Perhaps we should remove the instruction to introduce yourself to the list from the instructions. I realize those can get quite spammy.
Maybe the best way for students to simply introduce themselves would be to mention that they are apply to GSoC when they open their first pull request. Since they have to open a pull request anyway, this should reduce the noise. Posts to the list should be reduced to actual questions about the projects themselves. I do want things to be done publicly, so that the community can be involved, but I also appreciate that the mailing list can become a bit noisy at this time of year and that a large fraction of GSoC related posts are, unfortunately, of very low quality. Aaron Meurer On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 12:28 PM Matthew Brett <matthew.br...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > Yes, I've often wondered whether it really makes sense to have every > potential applicant email the whole mailing list. > > Perhaps it would be reasonable to have a separate Sympy GSOC mentors > list for these emails. Then maybe the applicants could email the > list with specific code / design questions as they arise in discussion > on the GSOC mentors list? Or make issues, as Gagandeep just > suggested? > > From the peanut gallery, > > Matthew > > > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 6:17 PM Oscar Benjamin > <oscar.j.benja...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I also wonder if the mailing list is the right place for all these > > GSOC discussions anyway. What is normally a low-volume list ramps up > > massively right now as the GSOC deadline approaches which is not good > > for other users of the mailing list. > > > > On Fri, 27 Mar 2020 at 18:05, Nikhil Maan <nikhilmaa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > There are instructions for students for introducing themselves on the > > > mailing list in the student instructions and discussing an idea on the > > > mailing list on the ideas page. > > > But there is nothing to encourage students to have a public discussion on > > > the mailing list over messaging the mentors personally. > > > > > > I think it would be a good idea to add something to both the Student > > > Instructions and the Ideas page like 'We encourage you to discuss your > > > ideas publicly on the mailing list rather than messaging the mentors > > > privately with your ideas.' We can even make it more elaborate if that > > > would be better. > > > > > > On Friday, March 27, 2020 at 3:41:17 AM UTC+5:30, Aaron Meurer wrote: > > >> > > >> I tend to take the same approach. > > >> > > >> I don't think there is anything about this in the student instructions > > >> on the wiki, but we can add something. > > >> > > >> Aaron Meurer > > >> > > >> On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 4:07 PM Oscar Benjamin > > >> <oscar.j...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> > > > >> > Hi all, > > >> > > > >> > Over the past couple of months I have lost count of the number of > > >> > times that I have been emailed off-list by people interested in > > >> > applying for GSOC with sympy this year. > > >> > > > >> > It's excellent that so many people are interested but I have not > > >> > replied to *any* off-list emails and I don't intend to. This is > > >> > because I don't want to give private help to any particular applicant > > >> > at the expense of others. Anyone who wants to publicly discuss ideas > > >> > or post their proposal and ask for feedback is welcome to do so. I am > > >> > happy to give guidance or provide feedback in an open forum where > > >> > everyone can see what I have to say. If I don't respond then please > > >> > understand that that is because my time is limited and many of the > > >> > proposals are for projects that I would not be able to mentor. > > >> > > > >> > Is there any guidance around off-list communication with GSOC > > >> > applicants on the wiki? > > >> > > > >> > Oscar > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >> > Groups "sympy" group. > > >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > > >> > an email to sy...@googlegroups.com. > > >> > To view this discussion on the web visit > > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAHVvXxRd4ZGy5b7YjhktTL_a68Ybs_OB3818hoqn7Wpo15K-Pw%40mail.gmail.com. > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "sympy" group. > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > > email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/993d2b25-7b7c-4a35-807a-51ed1aa2d37f%40googlegroups.com. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "sympy" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAHVvXxTe86ySTdRf06kaWGTcaPW9-jhof%3DXLOP1YOpnW8YdQ0A%40mail.gmail.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sympy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to sympy+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sympy/CAH6Pt5qwHVOw-0bJ05AcUqbMArohT9RVBqnrG8RGP71odax0xg%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sympy" group. 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