2009/4/15 Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org:
2009/4/14 Michael Snow wikipedia@verizon.net:
That's okay, my previous reply was a little snarky itself. I don't know that we have a perfect solution, but I think the mixed messages are worth fixing.
Agreed, and this is an issue that will occur again when we have overlapping important announcements. My intuitive take is that stacking messages, or moving them into different places, aren't scalable solutions. It might be desirable to have a minimal "tab" interface to switch between multiple active notices. We'll kick around some ideas, but if anyone wants to create mock-ups or make suggestions, please do :-)
Tabs are for stuff you care about. It doesn't make sense to use them for unbidden "notices".
The notices could be briefer, I mean they could be "Licensing update - vote" and "Wikimania scholarships - apply". Then combining them would not be so bad.
A long term resolution is a good idea, but to resolve the current problem, could we please at least combine the messages for the term of the licensing vote?
Brianna