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Bug 47313 - Disable "You have new messages" for anonymous users after 30 days (as IPs often are dynamic)
Disable "You have new messages" for anonymous users after 30 days (as IPs oft...
Status: NEW
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
General/Unknown (Other open bugs)
1.22.0
All All
: Low enhancement with 3 votes (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2013-04-17 10:24 UTC by king.of.hearts.wiki
Modified: 2013-04-23 11:51 UTC (History)
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Description king.of.hearts.wiki 2013-04-17 10:24:58 UTC 
There is a proposal (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28proposals%29#.22You_have_new_messages.22_alert_for_not_registered_visitors_to_expire_after_30_days), currently with unanimous support, to stop showing the "You have new messages" alert to IPs after 30 days. The rationale is that innocent users often see these alerts and get angry because they did not commit the vandalism they are accused of, etc.

Also, would it be possible for the expiry time to be encoded in a MediaWiki-namespace page? Then local admins would be able to change it without needing the devs.
Comment 1 od_mishehu 2013-04-17 11:31:51 UTC 
The expiry period should definitely be configurable, not hard-coded into the software.
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