On Dec 1, 2019, at 8:15 AM, Jonathan Goble <jcgoble3@gmail.com> wrote:
On Sun, Dec 1, 2019, 11:06 AM Ned Batchelder <ned@nedbatchelder.com> wrote: On 12/1/19 10:45 AM, C. Titus Brown wrote:
Hi folks,
sorry, took me more than a few months, but I wrote a draft of a python-ideas HOWTO here,
[ munch of good discussion ]
Thoughts? Am I missing am obvious location? Should I just get on with a PR and we’ll sort it out later? :)
There is a page that catalogs the mailing lists: https://www.python.org/community/lists/ . A new page linked from the Python-Ideas description (which is very brief!) sounds good to me.
Thanks again for doing this!
--Ned.
I'd suggest putting the full text on the list sign up page above the subscription form (to encourage reading before signing up) and perhaps even in the body of an automated welcome email upon subscribing.
The goal is to have as many new subscribers read it as possible, and that requires making it as visible as possible. Text will be read if easily seen and not buried "below the fold". Links are much less likely to be followed.
Thanks Ned & Jonathan! I forgot to include some information in the original e-mail — I changed the python-ideas list so that new subscribers are by default under moderation. This was initially in response to the increase in spam, but also provides the opportunity to serve as a gate that lets me and other moderators respond to a first-post with “hey, have you read <THIS>? You really should!” So, in addition to being linked in to the appropriate places, I’m hoping to point to this document in a response to newcomers posting to the list. That seems like another high-conversion target location in addition to having it be on the list signup page and in a welcome message. best, —titus