[Wikipedia-l] Easton's Bible Dictionary

Michael R. Irwin mri_icboise at surfbest.net
Thu Aug 8 02:24:15 UTC 2002


lcrocker at nupedia.com wrote:
> 

> >> * A general "You have mail: click here to read" flag for a user
> >> would be useful: maybe based on an update to their user talk
> >> page more recent than their most recent visit to that page.
> 
> That's not a bad idea either; I perfer actual email for direct
> communication, but user talk pages are there, and are being used
> for that  There's already a link to your user page at the top of
> the page (at least in the standard skin; I don't remember about
> CB); perhaps we should have a flag next to it with a link that
> only appears when there have been changes to your user talk since
> you last visited it.

I think this would be a neat feature.  Particularly for users
preferring the meta for discussions, without reliable email, or 
uninterested in Wikipedia-L.

regards, mirwin



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