Last modified: 2014-09-26 12:08:18 UTC
Removing the signature requirement was discussed in bug 53132. I believe that aspect stalled, because of these concerns: (In reply to Quiddity from comment 20) > (In reply to comment 16) > > My recommendation would be that we remove the requirement that a signature be > > included before a mention notification is sent, as stated here: > > [...] > > Regarding "remove the requirement that a signature be included before a > mention notification is sent", which I'm generally in favour of... > > I just saw Bug 54639 ("Echo is not triggering notifications when a mention > is made while reorganizing comments in the page") which makes me worry that > (if the signature-requirement is taken away) mass notifications will be > accidentally sent when threads are shuffled/split/merged or archived. > > Just worrying out-loud; I might have understood the details incorrectly. and (In reply to Bartosz Dziewoński from comment #21) > Good point. Luckily I think we could easily avoid that issue by just > counting the number of mentions for each user in the old and new wikitext > and only sending a notification is the number increased. and (In reply to Wikifram@gmail.com (Account disabled) from comment #22) > A) I would support the removal of the need to sign a comment before a "ping" > works (I wasn't aware of this requirement, and thought that my "ping" > remained unanswered until JdForrester nicely explained this to me) > > but... > > B) I have the habit to archive my talk page by using "copy-paste", I > wouldn't want people to get unwanted notifications when I do this though. > > I fear that A and B are mutually exclusive requirements... Copying here, for easier access, and further/later investigation.
See also http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/ee/2014-May/000938.html
See also https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58034 And I was not notified when a user signed their posts without using four tildes. I am changing the priority from enhancement to normal, because the user who mentioned me in the most recent case seems to have intended to ping me and I wanted to know about the pings. Since user intentions weren't followed I think this should be categorized as a bug. I am changing importance from normal to high because I think the impact of this unexpected behavior is significant for users.
