[wp-docs] User Talk vs. Email

Randy Walker randy.walker at mac.com
Thu May 12 20:51:38 GMT 2005


Mine is too :)

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Randy Walker
randy.walker at mac.com
http://randywalker.net/

On May 12, 2005, at 4:47 PM, Carthik Sharma wrote:

> I remember that not so long ago, there was a link on the sidebar in
> user pages to email the User. I used that to email MDAWaffe once.
>
> The lack of that link should be compensated by the presence of the
> wp-docs mailing list, where a larger audience will be able to answer
> your questions.
>
> If you need to email a real person, email me :) My address is on my  
> User page.
>
> Regards,
> Carthik.
>
> On 5/12/05, Michael E. Hancock <mhancock at us.net> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply James.
>>
>> At wikimedia.org, in the sidebar Tool Box section, there is an  
>> 'Email this
>> User' option when you visit a User Page, but I don't see that in  
>> Codex.
>>
>> I'm guessing that ability is turned off in Codex.  It could be the  
>> version
>> of Mediawiki used for Codex doesn't support this option--the User
>> Preferences screen doesn't have the field "Disable email from  
>> other users"
>> as referred to User Preferences Help.
>>
>> ~~~~MichaelH
>>
>>
>>> From: "James Huff" <james at macmerc.com>
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 1:23 PM
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>> It's up to the user in question to post either his/her email address
>>> or a link to his/her blog (which  may contain an email address or
>>> contact form).
>>>
>>>
>>> On May 12, 2005, at 10:19 AM, Michael E. Hancock wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Good Afternoon,
>>>>
>>>> A new registered user at Codex  (User:Al-khowarizmi) asked why he
>>>> couldn't
>>>> email another Codex user rather than clutter the User's Discussion
>>>> page with
>>>> certain types of communication.
>>>>
>>>> Is that ability disabled (or not recommended) in Codex, or is it  
>>>> not
>>>> available with the current Codex version of MediaWiki?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any input.
>>>>
>>>> Michael E. Hancock
>>>> Hancock Data
>>>> mhancock at us.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> James Huff
>>> james at macmerc.com
>>> MacMerc Contributing Editor
>>> http://www.macmerc.com/
>>> http://www.macmanx.com/
>>>
>>>
>>
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