[WikiEN-l] Userboxes

[Josh Gordon]

Oh, I didn't mean it would show when stuff is posted for you on someone
else's talk page; I just mean to make the links in the existing message more
visible.

On Jan 21, 2008 11:23 AM, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:

> Alex Sawczynec wrote:
> > I don't think that means that it would be possible to see new messages
> on
> > someone else's page. That seems rather unlikely.
> >
> > - GlassCobra
> >
> Not exactly.  Under the present circumstances the preferred way of
> handling a two way discussion would mean that if I ask a question on
> your talk page you would respond on mine.  The downside of that approach
> is that the exchange is fragmented in two places, and it gets
> considerably more complicated if more than two people are involved.
> What I am suggesting is that you could answer my question on your own
> talk page, and I would receive some kind of notice that you had
> answered.  This could be either automatic, or it could be based on
> checking some box to notify the questioner.
>
> Ec
> > On Jan 20, 2008 2:45 AM, Ray Saintonge wrote
> >> Josh Gordon wrote:
> >>
> >>> Yeah. An easy solution would just be to personalize the message:
> instead of
> >>>
> >>> "you have new messages", it could say "You have new messages at [[User
> >>> talk:Jpgordon]]".
> >>>
> >> Considering how often responses to questions are made on the
> responder's
> >> own page rather than the questioner's that could be useful.
>
>
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