On 20 October 2010 07:07, MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com> wrote:
Amir E. Aharoni wrote:
This is obvious to someone who has been using
Wikipedia for some time,
but not so for newbies. I propose changing the "new messages" notice
to something like: "You have new messages on your public talk page
(last change)."
I think this is obvious to most people. Perhaps the people who worked on the
usability tests previously have insight into this, though.
I also think saying "public talk page" will draw a misleading distinction in
users' minds. That is, it suggests that there might be a private talk page
(or any privacy on the wiki at all, for that matter).
MZMcBride
Perhaps a better solution (if this is a common enough problem) would
be to edit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Editnotices/Namespace/User_talk
to inform/remind people that messages they leave there are public. I
just checked and it seems it would stack ok with individuals' custom
editnotices for their talk page.
Anyone know if it's possible to get a Special:EmailUser link to only
show up when usable (like it does in the sidebar toolbox)? Would
improve it further.
Pete / the wub