody forgot to mention on wikitech-l. (gossamer-threads)
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wikidata-bugs Automated notifications of bug reports. Note that follow-ups should go into Bugzilla, or sent directly to the reporter and/or to wikidata-l. They should not be sent to wikidata-bugs.
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wikimedia-commits This list was merged to mediawiki-commits.
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mediawiki-codereview All CodeReview comments were sent to this list (only for the SVN repository; no replacement available with Git). Follow-ups went into CodeReview or were sent to wikitech-l.
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qa-alerts Automatic notifications of Quality Assurance alerts (browser tests) sent by Jenkins
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eventlogging-alerts EventLogging Alerts
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multimedia-alerts Automated Multimedia Alerts
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betacluster-alerts More alerts
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discovery-alerts Automatic notifications for oozie job failures
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Local[edit]

MediaWiki discussions local to a specific area or userbase.

List Description
mediawiki-distributors A very low volume list directly related to the issues of those who package and distribute MediaWiki.
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mediawiki-enterprise For discussion related to the enterprise use of MediaWiki.
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iberotec A list about MediaWiki, pywikibot and other technical things, in iberocoop languages (Portugues, Spanish, Italian).
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mediawiki-india A list for developers and users of MediaWiki from India.
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mediawiki-fr Liste de discussion francophone sur MediaWiki / MediaWiki french-speaking mailinglist
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mediawiki-sv Swedish language discussions about the MediaWiki software (closed).
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Related software, tools and infrastructure[edit]

Tools to help use and development of all MediaWiki and MediaWiki sites, or of Wikimedia projects by anyone including researchers etc.

Pywikibot[edit]

List Description
pywikipedia-announce for important Python MediaWiki bot announcements (important bugfixes, updates and notes).
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pywikipedia-l Python MediaWiki bot discussion (user and developer) about the Pywikibot framework.
(Retired in 2015)
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pywikibot Python MediaWiki bot discussion (user and developer) about the Pywikibot framework.
(Currently active)
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pywikipedia-bugs Bugs filed against Pywikibot (Bugzilla).
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pywikibot-commits Commits to the Pywikibot Git repository.
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Wikibase[edit]

List Description
wikibaseug Main discussion of the Wikibase Community User Group
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wikibase-cloud A mailing list for the community of users of Wikibase.Cloud, a new addition to the Wikibase ecosystem
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  • wikibase-nl@lists.wmnederland.nl - The mailings list of the Dutch Wikibase Knowlegde Group - Homepage/sign-up - Archives

Cloud Services and Toolforge[edit]

List Description
cloud-announce Important announcements about and regarding Wikimedia Cloud Services and Toolforge
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cloud For discussion about and regarding Wikimedia Cloud Services and Toolforge
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Toolserver[edit]

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toolserver-announce Important announcements about and regarding the toolserver
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toolserver-l For discussion about and regarding the toolserver
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Other[edit]

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huggle Discussion of Huggle anti-vandalism tool (in English).
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xmldatadumps-l Discussion of providing and downloading Wikimedia data, see Data dumps for on-wiki documentation.
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General development and technical discussion[edit]

For all Wikimedians: the tech ambassadors list for discussion and announcements of upcoming changes and features:

List Description
wikitech-l For discussion of technical issues with Wikimedia servers, features and development of the MediaWiki software, etc. This is not a forum for user help (see mediawiki-l, above). (gossamer-threads)
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wikitech-announce Wikimedia technology platform and MediaWiki development and maintenance announcements, reports and updates (low-traffic).
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wikibots-l Discussion and self-help among bots users.
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Interest areas[edit]

Specific technical areas of work on MediaWiki in general and Wikimedia projects specifically.

