https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36699
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Bug #: 36699
Summary: new message notice for IPs shouldn't be shown for
people who haven't been editing
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: User interface
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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From
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVillage_pump_%28technical%29&diff=489965097&oldid=489953020
Hi all, I just got a "new message" banner for vandalism by someone else. Now,
I'm an irregular but longtime contributor, and I do understand what is going on
here, and it doesn't bother me. I do also understand that shared IP address
messages are necessarily going to be difficult to deliver. But it does occur to
me that this would confuse most people, and we can do better.
So may I suggest that if an unregistered user has not performed an edit during
their session, then the "new message" banner ought not to be shown. A "new
message" banner would not be displayed unless and until someone tries to make
an edit (or logs in). The rationale is:
most users are simply reading Wikipedia, the messages is certainly not to
them, and there is no reason to trouble or confuse them.
the message will be delivered to someone actually making an edit, so the
chances of reaching the right user on a shared IP are actually much increased,
this seems like a small change (but granted I don't know the Wiki
internals),
the only way a message notification could go undelivered this way is if no
user makes any further unregistered edit from that IP address, but that seems
like no big loss.
My 2 cents for today. You're welcome, Wikipedia :-) -
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