Wikipedia talk:Contact us

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Suggested additions

I was wondering about a couple of other things that might be included here, but I'm not completely sure they belong:

1. How to contact Jimbo directly
2. How to use user talk pages and the 'email this user' link to contact particular people.

Should they be included? Angela. 10:52, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

1. Jimbo gets enough mail already, IMO. Best to filter that through us somehow first.
2. That is a good idea. But I think that can just be added to the 'article content' section since this page is aimed primarily at ultra-newbies.

--mav 11:05, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

1. That's true, but then there have been complaints in the past with people saying they don't know how to contact him.
2. Ok, I've added a bit on that.
3. Another thing is that if the mediation committee is going ahead, should there be something about contacting them? Angela. 11:26, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

1. Fair enough. I like the current set-up.

Jimbo also looks at his user_talk page reasonably often.

1. Looks good.
2. Yes - as soon as a basic policy page is set-up and we have separate mediation requests and arbitration requests pages to link to.

--mav 22:41, 6 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Vandalism contacts

Since Wikipedia is a wiki we get our share of vandalism. If you see vandalism to a page then please revert the page to its last version (see: Wikipedia:How to revert a page to an earlier version for details). If you do that and the user is still vandalizing pages, then please alert other Wikipedians about this on our Vandalism in progress page. Then, if needed, a Wikipedia Administrator may block the IP address or user name of the vandal.

Is this necessary? I know people sometimes contact us about spelling errors and suchlike, but I'm unaware of any non-Wikipedians contacting us about vandalism. Martin 23:48, 8 Mar 2004 (UTC)

I don't think it deserves a whole section, but it is worth mentioning in the "article content" section. Is leaving in the summarised version ok? Angela. 14:23, Mar 14, 2004 (UTC)

I removed it, but I will add it back, I think. Martin

Being blocked from editing

Sometimes it becomes necessary to block the IP address of a troublesome user. Rarely, however, that user may share the same IP address with another person trying to edit Wikipedia.

If you are such a person, you should follow the directions on the 'Blocked user' message that is displayed when you try to edit. You can also directly contact a Wikipedia Administrator by visiting Wikipedia:Administrators#List of administrators (look for Administrators who have "email" links by their user names, then use those links).

I removed this, because it duplicates MediaWiki:Blockedtext. Martin 15:00, 27 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Drop "Us"?

Anyone have any problem with moving this page to Wikipedia:Contact and dropping the "Us"? It implies a closed, insular community of editors and seems amateurish. I'd also like this page to express a greater distinction between contacting editors and the Foundation/Jimbo. Andre (talk) 08:30, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

I think "Contact us" is the more familiar term on the Internet, and the one people are likely to look for when they do want to contact someone. The phrase has 1,330,000,000 Google hits. Angela. 06:47, July 24, 2005 (UTC)

Templates to generate

I never can memorize the code to generate a bordered window with a color background. like for instance, this template below: {{sandbox}}

I want a template with a raw text field and variable background color to be generate, will you consider that? It would be much easier than memorizomg the code. --SuperDude 16:06, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

This is discussion about the Contact us page. If you need help, please go to the Help desk. Angela. 06:47, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

A header to Help Desk and Reference desk?

After looking into a little of this page's history, I'm wondering if a header like the {{RD header}} or the {{HD header}} which would offer links to the Help desk and Reference desk might be suitable here. I don't mean the extensive instructions on those headers as much as the large red notices at the top. I know that any patient user would be able to actually read through the page to find those, but I realize that some users aren't getting the picture. Any ideas? -JJLeahy 00:41, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Well, I made what I was proposing - feedback welcome. -JJLeahy 05:15, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

There should be a front page link

At the bottom next to "about us" there should be a "contact us" link. If I were a casual browser, I would find locating a contact address too difficult. lots of issues | leave me a message 22:33, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Are you using the default skin? Contact us is linked from the sidebar on every page. Angela. 05:50, August 1, 2005 (UTC)

Yes I'm just not very perceptive. :-(... lots of issues | leave me a message 09:00, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Makes it impossible to contact us

What is the purpose of a "how to contact us" page which hides or omits the addreess of the English Wikipedia Mailing List? I can't even find a link the archives.

As the admin of the mailing list, this greatly offends me, and I daresay it disturbs our community and those seeking to join it, interact with it, or even just enjoy our product. Uncle Ed 16:06, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

That's true. After all, many new users often come to this page asking for an email address. It would increase the mail from newcomers. I'm not sure of the orginal purpose of the mailing list, but if its to respond to newcomers, then I think we should add it. Idea - what about making a new mailing address for people not familiar with Wikis? That way, members (like those on the Wikipedia:Welcoming committee) could easily reach and respond to newcomers, and prevent newcomers from flooding any of the others. I'm not as experienced with Wikipedia as I'd like to be - is this a reasonable proposal? -JJLeahy 16:46, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Yes, an additional mailing list for topics other than "discussions among old-timers" sounds good. Let's bring that up at wikien-l and bat it aroud a bit befor creating it, though. Uncle Ed 17:21, August 8, 2005 (UTC)

I concur. I've sent an email - let's see what reaction this gets. -JJLeahy 19:49, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

A new list has just been created at helpdesk-l. Angela. 19:37, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

Stylistic Revision and Inclusion Suggestions

Please simplify or at least include easy-to-follow suggestions for the brain-weary! I am not sure I understand how any of this works.

I did what I could. Please let us know what else could done to clarify this page. -JJLeahy 01:26, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

suggestion

hi my name is Sofia Im new to Wikipedia and, from what I can see, It looks great!!. I want to suggest this page to my friends who can I Do it? Could you add a link to suggest this site.

Sofia

Sofia, I'm not exactly sure what you mean - if you want to give your friends a link to Wikipedia, you can give them http://en.wikipedia.org or http://www.wikipedia.org - or copy and paste the address of an article you like. If you want a good introduction to Wikipedia, you can go to Wikipedia:Introduction (or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Introduction). If you want to suggest a new article to us, you can go to Wikipedia:Requested articles. Once you get there, you'll see a bunch of big catagories - Applied arts and sciences, culture and fine art, etc. Click on the catagory that you think is best, and add your title to the list.

If you have questions, feel free to add it here or on my talk page, User talk:JJLeahy. Thanks! -JJLeahy 20:09, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

(removing the VfD notice on Potterish)

moved to Talk:Potterish

Restructuring

The page was changed from a bunch of paragraphs to a series of lines to make it easier for users.

Some guidelines on what to add or not to add: The page must remain relatively short, or people won't take the time to find out the proper link to use. That means stuff already on the Help Contents or on one of the links already on the page should not be added. If you think a useful link should go there then go ahead and add it to the proper section. Elfguy 16:46, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Removal of all addresses

Is there any reason all the email addresses have been removed? The page used to include the email addresses of Jimbo, the Board, info-en, and the wiki-en mailing list. Now most of those are gone and the Board's address seems to only be hidden in the "Wikipedia users" section with no mention in the Foundation section. Angela. 15:43, August 22, 2005 (UTC)

• Modified accordingly. Elfguy 18:11, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

• I also refer you to the above comment from Uncle Ed, although the email I sent isn't in the archives for some reason. --JJLeahy 18:22, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Offensive Users

Where does one go to:

1) See the rules on offensive users

2) Complain about offensive users

??? 71.33.53.65 21:47, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

WELL??? how long does it take to get an anwer? 207.69.139.149