MediaWiki talk:Sidebar

I think a contact an admin link would help. I don't care if it's my page, but I watch it via email even though I'm not always here, and I don't mind the job, if anyone even uses it.

People routinely can't figure out how to get help, so I think it's useful. Revert if disagreed, and discuss it here. &mdash;Tanaric 07:44, 18 July 2006 (CDT)


 * I like having a link available; but I would prefer not linking to your talk page. If remaining on your user space, then a dedicated location like User_talk:Tanaric/admin_contact (I realise that MediaWiki engine only supports emailing under a limited number of options, talk page edits being one, so this is a limitation of MediaWiki).  But my preference would be a link directly to Administrators, and rework the list of active admins to mark those who are emailed if a post is made on their talk page. --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 08:01, 18 July 2006 (CDT)


 * Sorry, connection died for a few days after posting this, heh.


 * Anyway, I agree in principle, Barek. I'd rather my userpage wasn't linked (seems a bit self-glorifying), but it's the only reliable way of getting email updates without enabling watchlist emails (which I won't do, since I'm watching every article I've ever edited). I'd link to Admins, but that makes it a two-click process, and many users give up if the result they want isn't given to them after the first click. Digging through links is a classic web-design mistake -- even though we're wiki, we have to cater to those same principles for stuff like this.


 * Nobody else has replied, so I'm thinking nobody cares. For the record, I've gotten three emails since I added the link. I usually get one email every few months, so this concept is at least somewhat beneficial to the wiki. &mdash;Tanaric 14:09, 25 July 2006 (CDT)

tooltips
tooltips went >< i miss alt+r. dunno if it was us or wiki update &mdash; Skuld  13:32, 18 July 2006 (CDT)


 * They still work here. &mdash;Tanaric 14:09, 25 July 2006 (CDT)