https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14396
Gurch <matthew.brit...@btinternet.com> changed:
What |Removed |Added
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Priority|Lowest |Normal
Summary|IPs to lose new messages |Clear new messages flag for
|flag after a few weeks or |anonymous users after a few
|months |months
--- Comment #2 from Gurch <matthew.brit...@btinternet.com> 2009-07-07 13:39:02
UTC ---
Was just allocated a new IP address and told that I had a "new message" from
2008, reminded me of this issue.
MediaWiki should really be doing this, I think, even if only as an option. It's
pretty basic, and for new users it causes confusion and the appearence of
hostility. A scan through any regular recent changes patroller's user talk page
history, mine included, will reveal several messages from anonymous users
questioning why they were warned for a change they did not make -- and
inevitably, going to that user's talk page reveals a message months or often
years old, intended for a previous user of the IP address. The same situation
is repeated across various help pages.
Even on the off-chance that it really is the same person a year and a half
later, they're unlikely to care about or even remember whatever prompted the
previous message. Especially on large wikis, where most messages sent to
anonymous users are templates anyway.
I would recommend three months as the default timeout for the "new messages"
flag.
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