all mailing lists should have descriptions
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	Dzahn
	Nov 2 2017, 11:44 AM

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There are quite a few mailing lists without descriptions what they are used for.

Look for "[no description available]" on the global listinfo page:

https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo

(per policy) All lists should have descriptions. Can somebody provide the missing ones?

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Dzahn created this task.Nov 2 2017, 11:44 AM

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...and on creating lists in the future: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists#Create_a_new_list currently does not ask for a list description, hence lists get created (example) without description. Maybe changing that wiki page and making other folks who sometimes create mailing lists aware of setting a desc?

I've updated the page, it seems a legitimate requirement. It may be something where we need to email the list owners mailman list, telling everyone to supply a description.

RobH awarded a token.Nov 16 2017, 7:43 PM

affected lists as of today:

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Automatic mail to primary list admins of all lists without description sent with:

for list in $(/var/lib/mailman/bin/list_lists | grep "no description"  | sed 's/ - \[no description available\]//g' | sed 's/ //g'); do listadmin=$(/var/lib/mailman/bin/list_admins $list | cut -d ":" -f3 | cut -d, -f1 | sed 's/ //g'); echo "mailing primary admin of ${list} to set a description"; echo -e "Hello list admin of ${list},\nThis is an automated mail you are receiving because the list above has no description set. Could you please set a description what your list is about in the admin interface?\nThis is for https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T179568\nThank you!" |  /usr/bin/mail -s "Please set a a list description" $listadmin -a "From: noreply@lists.wikimedia.org"; done

Dzahn added a comment.Oct 12 2018, 6:33 PM

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Dzahn triaged this task as Low priority.Oct 12 2018, 6:34 PM