| 2008-03-02 22:37:34 |
Matthew Paul Thomas |
description |
The end of each message sent to launchpad-users@ says:
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launchpad-users mailing list
launchpad-users@lists.canonical.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users
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But recently many people have posted to launchpad-users@, in broken English, asking to be unsubscribed. This suggests that it's difficult, for people who don't have English as their first language, to find out how to unsubscribe.
I suggest this be improved in two ways.
* In the message footer, precede the unsubscription URL not with the words "Modify settings or unsubscribe at:", but with a line containing the words "To unsubscribe:" in English and in ~5 languages commonly understood by people who don't understand English well (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Chinese).
* Rearrange <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users> so that the unsubscription form comes first, instead of coming after 286 words about other things. For bonus points, label the unsubscription form in multiple languages too.
(See also bug 153472, about reducing the number of people who subscribe to launchpad-users@ without wanting the result.) |
The end of each message sent to launchpad-users@ says:
------------
launchpad-users mailing list
launchpad-users@lists.canonical.com
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users
------------
But recently many people have posted to launchpad-users@, in broken English, asking to be unsubscribed. This suggests that it's difficult, for people who don't have English as their first language, to find out how to unsubscribe.
I suggest this be improved in two ways.
* In the message footer, precede the unsubscription URL not with the words "Modify settings or unsubscribe at:", but with a line containing the words "To unsubscribe:" in English and in ~5 languages commonly understood by people who don't understand English well (e.g. Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Chinese).
* Rearrange <https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users> so that the unsubscription form comes first, instead of coming after 286 words about other things. For bonus points, label the unsubscription form in multiple languages too.
(See also bug 153472 and bug 197788, about reducing the number of people who subscribe to launchpad-users@ without wanting the result.) |
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