[Ambassadors] Usage of tags in Ambassadors list

[Pierros Papadeas]

On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 5:44 PM, Clint Savage <herlo at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> -- snip --
>
>>> It does seem to me that many lists do actually *not* include the
>>> header tag.  For me, the tag is a visual marker to indicate which list
>>> is being used.  I am on so many lists and it is sometimes hard to
>>> recall which list without some visual indicator.  Yes, I know the 'To'
>>> address can help, but most of the friendly names of mailing lists,
>>> like 'Fedora Design List <design-team at lists.fedoraproject.org>', or my
>>> personal favorite 'For discussions about marketing and expanding the
>>> fedora user base <marketing at lists.fedoraproject.org>', make it
>>> difficult to determine the list to which the discussion belongs.  In
>>> my mail client (gmail), these friendly names usually get cut down to
>>> 'Fedora' or 'For discussions'.  I would suspect that other mail
>>> clients might handle this better, but I would also argue that many
>>> here use gmail.
>>
>> Couldn't agree more... We need to change that and *at least* have
>> proper names for the lists like:
>>
>> Fedora Ambassadors (and not ambassadors)
>> Fedora Marketing (and not "For discussions about marketi...")
>> Fedora Design (and the list goes on...)
>>
>> I will try to raise that on the next board meeting so we can push a
>> decision on that.
>
> The only problem with adding 'Fedora' at the beginning of each of the
> friendly name is that it seems redundant.  In gmail, unless I click on
> the header, the address doesn't show up and often, the friendly name
> gets reduced down to the first word 'Fedora'.  I'd say that maybe the
> naming convention could be something like:
>
> Ambassdors in Fedora <abassadors at lists.fedoraproject.org>
>
> or
>
> Marketing for Fedora <...
>
> or
>
> FedoraDesign <...
>
> --snip --

Seems like a nice plan. Indeed you are right about the "friendly name"
as it cuts down to first word. So having them as "Ambassadors of
Fedora" etc seems right.

Awesome idea Clint :)

~π


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