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  • 26-02-2009 11:12pm
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    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭


    Been noticing a shed load of email confirmation threads on the helpdesk of late.Would it not be an idea to have a sticky for same?
    Post edited by Shield on


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    Nerin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    Nobody reads stickies :p


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    #3
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    As Nerin has said, people don't read stickies. They're messy I think, some forums have up to 10 of them with all sorts of titles (there's no uniform titles - some have asterisks ***** SOME HAVE CAPITALS).
    There's a thread in Development about making Stickies and/or Announcements stand out somehow


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    Sherifu
    Registered Users Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    It's a handy stupidity filter.


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Nerin wrote: »
    Nobody reads stickies :p

    QFT :(


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    #6
    Otis Driftwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,925 ✭✭✭Otis Driftwood


    Nerin wrote: »
    Nobody reads stickies :p

    Well then maybe when people are signing up have a line that says


    "if you do not receive email confirmation please post in the confirmation sticky thread in the help desk"

    Have the above bolded with some dancing hula girls above and below it or something.
    :D


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    They already receive a notice saying something along the lines of "You do not appear to have completed your registration, which means that will be unable to use most functionality on boards.ie. If you do not have the confirmation email, please post on the Help Desk to have it resent to you".

    I would prefer that each person started a new thread instead of one single "post here to have your registration resent" thread. Makes it much easier to see which ones have been dealt with.


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    Mr Magnolia
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,433 Mod ✭✭✭✭Mr Magnolia


    Is there a problem with the registration process currently?


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Yes.

    Many people are too stupid to figure out how to click on a link in an email.


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    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,362 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    seamus wrote: »
    Many people are too stupid to figure out how to click on a link in an email.

    Darwinism at work.
    When I become Ruler of the Internet (any day now) I will consider this a stupid filter and your access to the internet will be cut. For Life.


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    stevenmu
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 9,689 Mod ✭✭✭✭stevenmu


    I presume a few people also get caught out with spam filters. Does/should the message advise them to check their spam folders?


    (I'd check myself, but I'd have to sign up a new account and fail, and I don't want to risk being banned from the internet)


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    This is what anyone who hasn't confirmed their registration gets (in the form of a notice):
    Hi {username}, according to our system, you are currently "awaiting email confirmation", which means you won't be able to post messages, reply to threads, use private messaging, etc. Please check your spam/trash folders if you haven't received a confirmation email. You can also check if the email address you supplied is correct here.
    If it has been a long time since you registered and can't find the mail, you can ask for assistance in our Help Desk forum.


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    #13
    Max Factor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Max Factor


    CuLT wrote: »
    This is what anyone who hasn't confirmed their registration gets (in the form of a notice):

    I just read this site started in 2000? You joined in 1997?

    http://www.boards.ie/team.php


    Whut?


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    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    Max Factor wrote: »
    I just read this site started in 2000? You joined in 1997?

    http://www.boards.ie/team.php


    Whut?

    CuLT is the personal account of Ross - Lead Developer. Admin can alter any bits of information in a user's profile (including their own of course). I'd imaigne Ross changed it as a joke. The site started in early 1998 on the Irisg Gaming Network's website or something similar. It used to be a Quake board


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    #15
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,079 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    A sticky would save the smods a lot of work as only the threadstarter, smod and above can reply to a thread in the help desk. :)


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