On 21 July 2013 02:38, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 6:52 PM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi > > > > the mwiki contact page has been removed after a offlist question from rob > > weir, so we are back where we started a couple of weeks ago I have not > > reopened the BZ issue with the request for a contact page. > > > > all footers on wiki contain the text: > > > > Contact: dev@openoffice.apache.org > > > > That message is NOT translated as with the rest of mwiki. > > > > Jan, > > I asked for the removal of that page because it was mainly generating > spam. Moderators had to deal with 15 examples of this from the wiki > admin form in one day. >
Which I did, and have no problem doing > > But now you've added the string "Contact: dev@openoffice.apache.org" > *twice* to the footer of every wiki page, with no mention that there > are other more appropriate avenues to go for support. > > I'm not certain now that you understand or appreciate what the issue > is. Putting *any* prominent note to contact d...@openoffice.org is a > very bad idea and will merely lead to misdirected support requests, > causing a bad experience for users as well as volunteers. > > So a -1 from me to your additions to the page footer. Please remove > it. And please review any further changes of this nature here on the > dev list before making it. > well we actually did discuss on the list, we even have a BZ for it, and I simply tried to help in accordance with our discussion. I dont know why you think "understand or appreciate", maybe the real problem was, that nobody really cared when it was discussed on this list, and nobody bothered giving the objections (which was just as valid yesterday as they are today) as a comment to the BZ. The BZ was announced on this list, and I let plenty of time pass, before I fond the time to implement it. > Remember, the number of people who have admin-related questions about > the wiki are very, very, very few in number. They will be best served > by directing them to some variation of a page like the one we have on > the main website: > > http://www.openoffice.org/contact_us.html > > Thanks! > the contact is completely removed, and the footer is back to where it was when I took over maintenance. rgds jan I. > > -Rob > > > > > rgds. > > Jan I. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > >
