https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=41672
--- Comment #24 from Jarry1250 <jarry1...@gmail.com> 2012-11-04 17:17:33 UTC --- Having it as " (talk)" rather than "Messages" avoids one kind of confusion (down the line, one might have two messaging systems run in parallel) at the expense of the other (users being completely confused at to where they pick up the messages people have sent to them. To expand somewhat, "talk" is an active verb, and "(talk)" is clearly used throughout the interface as a way of saying "click here to send a message to Y". I don't think it's obvious at all to newer users that you would click on that to read messages sent to that user (i.e. "me"). Even "My talk" was less cryptic in that respect, because implied that the target was a thing that you had control over. Imagine sitting down with a new user. You ask them to find the note about copyright issues you sent them last Thursday. Would they be more likely to click "My talk", "(talk)" or "Messages"? -- 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 Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
