[OWW-SC] Fwd: [Oww-Feedback] Feedback Message (from Dr Alejo Corrales)

[Reshma Shetty]

Hi all,

In response to Tom's suggestion, I've updated the OWW disclaime
http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:General_disclaimer
Please feel free to amend.

I think the mechanism for easier feedback to OWW is great.  (Props to Julius
for suggesting it and Bill for deploying it so quickly).  But I do agree
with Jason that OWW should not provide a general mechanism for people
without OWW accounts to contact OWW members.  I think OWW users,
specifically occasional users, could become quickly turned off by a site
that enabled them to get spammed.  Especially since people are probably
likely to use their "real" email address to register with OWW rather than
their "spam" webmail address.

I'm also pretty wary of allowing anonymous posts to user talk pages.  I
think it just invites wiki spam and most OWW users including myself don't
want to have to deal with clearing spam even from just their user talk
page.  (Based on wikiomics' experience, it can be pretty easy for the spam
engines to bury pages in links to britney spears pics.)

Personally, I'd prefer to continue with the feedback system as an email form
which anyone can use.  We can relay messages to the intended recipient as
needed.  If this option becomes untenable (i.e. a flood of messages not re
OWW but re individual pages), then we can reassess.

Just my two cents.

Thanks,

Reshma

On Jan 18, 2008 10:11 PM, Jason Kelly <jasonk at mit.edu> wrote:

> I think we might want to tread carefully on this one.  i assume this
> researcher's (Dr. Berglund) contact info is available through his
> school somehow...could suggest the person who emailed check there.
>
> i wouldn't recommend to the person who emailed that he get an OWW
> account and then start posting on talk pages or anything.  we need to
> be a little protective of community, i think.  This guy isn't a
> biologist or biological engineer doing research -- he's looking for
> medical advice.  And there are much better places for him to find
> that.
>
> Austin, I'm against the email form for users.  If someone wants to get
> random emails, they'll post their contact info.  We already allow
> within-OWW form emailing, which I think covers most bases.  Having a
> pre-requisite of signing up to OWW being that everyone on the internet
> gets to know your email address (even if it's through a form) is too
> much to ask, IMO.
>
> thanks,
> jason
>
> On Jan 18, 2008 9:56 PM,  <julius at younglucks.com> wrote:
> > What about the content of emails being sent to the user talk page
> > instead of emailing them?  Either way, we may run into a spam issue.
> > We also might allow anyone to edit a user talk page for messaging as
> > an alternative.
> >
> > In any case, I will email the 1st feedback user with instructions on
> > how to contact an individual user.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Julius
> >
> >
> > Quoting Austin Che <austin at csail.mit.edu>:
> >
> > >
> > >     I think we need a way for anyone to email someone on the wiki. For
> > >     example, make this work for non-logged in users.
> > >     http://openwetware.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/Austin_J._Che
> > >
> > >     Or allow the creation of the feedback forms that send to arbitrary
> > >     email addresses from the wiki.
> > >
> > >     Looking around the Berglund lab page, I couldn't find any other
> > >     way of contacting them.
> > >
> > >> Apparently we need a statement similar to this one in the Pubmed FAQ:
> > >> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query/static/faq.html
> > >>
> > >> On Jan 18, 2008, at 6:46 PM, Bill F wrote:
> > >>
> > >> We have our first feedback message. I can't figure out what to do
> with
> > >> it so you folks can decide.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Austin Che           <austin at csail.mit.edu>          (617)253-5899
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