CfPs on the semantic-web mailing list (and other W3C mailing lists)

Dear subscriber to the semantic-web mailing list.

I have been recently appointed maintainer of the list. It is with this 
hat on that I am writing this email.

W3C has an anti-spam policy [1] applying to all the lists it hosts. This 
policy specifies that call for papers are, in general, not considered 
appropriate for W3C lists. This list, however, is a historical exception 
to that "no-cfp" rule. There was an informal survey back in 2016 [2], 
initiated by Phil Archer. The conclusion was that CfPs were acceptable 
on semantic-web@w3.org, but /should contain the string "[CfP]" in their 
subject/. As you have probably noticed, that rule has never been 
strictly followed (and I was guilty of that myself!)... It used to be 
documented on the mailing-list archive page, but even that has 
disappeared over time (I just put it back).

I think, however, that it is a good thing to flag CfPs to make it easier 
to distinguish them from more targeted messages. Therefore, I ask all of 
us to stick to this good practice as much as possible.

   thanks in advance,

   pa

[1] https://www.w3.org/Mail/FAQ.html#spam

[2] 
https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/semantic-web/2016Mar/thread.html#msg108