Re: [Foundation-l] Request for your input: biographies of living people - Wikimedia-l

2 Mar 2009

Thomas Dalton wrote:
...
   > I've just looked at a BLP and nowhere can I
see an guidance on how to
> complain. I suggest a "Report a problem with this article" link to
> added to the sidebar of all articles as a mailto link to the
> appropriate OTRS address.  I agree with this - I think "report a
problem" would be a very helpful
 starting point.  I've started work on an extension to provide such a link.
Hopefully
 I'll have something to show in a few days. 
The Dutch Wikipedia uses an extension to contact "Wikipedia"
anonymously directly from the browser. See
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15624 and
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ContactPage.

IRC tells me that the response group is happy with the message flow so
far, and people using the form seem happy to use it as well, even
though it's also three clicks away from any article.

--Para