I have to run but I now can include the current page name of the page that is displayed before feedback is called. <br><br>Later, I'll add a redirect at the end of the send so that the user goes back to the calling page.
<br><br>To try it out, replace the current feedbck sidebar entry with the following link in your sidebar page (User:[Username]/sidebar):<br><br>** Special:Contact/title={{PAGENAME}}|Feedback<br><br>Please don't add this to the MediaWiki:sidebar page until I have a chance to finish off the second part later this evening.
<br><br>Bill<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 20, 2008 1:58 PM, Jason Kelly <<a href="mailto:jasonk@mit.edu">jasonk@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;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">> > For now I would suggest that everyone reply to the whole feedback list so<br>> that we know what has been responded to.<br><br></div>Yeah I agree, reply-to-all is a good way to handle it for now. We can
<br>think about a more complicated system if the number of feedback<br>comments start getting overwhelming.<br><br>thnaks,<br><font color="#888888">jason<br></font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>On Jan 20, 2008 12:53 PM, Bill F <
<a href="mailto:bill.altmail@gmail.com">bill.altmail@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> good suggestion. For now, the list server is saving them. we can refer to<br>> them indirectly if need be.<br>><br>> B.<br>>
<br>><br>><br>><br>> On Jan 20, 2008 12:36 PM, Julius B. Lucks < <a href="mailto:julius@younglucks.com">julius@younglucks.com</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > Hey Bill,<br>> ><br>> ><br>
> > Things seem to be working very well right now. I would suggest that we<br>> eventually put these emails in some sort of queueing system so that we can<br>> manage which emails have been answered, and which users to send an email
<br>> back to when a feature has changed that they were interested in - could<br>> eventum handle this?<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > For now I would suggest that everyone reply to the whole feedback list so
<br>> that we know what has been responded to. I forgot to do this for the 1st<br>> one, but I will do for the second one. I'll also write an SC blog post<br>> today.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Cheers,
<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Julius<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> > Please Reply to My Permanent Address:
<a href="mailto:julius@younglucks.com">julius@younglucks.com</a><br>> > <a href="http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/User:Julius_B._Lucks" target="_blank">http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/User:Julius_B._Lucks</a><br>> >
<br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Jan 20, 2008, at 6:25 AM, Bill F wrote:
<br>> ><br>> > Julius,<br>> ><br>> > We're using the MIT Mailman mailing list manager. I checked and there's no<br>> way to do this for email addresses in the text of messages. We can hide all
<br>> addresses appearing in the headers of messages. I haven't tried it to see<br>> the effect but I don't know whether this simply hides the text or makes<br>> messages not eligible for replies. I'll look at it during the week.
<br>> ><br>> > Thanks.<br>> ><br>> > B.<br>> ><br>> ><br>> ><br>> > On Jan 19, 2008 12:53 PM, Julius B. Lucks <<a href="mailto:julius@younglucks.com">julius@younglucks.com
</a>> wrote:<br>> ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Great!<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Can we automatically remove the email addresses from tge text of the<br>> archived messages? Just to be safe.
<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > Julius<br>> > ><br>> > > Please Reply to <a href="mailto:julius@younglucks.com">julius@younglucks.com</a><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > >
<br>> > ><br>> > > On Jan 19, 2008, at 7:42 AM, "Bill F" < <a href="mailto:bill.altmail@gmail.com">bill.altmail@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > >
<br>> > ><br>> > > I've made a few changes to the way feedback messages are handled to<br>> tighten up the accepting and distribution of those messages.<br>> > ><br>> > > 1. The System:Contact special page is pretty cool. Feedback is collected
<br>> from the "feedback form" and delivered to an unpublished email address. We<br>> can accept any feedback via the website and handle it as we need to.<br>> > ><br>> > > 2. I have created a new email alias on
OpenWetWare.org to serve as the<br>> destination for the feedback messages. This address is a random sequence and<br>> will not generally be published.<br>> > ><br>> > > 3. I removed the "feedback" alias from
OpenWetWare.org. All messages to<br>> be routed to the <a href="http://Oww-Feedback.mit.edu" target="_blank">Oww-Feedback.mit.edu</a> mailing list will go to the new mail<br>> address.<br>> > ><br>> > > 4. If people find and abuse the "
<a href="mailto:oww-feedback@mit.edu">oww-feedback@mit.edu</a>" address badly,<br>> we'll fall back the same way by renaming the list or replacing it with an<br>> app within OWW or via another web application.
<br>> > ><br>> > > 5. In any discussion of feedback within OWW, please refrain from writing<br>> actual email addresses. This will keep the robots from finding and spamming<br>> the list.<br>> > >
<br>> > > 6. Anyone on the current OWW-Feedback list will notice no difference in<br>> its behavior. The random email address I mentioned is part of the "feedback<br>> application" and wasn't intended as an alternate way of submitting feedback.
<br>> > ><br>> > > 7. I am adding a new MediaWiki: system message,<br>> "MediaWiki:FeedbackHeaderContent". The contents of this message will be<br>> displayed on the form. I'll let people know when it's available.
<br>> > ><br>> > > Let's see how this works. We can use it for other processes which<br>> involve taking input from non-OWW members in a controlled manner as they<br>> emerge.<br>> > >
<br>> > > Thanks.<br>> > ><br>> > > Bill<br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > ><br>> > > _______________________________________________
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