Mailing lists/overview
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These are the mailing lists of the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organization in the state of Florida which operates Wikipedia, Wikibooks, Wikiquote, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikiversity and other wiki-based projects.
A mailing list is like a shared email address: messages sent to that address are distributed to all members (subscribers) of the list. See the Wikipedia article on mailing lists for more information.
Archives are available for online reading; posting generally requires signing up. The mailman list overview page can be found @ https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo
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[edit] Wikimedia Foundation
- foundation-l (archive) - mailing list for the Wikimedia Foundation
- wikitech-l (archive) - Wikimedia technology platform development and maintenance
- wikitext-l (archive) - markup and parsers discussions
- maps-l (archive) - Integration of OpenStreetMap and other free maps, coordinates and geographic data
- mediawiki-api (archive) - announcement & discussion list for MediaWiki API
- mediawiki-l (archive) - General MediaWiki software development and help list
- mediawiki-i18n (archive) - MediaWiki internationalisation and language setup
- mediawiki-announce (archive) - update and security announcements only (low-traffic)
- mediawiki-cvs (archive) - automated notifications of Subversion commits
- wikibugs-l - automated notifications of bug reports
- wikibots-l (archive) - discussion list for bot-editor users on Wikimedia sites
- wiki-research-l (archive) - low volume list for people who are actively engaged in research on the Wikipedia project
- wiki-offline-reader-l (archive) - list for the co-ordination of work on a free offline MediaWiki reader
- translators-l (archive) - a list for discussing and announcing translations across the Wikimedia projects
- wikimania-l (archive) for announcements and discussion about the Wikimania conference
- wikiquality-l (archive) discussions regarding the design and implementation of quality-related technology for Wikimedia projects, as well as quality policies and initiatives.
- oversight-l - Private mailing list for Oversight users.
- stewards-l - Private mailing list for Stewards.
- checkuser-l - Private mailing list for CheckUser users.
- mobile-l - a list for announcing and discussing work on the wikipedia mobile server and all of its supported mobile platforms.
[edit] Wikimedia chapters
- Chapters-reports (archive) - announcement mailing list for all Wikimedia chapters
- WikimediaAU-l (archive) - for matters relating to the planned Australian chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- Wikimediabr-l (archive) - for matters relating to the planned Brazilian chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- Wikimedia-ca (archive) - for matters relating to the planned Canadian chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- WikimediaCH-l (archive) for matters relating to the Swiss chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation.
- WikimediaCZ-l (archive) for matters relating to the Czech chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation.
- VereinAT-l (archive) - for matters relating to the planned Austrian chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- VereinDE-l (archive) - for matters relating to the German chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- WikimediaFR-l (archive) - for matters relating to the French chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- WikimediaNL-l (archive) - for matters relating to the Dutch chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- WikimediaPL-l (archive) - for matters relating to the Polish chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- WikimediaRO-l (archive) - for matters relating to the proposed Romanian chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- WikimediaRU-l (archive) - for matters relating to the Russian chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- WikimediaSE-l (archive) - for matters relating to the Swedish chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- WikimediaSR-l (archive) - for matters relating to the Serbian chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- WikimediaUA (archive) - for matters relating to the proposed Ukrainian chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- WikimediaUK-l (archive) - for matters relating to the UK chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
- Wikimedia-TW (archive) - for matters relating to the TW chapter, but not concerning the wider Foundation
[edit] Regional mailing lists
Lists for established meetup groups in particular locations.
- Wikimedia-Boston - Boston area Wikimedians -- meetup group
- Wikimedia-SF - San Francisco Bay area Wikimedians -- meetup group
- Wikimedia_NYC - New York City area Wikimedians
- WikimediaIE - Ireland Wikimedians
- Wikimedia-BD - Bangladeshi Wikimedians
[edit] Project mailing lists
- wikipedia-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of Wikipedia (see below for local mailing lists)
- wikisource-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of Wikisource
- textbook-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of Wikibooks (see below for local mailing lists)
- wiktionary-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of Wiktionary (see below for local mailing lists)
- wikinews-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of Wikinews (see below for local mailing lists)
- wikiversity-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of Wikiversity
- wikispecies-l (archive) - for global issues, relating to all language versions of Wikispecies
- commons-l (archive) - for the Wikimedia Commons-related discussion
- wikiquote-l (archive) - for Wikiquote-related discussion
- incubator - list for Wikimedia Incubator-related discussion
- Wikimediameta-l - list for issues specific for the Meta-Wiki (the wiki where you are now)
[edit] Local Wikipedia mailing lists
- wikials-l (Alemannisch)
- wikiar-l (العربية)
- wikica-l (Català)
- wikida-l (Dansk)
- wikide-l (Deutsch)
- wikien-l (English)
- daily-article-l (archive) - sends the current article featured on the Main Page to all subscribers
- accounts-enwiki-l - used to create accounts for new users who can't create one themselves
- wikien-bureaucrats - English Wikipedia's Bureaucrat's mailing list; correspondence and project contact.
- wikieo-l (Esperanto)
- wikies-l (Español)
- wikifa-l (فارسی)
- wikifi-l (Suomi)
- wikifr-l (Français)
- wikihi-l (हिन्दी)
- wikihu-l (Magyar)
- wikiia-l (Interlingua)
- wikiis-l (Íslenska)
- wikiit-l (Italiano)
- wikija-l (日本語)
- wikimk-l (Македонски)
- wikiml-l (മലയാളം)
- wikinl-l (Nederlands)
- wikino-l (Norsk (bokmål))
- wikipl-l (Polski)
- wikipt (Português)
- wikiru-l (Русский)
- wikisa-l (संस्कृत)
- wikiskan-l (new all-Scandinavian list)
- wikisv-l (Svenska)
- wikita-l (தமிழ்)
- wikite-l (తెలుగు)
- wikitr-l (Türkçe)
- wikiuk-l (Українська)
- wikivi-l (Tiếng Việt)
- wikizh-l (中文)
[edit] Local Wiktionary mailing lists
- WiktionaryDE-l (Deutsch)
- WiktionaryPT-l (Português)
[edit] Local Wikibooks mailing lists
- WikibooksDE-l (Deutsch)
[edit] Local Wikinews mailing lists
- Wikinews-DE-l (archive)
[edit] Related mailing lists
[edit] pywikipedia
- pywikipedia-announce - for important python mediawiki bot announcements (important bugfixes, updates and notes)
- pywikipedia-l - for discussion (user and developer) about the pywikipediabot framework (messages from pywikipedia-announce are sent here, too)
- pywikipedia-svn - pywikipediabot SVN (version management) updates
- pywikipedia-bugs - pywikipediabot bug tracker announcement (sourceforge.net)
[edit] toolserver
- toolserver-announce - important announcements about and regarding the toolserver
- toolserver-l - for discussion about and regarding the toolserver
[edit] mediawiki
- mediawiki-sv - Swedish language discussions about the MediaWiki software.
[edit] Defunct
- intlwiki-l (archive) - formerly for Wikipedia internationalisation and multilingual coordination, closed in favor of wikipedia-l (for project-wide issues), wikitech-l (for tech issues) and requests for permissions (for administrative setup on small wikis)
- wikilegal-l (archive) - legal & licensing issues, deprecated by foundation-l and the individual project mailing lists
- Juriwiki-l (archive) for legal issues
[edit] See also
There are other ways of communicating with the community besides mailing lists. Some of them include:
- Wikimedia Meta-Wiki – a general discussion and brainstorming wiki
- Wikimedia IRC channels – live chat
- Village pump equivalents on different projects – for discussions relating to the specific project

