Per Reshma's questions,<br>
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1. I can add the function call to register the user page in the page
change list. This is a 2 line code change. I'm not implementing it now.
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<br>2. I like the idea of using the mediawiki email address obfuscation. For now, you
don't need to nclude the emai address. Just omit the UMS_EMAIL tag in the text of the page to get
rid of it. I'll look at the feature you mentioned and see if I can pass
that in rather than the email address.<br>
<br>Per Julian's comments<br><br>
3. I may go back and comment the wikitext thats' used in the page to accomplish what I mentioned before: show how tables and tex are formatted as well as how links are created. This will be the first document new users will encounter that they will be given the opportunity to modify. We can at least be clear about how the rather cryptic tags work and provide a little info on where to get more information about it.
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<br>I also send my thanks to Maureen for the suggestion!<br><br>Ilya has pointed out that the admin email address isn't showing up in approval messages. I'm fixing that now and will document any changes related to it.
<br><br>Thanks:<br><br>I hope you find it useful. Tell us how to make it even MORE useful.<br><br><br>
Thanks.<br>
<br>
<br>Bill<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/4/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Julius B. Lucks</b> <<a href="mailto:julius@younglucks.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
julius@younglucks.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div>Great job Bill!<div><br></div><div>A while ago Vincent and I thought about a similar feature as part of the outreach effort. There was some discussion of including wiki tutorial information in the default user page. I think something along the lines of the 'Welcome!' and 'Basic Wiki Instructions' sections of
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Steering_committee/Outreach_chairs/mock_home_page" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Steering_committee/Outreach_chairs/mock_home_page
</a><br><div> <span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<div><br></div><div>would be extremely useful for new users who are also new to wikis, and we could easily integrate these sections into your current template.</div><div><br></div><div>Any thoughts?</div><div><br></div><div>
Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Julius</div><div><br></div><div>---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Please Reply to My Permanent Address: <a href="mailto:julius@younglucks.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
julius@younglucks.com</a></div><div><a href="http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/User:Julius_B._Lucks" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/User:Julius_B._Lucks
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<br><div><div>On Oct 4, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Reshma Shetty wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin: 0px;">Just a quick note that I *believe* that thanks go out to Maureen</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Hoatlin for suggesting this feature as a way to get new users more
</div><div style="margin: 0px;">comfortable with editing the site.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Thanks Maureen!<span> </span>And Bill for implementing it!</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">
<br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">-Reshma</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">On 10/4/07, Bill Flanagan <<a href="mailto:wjf42@mit.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
wjf42@mit.edu</a>> wrote:</div> <blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin: 0px;">We've recently rolled out a new OpenWetWare feature that we want to let all</div><div style="margin: 0px;">of you know about.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">
<br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">When a new user is created, an email message is sent out welcoming the user</div><div style="margin: 0px;">to OpenWetWare.org. The email message formerly pointed to the place their</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">OpenWetWare User: page would be if it had text. They are free to edit and</div><div style="margin: 0px;">save the page. This presents a problem for most OpenWetWare.org users:</div><div style="margin: 0px;">
without having any experience with OpenWetWare or MediaWiki editing, there's</div><div style="margin: 0px;">little chance their</div><div style="margin: 0px;">User: page would be populated with any information.</div>
<div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">
<br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">The OpenWetWare User Management System (UMS) now will create a default User:</div><div style="margin: 0px;">page for all new users. To do this, a standard User: page template has been</div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">created. The information provided by users during registration drives the</div><div style="margin: 0px;">content of this page. This page is not a standard MediaWiki template. This</div><div style="margin: 0px;">
means that future changes to the page will not change existing User: pages.</div><div style="margin: 0px;">The information that can be displayed currently includes the new user's</div><div style="margin: 0px;">name, email address, reason for joining OpenWetWare, and how they heard
</div><div style="margin: 0px;">about us.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Since the content is contained in a standard OpenWetWare page, the content</div><div style="margin: 0px;">
page can be changed. Currently, the display is very basic. If anyone has any</div><div style="margin: 0px;">ideas about how this can be enhanced, feel free to contribute.</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">
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</div><div style="margin: 0px;">Look for more detains here:</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Software/User_management" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Software/User_management</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Thanks</div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;"><br></div>
<div style="margin: 0px;">
Bill Flanagan</div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="http://www.OpenWetWare.org" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.OpenWetWare.org</a></div><div style="margin: 0px; min-height: 14px;">
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