[OWW-Discuss] "Contact Us" mods

[Lorrie LeJeune]

I don't think it's too wild an idea. We use WordPress for blogging rather
than the wiki because it's better suited for the task. Why not use a
discussion list server for a discussion list? There must be some list server
software out there that would give us the features we want and still
integrate with OWW the way WordPress does.

--L

On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Ricardo Vidal <rvidal at gmail.com> wrote:

> If there is so much discussion really going on, I'd think it be best to
> have a discussion board and not a blackhole email discussion mailinglist.
> You know, so that previous questions/answers can be found.
>
> But obviously a discussion board is a whole new matter. So I apologize
> going a bit off topic.
>
> ~R
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 1:54 PM, julius.lucks <julius.lucks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Then let's forward the feedback list to duscuss so more people see these
> > messages and can respond.
> >
> > J
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > On Apr 7, 2008, at 10:46 AM, Austin Che <austin at csail.mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >    Getting all contacts to be on the feedback list seems
> > >    impractical. For example, recently on the feedback list:
> > >    "Hi I was wondering were you purchased or harvested the algea that
> > >    you used in the bio reator."
> > >    It's impossible to determine who should even be on the feedback
> > >    list to answer this question. And I really don't think someone who
> > >    just wants to put up a protocol about algae wants to be on a list
> > >    that receives questions about every topic under the sun. However,
> > >    they probably are interested in questions related to algae
> > >    protocols so some way of directing those questions to them is
> > > useful.
> > >
> > >> Can we get lab contacts and protocol writers etc automatically
> > >> sitting
> > >> on the feedback list?
> > >>
> > >> Sent from my iPhone
> > >>
> > >> On Apr 7, 2008, at 9:37 AM, Austin Che <austin at csail.mit.edu> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>>
> > >>>   The message on the page already says to leave a message on the
> > >>>   talk page. It is a much lower barrier to entry to type a message
> > >>>   into a text box than getting an account and posting on a talk
> > >>>   page. The majority of messages that we have already received have
> > >>>   been for specific people/protocols. My feeling is that
> > >>>   restricting the comments to only feedback about the site will mean
> > >>>   we will get no feedback and those who really do have useful
> > >>>   feedback for labs won't give them at all.
> > >>>
> > >>>> We should also put something in the message that if they want to
> > >>>> leave
> > >>>> a message for a particular person or lab, then they can join OWW
> > >>>> and
> > >>>> leave a message on a talk page.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> J
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Apr 7, 2008, at 8:47 AM, "Barry Canton" <bcanton at mit.edu> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>>>  It'd be nice if the contact page could look at the referring
> > >>>>>> page
> > >>>>>>  and based on that, "do the right thing." For example, if I'm
> > >>>>>>  looking at the Endy lab page, the contact form should send an
> > >>>>>>  email to the endy lab contact. The simplest implementation I can
> > >>>>>>  think of is to have a special tag people could put on pages for
> > >>>>>>  example, {{contact:myemail at blah}}. Labs would put it into their
> > >>>>>>  lab template, protocol writers would put it into their
> > >>>>>> protocols,
> > >>>>>>  etc. The contact page extension would try to find such a tag and
> > >>>>>>  if it exists, send the comment email there. Otherwise, it sends
> > >>>>>> to
> > >>>>>>  the generic oww feedback address.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Personally, I think it makes more sense if the behavior of the
> > >>>>> "Contact OWW" button is consistent across the wiki.  I think the
> > >>>>> proposal to make the text on the contact us page better explain
> > >>>>> who
> > >>>>> the feedback is sent to will be sufficient.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Austin Che           <austin at csail.mit.edu>          (617)253-5899
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