G'day everyone

I wish to address the following three issues from my previous mail:

> The assumption is that the e-mail address a user uses for contact with 
> Pootle will be the same e-mail address he wants to use for attribution 
> in the PO file (assuming he is aware of the attribution).

> What's more, many people munge their addresses in PO headers...

> Another somewhat related problem I have, is that there is no mechanism 
> for users to contact each other.

Currently, the registration page and the profile page (options.html) 
contain fields for the Name, Email, Password and Confirm password.  I 
propose that two extra fields be added to it:

* Display Name (used for attribution purposes):
[________________]

* Address where other users may contact me:
[________________]

When a user registers, the above two fields are filled in automatically 
(using JavaScript, I think) after the user has typed in his name and 
e-mail address (although users can change/delete them).

The autogenerated display name should contain the user's name and munged 
mail address.  So if his name is Joe Soap and his mail address is 
[EMAIL PROTECTED], the autogenerated Display Name would be:

Joe Soap <joe[at]soap[dot]com>

The autogenerated name where a user wants to be contacted, should be the 
same as his display name, but not munged (so that it can easily be 
imported into a mail program):

Joe Soap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Of course, the user can remove and/or change these entries if he wants 
to, but by default they are entered, and if the user clicks "Register", 
he automatically gives permission that the information be used as stated.

I don't know what is the best way to store this information, but at 
least the name/address where a user can be contacted should be stored in 
a separate file that can easily be downloaded as-is by anyone with read 
access to the server-side, so that project administrators can use the 
information (eg to introduce translators to each other, or to send a 
newsletter to translators).

Your thoughts?

Samuel


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Samuel Murray
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Decathlon, for volunteer opensource translations
http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/decathlon/

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