Zoney wrote:
I do think it'd be nice if the talk link showed up a different colour or something for a recent post by an actual real human rather than a bot.
That could be helpful as a short term solution.
Actually many talk messages I've left recently haven't gotten responses, even semi-controversial subjects on reasonably major topics. I really think that back in 2004 they would have.
Certainly it would have been more likely then. Stonewalling is a form of argument, so too is "silence is consent".
Perhaps I'm just getting too old and grouchy.
Not at all. It's a very serious problem.
Of course, the truth is that talk pages have always been inefficient and cumbersome, and really rather pathetic for disputes etc. However, it's not like I have a suggestion for an alternative, and I doubt anyone else has! I mean, in the wider world people are havign to put up with the social difficulties arising from communication by email, SMS text message, etc. All in all, a pretty pathetic way to communicate and express ones views and emotions.
They are indeed inefficient. Information overload makes it easier to ignore a lot of pure nonsense.
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