[Wikipedia-l] "Bug reports"->"Contact us"

Erik Moeller erik_moeller at gmx.de
Wed Jul 30 22:57:00 UTC 2003


I intend to change the text "Bug reports" to "Contact us", and to describe  
several ways to contact Wikipedia on the respective page:

1) Jimbo Wales / Bombis for press requests
2) IRC and instant messaging for direct chat
3) Village pump for general questions
4) Reference desk for subject-related questions
5) Mailing lists for longer discussions
6) SourceForge tracker for bug reports / feature requests
...

I would suggest that the translation for other Wikipedias than the English  
one be changed accordingly.

Reasons:
- Several times people (mostly those who wanted to write a quick article  
about the pedia) have said that they saw no easy way to contact Wikipedia.  
This is frustrating and can contribute to negative or no reporting about  
us.
- We need a single, prominent page that highlights all these options  
because some of them (e.g. Village pump) are easily missed.
- "Bug reports" is currently given undue prominence. It can be well  
integrated into such a page.

If there are no objections, I will proceed as described above.

Regards,

Erik



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