List Description
analytics A mailing list for the Analytics Team at WMF and everybody who has an interest in Wikipedia and analytics.
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centralnotice-admins CentralNotice admins discussion and announcements.
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design Discussion of Wikimedia design: information architecture, visual design, style, etc.
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ee This list was merged to wikitech-l. Not to be confused with the private e2.
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listadmins List for discussions and announcements related to lists.wikimedia.org
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maps-l Discussion about the integration of open maps (including from OpenStreetMap) with MediaWiki.
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metavid-l Discussion about MetaVidWiki and the integration of MetaVid with MediaWiki.
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mobile-l A list for announcing and discussing the Wikimedia mobile projects. This includes mobile web, apps, and tablets.
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offline-l This list is a place where technologists and practitioners meet to discuss the best approaches for using – as readers or as participants – MediaWiki-powered sites without Internet connectivity.
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teampractices A mailing list to discuss team practices employed in Wikimedia organizations, with focus on software engineering practices and methods such as agile development. Not to be confused with the private Engineering general discussion list for all staffers and contractors of that WMF department.
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wikifarm Discussion for managers of Wiki Farms
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A mailing list oriented around activities of the Search and Discovery department at the WMF. It is a place to discuss all things related to the search and discovery features of Wikimedia.
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wikivideo-l Discussion about video on Wikimedia projects. Closed in July 2013 - See the new Multimedia list, above.
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deployment-systems Discussion list for deployment systems
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cloud-announce Announcements for users of Wikimedia Cloud Services (formerly called labs-announce)
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mediawiki-core Wikimedia's MediaWiki Core team
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newprojects Announcement list for new Wikimedia wikis
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tools-nlwikibots [no description available]
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wikimetrics Wiki metrics
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xtools Discussion list for xTools
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wikimedia-medicine Wiki Medicine discussion
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wikimediareference-l Discussion about the use of reference sources by Wikimedians
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Other lists[edit]

Other public lists[edit]

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egyptopedia-l Egyptopedia - L'egyptologique de Wikipedia / Egyptology Wikipedia
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eliso Esperanto kaj Libera Scio / Esperanto and Free Knowledge
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eliso-anoncoj Esperanto kaj Libera Scio (anoncoj) / Esperanto and Free Knowledge (anouncements)
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wikimediterraneans Wikimedians interested to create a cooperation between affiliates around the mediterranean sea
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wikimedia-cuteness Wikimedia Cuteness Association
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wikimedia-northern-europe For cooperation and joint efforts between Wikimedia organizations in Northern Europe
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wikija-g Japanese user group newsletter distribution.
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Other public dead lists[edit]

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denkmal-at Austrian Monuments Collaboration
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devnations-l Growing Wikimedia in developing nations
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fd-advisorygroup Funds Dissemination Advisory Group
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foa-cron Mentors and students for the wikimedia-cron FOA project
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mediawiki-cvs MediaWiki CVS commits
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packaging [no description available]
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performance discussions on performance engineering
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research-newsletter Wikimedia Research Newsletter
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spcom Sister Projects Committee
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wikilovespublicart Wiki Loves Public Art Photograph Competition
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wikimedia-am Mailing list for Wikimedia Armenia
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wikimedia-am-internal [no description available]
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wikimedia-dz Mailing list for the Algeria Wikimedians User Group
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wikimedia-fi Wikimedia Finland mailing list
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wikimedia-ge Wikimedia Georgia planning list
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wikimedia-il-edu Wikimedia Israel Education team
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wikimedia-in-member [no description available]
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wikimedia-in-newsletter Subscription list for Wikimedia India Newsletter
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wikimedia-in-newsletter-editors Wikimedia India Newsletter Editors
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wikimedia-ma Wikimedia Morocco User Group
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wikimedia-no E-postliste for medlemmer av Wikimedia Norge / Wikimedia Norge Chapter
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wikimedia-sf-makerfaire SF MakerFaire planning list
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wikimedia-sg Wikimedia Singapore
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wikimediaby Wikimedia Belarus email list
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wikimediaco-l Lista de discusion de Wikimedia Colombia / Wikimedia Colombia Chapter
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wikimediahr Wikimedia Croatia Chapter
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wikimediamy Wikimedia Malaysia Chapter
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wikimedianz-l Proposed New Zealand Wikimedia Chapter
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wikimediapa-l Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Wikimedians
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wikimy-l Myanmar Wikipedia mailing list
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wikipedia-bn-help Bangladesh Wikipedia help
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wikipedia-cak Kaqchikel Wikipetya' / Kaqchikel Wikipedia discussion
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wikistats Discussion of the statistics project at wikistats.wmflabs.org
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Other private lists[edit]

Lists without archives.

