https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30442
--- Comment #32 from Nemo_bis <[email protected]> 2011-10-19 10:24:36 UTC --- Ok, so you're still ignoring my question. I guess we'll start a conversation about every possible addition to the page and in the end it will itself be a proof of the confusion your proposal currently implies. Or, you can answer my question and ignore the rest of this comment. (In reply to comment #31) > Email preferences are needed for a very particular thing - sending and > receiving email. Not all users need it, and those who do, can find a way to > define it. Not true. On many wikis, email notifications are enabled by default. This means that the new user could receive an email way before seeing any gender-relevant message and without doing anything, for instance because of a message on the user talk. > In fact, i would remove email from the basic account creation form. It's needed for password recovery so it's a logical consequence of the password field. > Gender, however, is needed for correct software messages. It's true that most > sites and programs don't even give the option of correct messages, but we do. > So gender must remain optional, but it should be more visible than today > during > the account creation process. You're working under the assumption that "correct software messages" are more important than everything else. This is not a MediaWiki axiom AFAIK so you need to prove it. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
