[OWW-SC] Changes to Feedback based upon "preliminary feedback"

Julius B. Lucks julius at younglucks.com
Sat Jan 19 12:53:56 EST 2008


Great!

Can we automatically remove the email addresses from tge text of the  
archived messages? Just to be safe.

Julius

Please Reply to julius at younglucks.com

On Jan 19, 2008, at 7:42 AM, "Bill F" <bill.altmail at gmail.com> wrote:

> I've made a few changes to the way feedback messages are handled to  
> tighten up the accepting and distribution of those messages.
>
> 1. The System:Contact special page is pretty cool. Feedback is  
> collected from the "feedback form" and delivered to an unpublished  
> email address. We can accept any feedback via the website and handle  
> it as we need to.
>
> 2. I have created a new email alias on OpenWetWare.org to serve as  
> the destination for the feedback messages. This address is a random  
> sequence and will not generally be published.
>
> 3. I removed the "feedback" alias from OpenWetWare.org. All messages  
> to be routed to the Oww-Feedback.mit.edu mailing list will go to the  
> new mail address.
>
> 4. If people find and abuse the " oww-feedback at mit.edu" address  
> badly, we'll fall back the same way by renaming the list or  
> replacing it with an app within OWW or via another web application.
>
> 5. In any discussion of feedback within OWW, please refrain from  
> writing actual email addresses. This will keep the robots from  
> finding and spamming the list.
>
> 6. Anyone on the current OWW-Feedback list will notice no difference  
> in its behavior. The random email address I mentioned is part of the  
> "feedback application" and wasn't intended as an alternate way of  
> submitting feedback.
>
> 7. I am adding a new MediaWiki: system message,  
> "MediaWiki:FeedbackHeaderContent". The contents of this message will  
> be displayed on the form. I'll let people know when it's available.
>
> Let's see how this works. We can use it for other processes which  
> involve taking input from non-OWW members in a controlled manner as  
> they emerge.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill
>
>
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