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affcom-members [no description available]
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apg-grantees List for APG grantees and Staff
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arbcom-ko Korean Wikipedia ArbCom
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board-nominations [no description available]
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bureaucrats-nl-wikipedia NL Wikipedia Bureaucrat list
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car-fr-l Comite d'arbitrage de la Wikipedia francophone / French Wikipedia ArbCom
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wikipedia-fr-comite-nomination Comité de nomination de la Wikipédia francophone / French Wikipedia nominators
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contact-nl Interne overleglijst voor de Nederlandstalige OTRS vrijwilligers
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cvn-private Countervandalism Network Staff
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design-team Design team internal discussion
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destacado-l El articulo destacado de Wikipedia en tu correo / Daily article (Spanish)
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discovery-private Internal communications for WMF search and discovery team
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educacao-br Lista do Grupo Wikimedia Brasileiro de Educação e Pesquisa
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education-collab-private The Education Collaborative (Public List)
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festivalsommer-teilnehmer participants of the German Wikipedia Festivalsommer project
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glam-us-consortium GLAM-Wiki U.S. Consortium advisory board
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global-renamers Internal discussions for global renamers.
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gozetmen Turkish Wikipedia oversighters
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hackathonorganizers [no description available]
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hch-working-group Community Health and Harassment working group
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infobg-l Balgarskite proekti na Wikimedia / Bulgarian Wikipedia
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inspire Inspire campaign list
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lgbt Increasing involvement of LGBT communities and organizing the Wikimedia LGBT Outreach Project
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mediawiki-security Discuss MediaWiki security issues
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mk-shared-knowledge [no description available]
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multimedia-team Internal discussion of WMF Multimedia Team
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pressemeldungen Informations-Pool des deutschen Wikinews-Projekts / German Wikinews project
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recruitment Internal list to facilitate contact with the recruitment team
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releng Release Engineering Team
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research-internal Cross-departmental internal list for all researchers at the WMF
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research-wmf Internal communication for the WMF Research team
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volunteer-supporters [no description available]
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wep For communication between all people of the Wikipedia Education Program
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wiki-hr List for the Croatian Wikipedia
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wikics-l Česká Wikipedie / Czech Wikipedia
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wikidata-bureaucrats Wikidata bureaucrat list
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wikidata-oversight Wikidata oversight list for case discussion
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wikifi-admin Suomenkielisen Wikipedian yllapitajat /Wiki-fi administrators
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wikifr-colloque-l [CLOSED] Colloque francophone 2007 sur Wikipedia / 2007 French Wikipedia Conference
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wikimedia-bd-internal Wikimedia Bangladesh Internal List
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wikimedia-ci Wikimedia Community User Group Cote d'Ivoire mailing list
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wikimedia-cl Lista de correo de Wikimedia Chile / Wikimedia Chile chapter
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wikimedia-co Wikimedia Colombia chapter
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wikimedia-en-abuse Internal list used by the Wikipedia Abuse Response Team
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wikimedia-in-del Wikimedia Mailing List for New Delhi and NCR
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wikimedia-in-newsletter-editors Wikimedia India Newsletter Editors
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wikimedia-kk Kazakh Wikipedia
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wikimedia-mk Internal mailing list for Wikimedia Macedonia
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wikimedia-mx Wikimedia Mexico - lista abierta
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wikimedia-pk Wikimedia affiliate in Pakistan
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wikimedia-search-private Internal communications for WMF search and discovery team
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wikimediabe-l Wikimedia Belgium general list
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wikimediahk Wikimedia Hong Kong, the Local Wikimedia Chapter in Hong Kong
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wikinews-pl Lista dyskusyjna i kontaktowa polskiej wersji Wikinews
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wikipedia-ja-del Wikipedia-JA sysops and eliminators
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wikipedia-ko-admins Private discussion amongst Korean Wikipedia admins
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wmfkids A list for Wikimedia Foundation parents
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testeng Quality & Test Engineering Team
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See also[edit]

There are other ways of communicating with the community besides mailing lists. Some of them include: