Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Wikipedia:Dispute Resolution Improvement Project/NewsletterList

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the miscellaneous page below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the page's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the discussion was  Keep - plausibly useful archived information. Wily D 06:23, 18 September 2012 (UTC)

Dispute Resolution Improvement Project/NewsletterList


This list serves no purpose I am aware of and, knowing WP, people will try to use it as evidence that editors they disagree with are combative because of number of edits to particular boards. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 14:55, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * It 's was the mailing list of the DRN Newsletter. Now that the mailing list has switched to opt-in, just redirect the page to the new mailing list. Redirecting the page keeps the page's history.--SGCM (talk)  15:14, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, redirect to the current opt-in list would be fine with me. Ocaasit &#124; c 22:09, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * This was the mailing list for the first issue of the DRN Newsletter. In response to some complaints about "spamming", the editors responsible for the distributing the list have already announced that they will use an opt-in page for future distribution. So I suspect that this page will no longer be needed and can be deleted, but it would be courteous to discuss with those involved (such as Occasi) before bringing this to MfD. Newyorkbrad (talk) 15:28, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I did post on the talk page to ask if it served any purpose after the newsletter was made opt-in, but received no response. –Roscelese (talk &sdot; contribs) 15:52, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough, but he might not have been watching that talkpage, so I would have suggested leaving a note on the user talkpage as well. Ah well, in any event, he'll see the template now and comment. Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:10, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * I don't have a strong opinion on this. I think the list could be useful one day, but it's not going to be used for the newsletter, and there are existing concerns about opt-out spam.  If the community prefers it gone, that's fine with me, but it's largely just a ceremonial change at this point.  As for this information being misused as signs of 'combativity', that seems unlikely, as people frequent these boards for many reasons, most of them constructive.  Also, this information is all publicly available anyway and it only took me an hour to put together with existing tools.   Ocaasit &#124; c 16:44, 6 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep the history – It shows evidence of who was given this newsletter and why they received it. Perhaps some users may come back after a wikibreak and find that they've received the newsletter on their talk page, and wonder about the reason for it. A red link to the distribution list would not look good at all. Graham 87 12:06, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * This is relatively harmless, and if it weren't for this list it wouldn't be clear where all the fuss over the initial mass-message had come from. I don't think it's likely to lead to abuse, especially as it's all public information anyway. Chris Cunningham (user:thumperward) (talk) 14:21, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep It was a pretty targeted list, and I wasn't bothered by getting it. It's fine to keep this so that people can see why they were contacted. Gigs (talk) 17:42, 7 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep. I agree that this needs to be kept for historical reasons, at least for several months, so users who received a link to the original newsletter can trace back their involvement. I think there may still be a place for this kind of listing to inform notification for the dispute resolution project in the future as well, so I would argue against its deletion on that basis as well. VanIsaacWS Vexcontribs 05:28, 8 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep the history per Thumperward. I think that in future, users may be interested to know how it came about that the dispute resolution newsletter was targeted at such cool-headed peacemakers as Off2riorob/Youreallycan, Malleus Fatuorum, Baseball Bugs, Br'er Rabbit/Jack Merridew and Treasury Tag.— S Marshall  T/C 17:34, 11 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Keep per all the arguments for the same, above. ··· 日本穣 ? · 投稿  · Talk to Nihonjoe ·  Join WP Japan ! 16:18, 13 September 2012 (UTC)
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