Use the form, Reid... Use the form...<br><br>Don't be afraid to make a copy of the html form and show us exactly what you mean or change that one. Wiki history is a great way to compare and contrast revisions. <br><br>
I think having a good trail of concrete pages and forms when we have access to a wiki where we can do this helps me in implementing. If something is so broken that I can't make it work, I'll let you know why. <br>
<br>Email is a good way to push us to something but it's cool to see something like the form Ilya sent. Not only does it give all of us a clear pircute, I can literally use it as the form to code to.<br><br>Just my thoughts.<br>
<br>Thanks for the comments!<br><br>Bill Flanagan<br><br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 2:56 PM, Reid Williams <<a href="mailto:enobarber@gmail.com">enobarber@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div style=""><div>I agree. I'd also add empty space between a form textbox and the following text.</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>-reid</div></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><div><br></div><div>
<br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 25, 2008, at 10:04 AM, Ricardo Vidal wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">Ilya,<br><br>I prefer Ilya's option. As long as the field for emails doesn't break if an address is not introduced properly among others that are.<br>
<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 25, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Ilya Sytchev <<a href="mailto:ilyas@mit.edu" target="_blank">ilyas@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I think we need a simpler form. Here's a mock up of what I have in mind<br> (fields borrowed from <a href="http://pandora.com" target="_blank">pandora.com</a>):<br> <br> <a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Ilya/Sandbox" target="_blank">http://openwetware.org/wiki/User:Ilya/Sandbox</a><br>
<div><div></div><div><br> <br> Jason Kelly wrote:<br> >> F. Should we allow for sending invitations to more than one person? We can<br> >> do a whole lab if we want; I'm current;y taking in just one name.<br>
><br> >> They probably can just send it to a mailing list.<br> ><br> > I think it would be nice to list multiple addresses in case you want<br> > to invite a few of your friends. Also, not sure why they need to put<br>
> in the name of the invitee, email address should be enough.<br> ><br> > cool, this is a great addition for outreach / recruitment.<br> ><br> > thanks,<br> > jason<br> ><br> > On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 3:41 PM, Austin Che <<a href="mailto:austin@csail.mit.edu" target="_blank">austin@csail.mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>> > 3. The person who invited the user currently isn't being sent. I think this<br> >> > may be important; I've added support for it but I have a few questions.<br> >> ><br> >> > A. Should people need to be logged in to send the message?<br>
>><br> >> Definitely. Avoid being a spam relay.<br> >><br> >><br> >> > B. Should the name of the member be included in the message?<br> >><br> >> Yes. That's much more likely to get a response.<br>
>><br> >><br> >> > C. Where should we put the button or label to send the invitation?<br> >><br> >> Maybe on the how to join page.<br> >><br> >><br> >> > D. Should we record the invite and then send a message to the person who<br>
>> > submitted the invitation when the invitee registers?<br> >><br> >> That might be difficult to tell unless you have some unique cookie<br> >> or something for them to accept the invitation. It would be easier<br>
>> to do the reverse and have a field on registration that has the<br> >> inviter's user name. Even better, it should be possible to<br> >> generate a link that when clicked, pre-fills out the registration<br>
>> form with various items (such as inviter's name, maybe the lab, etc.)<br> >><br> >><br> >> > E. Should we allow the person submitting the invitation to add an additional<br> >> > comment?<br>
>><br> >> Can't think of why not.<br> >><br> >><br> >> > F. Should we allow for sending invitations to more than one person? We can<br> >> > do a whole lab if we want; I'm current;y taking in just one name.<br>
>><br> >> They probably can just send it to a mailing list.<br> >><br> >><br> >> > G. Should we offer to cc: the message sent out to the person sending the<br> >> > invitation?<br>
>><br> >> Sure why not.<br> >><br> >><br> >> > Recording the invitation isn't a lot more effort to implement and would make<br> >> > for a way to let users know we appreciate their efforts. It also gives us<br>
>> > quantitative info on who's being invited and how often the inviation is<br> >> > acted upon.<br> >><br> >> Might as well record it if possible.<br> >><br> >> I think we need to implement a karma system. 'Worthless' numbers<br>
>> indicating the value of a member is surprisingly good at<br> >> motivating people to do things in communities. We can do something<br> >> like the weighted sum of:<br> >> - number of invited people<br>
>> - total number of edits<br> >> - number of articles created<br> >> - number of emails sent to discuss mailing list<br> >> - etc.<br> >><br> >> --<br> >> Austin Che <<a href="mailto:austin@csail.mit.edu" target="_blank">austin@csail.mit.edu</a>> (617)253-5899<br>
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