Wikipedia talk:Sending letters

Should the poll be started at once - isn't it better to just discuss first? / Habj 20:20, 19 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I attempted to solicit discussion earlier, but nobody seemed to have anything to say about it. Feel free to discuss first. Andre ( talk ) 20:29, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

[comment based on this version]:
 * I don't understand the point of this vote. You're expecting Jimmy to sign these letters, but as far as I know, you haven't actually asked if whether he'd be willing to do that. You can't just start voting on what he is or isn't going to do with his own time.


 * "All responses to the letter sent back to Wikimedia are linked here" - who is going to do that? This seems very impractical to demand by voting that any volunteer should be doing this.


 * Why would any letters that are not official business of the Wikimedia Foundation be sent on official stationery? Angela. 22:20, August 19, 2005 (UTC)


 * The board itself does not even have/use official Wikimedia headed letters... Anthere 23:23, 19 August 2005 (UTC)


 * In theory we might though since James F. made some when he made the business cards. Angela. 00:33, August 20, 2005 (UTC)


 * Perhaps the setup is impractical. The idea was to send request letters that carry the weight and prestige of the Wikimedia Foundation, yet bear the messages of individual nobody editors. I wasn't going to bother Jimmy with the concept before there was even a consensus that this should be done to begin with, but apparently he's made his opinion on it clear. Also, I wasn't just assuming or expecting that he'd be able to do it, note that I wrote Jimbo, perhaps? Andre ( talk ) 21:03, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

No one can send letters under official letterhead without the explicit approval of the foundation, therefore this vote is misguided. Jimbo Wales 03:06, August 20, 2005 (UTC)

From Jimbo's talk page: I'm not sure why you deleted the page... although I was proposing a system for sending snail mail (for which step 3 was If it has consensus, letter is passed on to Wikimedia Foundation official for approval), the page had a separate section that was intended to be a guideline for sending independent, non-Wikimedia-approved mail. I'm going to restore the page and delete the offending section for now. Andre ( talk ) 04:48, August 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * And besides, rejected proposals go to Category:Wikipedia rejected policies. Andre ( talk ) 04:51, August 20, 2005 (UTC)