User talk:WormTT/Adopt/Since 10.28.2010/Notices

Analysis of each notice

 * Read every single notice? Why are you giving people so much to read, just to talk to you. Keep in mind WP:TLDR, people have a short attention span. As I mentioned before, if it's different from WP policy you need a good reason for it - if it's the same as WP policy you need not re-iterate it. I'd remove this notice all together.


 * There's no need to put up a notice regarding this. If people have commented, you can get their feedback (which you have), if they haven't commented and they feel the need to comment, they will comment, with or without this notice. I'd remove this.
 * Umm, hence the “temporary notice” note.  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * That doesn't actually cover my point. I'm saying that sort of notice shouldn't be up there at all. It serves no purpose, but causes harm in that it pads out the page.
 * Yeah, I just took it down. You're welcome :)  An   editor since 10.28.2010.  03:49, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I like something like this, and I'll be incoporating something a little less verbose (repetitive) into my suggestion.
 *  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * It's pretty clear what the half done checkmark means, you don't need a notice to say so.
 * What do you mean, “it's pretty clear what the ‘half done’ checkmark means”? I put it there to show people, that instead of using the ✅ checkmark, I use the checkmark.  An   editor since 10.28.2010.  06:35, 27 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Just that. If you use, it's a different colour to ✅ and it specifically says "Half done" (or whatever fraction done). It's clear to everyone what it means and why you use it, so why do you need a notice which just adds padding.
 * and  An   editor since 10.28.2010.  03:49, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


 * How serious is the section? Do you actually lack a sense of humour and have uncontrollable temper tantrums? I think this could be re-written to make it clear if you are serious or not.
 * The section is pretty serious. I actually do have a quite smaller sense of humor than average and the temper tantrums are throughout the day.  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Ok. I will re-write this to make it clear that this is not a humourous section. I do worry that you have temper tantrums - if they are uncontrollable this could lead to some significant issues. I'll discuss this at our main talk page.
 * No, I think I'll do that myself, thanks anyway though.  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  03:49, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


 * This is not helpful at all. Firstly, you should consider archiving, it's much more sensible than removal. Calling sections "articles" which in wikipedia parlance means "articles in the main space" is not helpful. Deleted content means "technically deleted by an administrator" not "removed by user". Both these should be rephrased, but using archives (which I can help you with) instead of this notice would make much more sense.
 * The “article” was an error, I meant to put “section”. I will rephrase  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 *  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Archiving is a lot more helpful. I'll explain more with my suggested fix.
 * Again, I don't want archives. I don't spend that much time on Wikipedia.  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  03:55, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Agree with all these points, but they are standard wikipedia policy and do not need to be made explicit on your talk page. Is there a lot of benefit to having specific sections for the specified users? I don't see it myself. Do they use them regularly? I'd suggest you drop the sections all together.
 * Removed sections.  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * What? You answer someone's question at the help desk... and then notify them on your talk page? That just doesn't make sense. If you want to keep a log of your work at the helpdesk, that's not a bad idea, but I think it should be a subpage, and I can help you set this up.
 * Yes, due to the recently ongoing concerns at the help desk, I decided to post every single comment I post at the Help Desk. Is there something wrong with that?  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Not exactly - but it would be much better to keep it tidily in a sub page.
 *  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  03:49, 28 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Now, besides the stop sign (which is used for vandalism), and the way it's written, this makes sense and is the most important message on your page.
 *  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Not really needed, but could be kept if you had a lot less notices.
 *  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * I'm not keen on these, unless you spend a LOT of time on wikipedia and are very good at using it. But that's personal opinion. If you must have it, Statustop is a lot more pleasant.
 * ❌  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:56, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Have you looked at Statustop?
 * Yes, and I still prefer the template.  An   editor since 10.28.2010.  03:49, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

Ryan's Suggestion
This is how I would initially reformat your messages on your talk page. Ryan Vesey contribs  18:53, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

I would include this bottom one on your user page instead of your user talk page. Ryan Vesey contribs  18:53, 21 July 2011 (UTC)
 *  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  21:34, 26 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Check it.  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  01:20, 26 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit Notice
This will be seen by people trying to edit your user talk, but only if they click edit - Not sure what to put on it yet.

Other changes

 * Set up an archive - all messages will be removed from your user talk page after the thread has been idle for a fixed period of time. They will be copied to a sub-page, where you can access them in future. I can set up a bot to do this for you.
 * Create a subpage for your helpdesk work.
 * Use statustop instead of status - It looks a lot nicer
 * This doesn't yet include anything regarding sense of humour or temper tantrums, which I want to discuss first.
 * Alright, then. Shoot  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  03:54, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The relevant discussion for that is at User talk:Worm That Turned/Adopt/Since 10.28.2010. What do you think of the notices that Worm suggested?   Ryan Vesey  Review me!  03:56, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
 *  An  editor since 10.28.2010.  18:56, 28 July 2011 (UTC)