On 11/10/06, geni <geniice(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 11/10/06, bawolff <bawolff+wn(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Well if they have an email listed, It is (I
assume) fairly easy to
email them. However sometimes, If Commonsticker lists an image
deleted, I go look and investigate it, Figure out who uploaded it.
Then I look at their talk page. - it usually has only a deletion
notice, and nothing else. I notice that the user page link is blue -
look at that, it says basicly "I'm never going to be back here again -
goto wikipedia to talk to me". If we were able to make a bot that saw
that (yes I know this is more or less impossible), and put a notice on
the wiki that pointed to, it would go a long way to getting users to
listen/hear. ~~~~
-user:Bawolff
could set up welcome notices which include asking people to provide a
link to thier home project in a certian format.
--
geni
That could work, Just using a template e.g.
{{redirMesg|fr:Wikipedia:user talk:foo}}, or maybe getting them to do
a #Redirect[[fr:wikipedia:user talk:foo]] could work also, as
eventhough it wouldn't technically redirect (I assume) that would be
easy for a bot to pick out+many users already do that. Actually what
someone said previously about enabling talk messages emailing by
default would be a good solution as well imho (As its really just
flicking a switch) but that goes back to them having an email.
-bawolff