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Mike Masnick (Sep 8, 2014). "Huffington Post Finally Removes Most Articles About Fake Email Inventor; Meanwhile, Ayyadurai Threatens To Sue His Critics". Techdirt.

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History

The history of e-mail actually begins earlier than time sharing. The military AUTODIN was started in 1958 and IBM's commercial Administrative Terminal System (ATS) was operational on 1962. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul (talk) 12:37, 16 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article lead

Change '''Electronic mail''' ('''email''' or '''e-mail''') to '''email (short for "electronic mail", alternatively spelled "e-mail", I think that "email" should be listed first as it js the title of the article, most common name for the subject, and used throughout the article. Formyparty (talk) 13:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Whizz40 (talk) 21:19, 18 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately this is a limitation of Mediawiki. Tule-hog (talk) 03:36, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Yerkish?

Removed Yerkish link from See also. Was it relevant somehow? Tule-hog (talk) 03:38, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfinished merge of Email system

From a search through Email's revision history, it seems the merge of Email system was never completed. It is worth attempting, as email systems are a robust topic of study. Tule-hog (talk) 22:49, 1 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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+== History ==
-==Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment==
-[[File:Sciences humaines.svg|40px]] This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available [[Wikipedia:Wiki_Ed/New_York_University/Research_Process_and_Methodology_-_RPM_SP_1_2018_(Spring_1,_2018)|on the course page]]. Student editor(s): [[User:Wink1021|Wink1021]].
-{{small|Above undated message substituted from [[Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment]] by [[User:PrimeBOT|PrimeBOT]] ([[User talk:PrimeBOT|talk]]) 20:28, 16 January 2022 (UTC)}}
-== RFC 3676: The Text/Plain Format and DelSp Parameters? ==
-Should the article mention {{IETF RFC|3676}}, ''Text/Plain Format and DelSp Parameters'', or is that TMI? --[[User:Chatul|Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul]] ([[User talk:Chatul|talk]]) 11:05, 8 November 2021 (UTC)
-== Semi-protected edit request on 27 September 2022 ==
-{{Edit semi-protected|Email|answered=yes}}
-Change,
-"''The term electronic mail has been in use with its modern meaning since 1975, and variations of the shorter E-mail have been in use since 1979:''"
-To this:
-"''This term "electronic mail", has been in utilize with its both modern and contemporary definition since year 1975 and that is quoted by The OED. There are tons of variations of the shorter E-mail that have been in usage since year 1979, which is first attested four years later after the first term. This means that:''"
+The history of e-mail actually begins earlier than time sharing. The military [[AUTODIN]] was started in 1958 and IBM's commercial [[IBM Administrative Terminal System|Administrative Terminal System (ATS)]] was operational on 1962. -- [[User:Chatul|Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz Username:Chatul]] ([[User talk:Chatul|talk]]) 12:37, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
+== Article lead ==
-I rephrased that. [[Special:Contributions/2601:205:C001:EA0:470:A31D:B1F6:1410|2601:205:C001:EA0:470:A31D:B1F6:1410]] ([[User talk:2601:205:C001:EA0:470:A31D:B1F6:1410|talk]]) 03:38, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
+Change ''<nowiki>'''</nowiki>Electronic mail<nowiki>'''</nowiki> (<nowiki>'''</nowiki>email<nowiki>'''</nowiki> or <nowiki>'''</nowiki>e-mail<nowiki>'''</nowiki>)'' to ''<nowiki>'''</nowiki>email (short for "electronic mail", alternatively spelled "e-mail",'' I think that "email" should be listed first as it js the title of the article, most common name for the subject, and used throughout the article. [[User:Formyparty|Formyparty]] ([[User talk:Formyparty|talk]]) 13:15, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
-:I see your point but I'm not sure this is an improvement on the wording we currently have in the article. [[User:Whizz40|Whizz40]] ([[User talk:Whizz40|talk]]) 06:16, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
+:Support. [[User:Whizz40|Whizz40]] ([[User talk:Whizz40|talk]]) 21:19, 18 July 2024 (UTC)
-:[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done for now:'''<!-- Template:ESp --> I agree with {{u|Whizz40}} that this phrasing is not an improvement. [[User:ScottishFinnishRadish|ScottishFinnishRadish]] ([[User talk:ScottishFinnishRadish|talk]]) 09:22, 27 September 2022 (UTC)
+:Unfortunately this is a [[WP:NCFIRSTLETTER|limitation of Mediawiki]]. [[User:Tule-hog|Tule-hog]] ([[User talk:Tule-hog|talk]]) 03:36, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
+== Yerkish? ==
-== Semi-protected edit request on 29 October 2022 ==
+Removed [[Yerkish]] link from [[Email#See_also|See also]]. Was it relevant somehow? [[User:Tule-hog|Tule-hog]] ([[User talk:Tule-hog|talk]]) 03:38, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
-{{edit semi-protected|Email|answered=yes}}
-The line within Message Format, Message Body, Plain text and HTML, stating "[...] and many others, the post popular of them being markdown." should probably change "post popular" to "[most] popular". [[User:Fekhesk|Fekhesk]] ([[User talk:Fekhesk|talk]]) 21:28, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
+== Unfinished merge of {{no redirect|Email system}} ==
-:Thank you for that, I've made the correction.  cheers. [[User:Anastrophe|anastrophe]], [[User talk:Anastrophe|an editor he is.]] 21:45, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
-:I probably closed this incorrectly, I've never paid much attention to the drivel of administrative functions around here... cheers. [[User:Anastrophe|anastrophe]], [[User talk:Anastrophe|an editor he is.]] 21:47, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
+From a search through [[Email]]'s revision history, it seems the merge of {{no redirect|Email system}} was never completed. It is worth attempting, as email ''systems'' are a robust topic of study. [[User:Tule-hog|Tule-hog]] ([[User talk:Tule-hog|talk]]) 22:49, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- [[Special:Contributions/83.139.71.159|83.139.71.159]] ([[User talk:83.139.71.159|talk]]) 00:32, 24 April 2023 (UTC)