Re: Proposal for an emacs-humanities mailing list

[Karl Fogel]

On 29 Nov 2020, Paul W. Rankin" via "Emacs development discussions. wrote:
>During EmacsConf 2020 it became clear that there is a sizeable number
>of people who use Emacs outside of a programming context, specifically
>in the Humanities, and there was support for a mailing list dedicated
>to this group.
>
>The benefit of such a list would allow those using Emacs within the
>Humanities a way to become more directly involved with the project
>without committing to the emacs-devel or help-gnu-emacs lists, which
>are much more programming-focused than the average Humanities user may
>be comfortable with or interested in.
>
>I would be happy to administer this list, and could surely bring on
>others of a similar background and interest. (I'm a member of the
>Savannah Emacs group.)
>
>Proposed address:
>emacs-humanities@gnu.org
>
>Proposed description:
>This list is for general discussion and help for using GNU Emacs in
>the Humanities. Participants are assumed to be non-programmers and
>respected as such.

This seems like a useful idea.  I looked at 
https://savannah.gnu.org/mail/?group=emacs to see how one would request the 
creation of a new Emacs-related mailing list, but I didn't find an answer.  Do 
you already know, or does someone here know how?

Best regards,
-Karl