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Polite Whisper  Popular! (More than 5000 hits)

Version: trunk build #46
by: Hafeliel [More]

Suppose you need to find a couple more people to do a dungeon run, but there's no one looking in the automated LFG, your guild is busy, and none of your friends are on. You may even have asked in general chat, on the trade channel, and yelled in a major city, but no one is responding.

The last resort, we all know, is doing a /who and whispering people who would compliment the group you have already. Sending a lot of whispers is easy with cut and paste, but keeping track of the replies is enough to drive you mad. This mod does all of these things and helps you keep organized. It makes sure you don't ask anyone twice and that no response gets lost in the flood of replies.

Other features include:

* A do not invite list, so you don't bother whispering those people you'd rather not group with.

* A drop-down list of dungeons. The mod automatically fills in appropriate levels for each.

* Pops up a warning if you accidentally group with someone on your do not invite list (in case you're not the leader or you join someone else's group).

* Buttons for common responses, like 'No problem. Sorry to have bothered you.' and a description of the classes and levels you have so far in your group.

* A button to remember a custom question you ask everyone before inviting them. Perhaps whether they are attuned or have some needed equipment.

* A small chat window for talking to one user at a time, without the clutter of incoming messages from other respondees.

* Option of viewing a user's guild name instead of their zone (if you prefer that sort of thing).

* (Untested) co-operation with CensusPlus, if you use that mod.

Notes:

* Type '/pw' to pull up Polite Whisper or click the PW button next to your mini-map.

* Users in dungeons or battlegrounds will not show up in searches, to keep you from pestering people who are busy.

* PW will not pester anyone again who has responded to an earlier whisper. PW will re-add players who do not respond for 10 minutes (5 minutes if they were AFK at the time of the first whisper) to the list and allow you to pester them again.

* Language is automatically detected. If you have the English client but want to use German, you will need to edit the localization.lua file and uncomment the appropriate line at the bottom of the file.

* PLEASE DO NOT POST REQUESTS TO ALLOW THE CUSTOMIZATION OF WHISPERS. I am not adding that feature.

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Unread 11-15-08, 05:45 AM  
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have a look at headhunter which does the same but better and is not outdated

http://www.wowinterface.com/download...veLFGtool.html
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Unread 10-26-08, 02:56 AM  
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WotLK

I have recently stumbled upon a working release of this excellent addon.

Questions come to mind though about my ability to post it.

Due to rights etc...

I will check my PM's daily for anything related
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Unread 01-24-08, 11:25 PM  
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http://files.wowace.com/PoliteWhisper/

Aside from some localization translations still needing to be done, it should work now.
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Unread 01-15-08, 01:36 PM  
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@Shen thanks for the tip about the levels for dungeons. That worked like a charm! Looking forward to your new version. It sounds very nice with the custom whispers.

I'm still trying to get a dropdown choice of "either" for druid/pally to tank/heal and a whisper text of "a tank or healer" when choosing "either" Do you have any tips on where I should be looking for that? This should hold me over until you release your new version. Thanks in advance.
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Unread 01-13-08, 05:46 AM  
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I got most of the changes done. The tags work, the custom whispers are saved, the UI changes are 80% complete. So should be ready soon.

I haven't yet added heroic instances, but that will be done afterwards.

But that should be simple enough to do, G00DFe77a, open localization.lua and jump to the bottom. Theres a list there named PW_DUNGEONS that you can change. First value is the name of the dungeon, next is the minimum level followed by maximum level. The addon looks up your level and filters away the places that don't match. So change the max level, and you should be good.
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Unread 01-08-08, 11:07 AM  
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Shen I would luv to see your customizations. I'm currently looking to do two things. Sometimes you can use both a tank and healer. So I like the option of asking a druid/paladin of needing a tank or healer since they can be either spec. The other thing is I run all heroic dungeons now so I would like all the heroic dungeon instances listed instead of just the default ones (ex. its missing ramparts, and furnace since they're not considered lvl 70 dungeons). I tried to do it myself, but I always end up getting things screwed up where either the frames and drop downs dont match correctly anymore and the mod just quits.
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Unread 01-07-08, 11:38 AM  
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Re: Re: Hmm

Originally posted by Borrie
Do you have it shared somewhere?
Not yet. I edited the constants inside the PoliteWhisper_EnglishWhispers() function in localization.lua to satisfy my current needs and haven't set up any gsub tables, options or UI changes to complete it as I got sidetracked.

I don't know why the original author won't do this though. Perhaps to avoid gold and cheat spammers from using it. *shrug*
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Unread 01-04-08, 06:12 AM  
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Re: Hmm

Originally posted by Shen
I'm pondering making a branch of this over on WowAce which allows the customization of whispers, with a set of tags available in all whispers to use, such as $d for destination zone/instance, $p = name of player being whispered, $r = role of player being whispered (tank, healer, dps etc)

Should be easy enough. I use it about once per month and more and more people recognize the addon and I want to be more incognito.
Do you have it shared somewhere?
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Unread 12-03-07, 02:35 PM  
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Hmm

I'm pondering making a branch of this over on WowAce which allows the customization of whispers, with a set of tags available in all whispers to use, such as $d for destination zone/instance, $p = name of player being whispered, $r = role of player being whispered (tank, healer, dps etc)

Should be easy enough. I use it about once per month and more and more people recognize the addon and I want to be more incognito.
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Unread 09-23-07, 10:07 AM  
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Re: Hmmm

Originally posted by Wowgamer233
Personally I love the simplicity, tracking and politeness of this mod.
Messaging random people for your own benefit is never polite in any way, shape, or form. It is spamming, plain and simple, personally I report it as such and encourage others to do the same. This mod does not create the problem, but it does make it far easier to spam and thus deserves the same level of contempt reserved for all spambots.
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Unread 05-21-07, 08:31 PM  
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I agree with Wowgamer223, Inokis - the problem is not this addon, it is just certain people that use it, and the problem would remain even if this addon didn't exist. And as was said, if it bothers you that much just make a '/r No Thankyou' macro, easy.

If you aren't the party leader, when you click invite it sends them a message saying something like 'great, I'll just ask <group leader> to invite you' and sends a message to the leader detailing name, level and class. I was overjoyed when I found this out, good thinking Hafeliel!
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Unread 05-21-07, 05:47 PM  
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Hmmm

@peoplewhopostedhorriblyrudecomments

I just cannot believe the ungrateful and rude comments that some people like to post about a mod that is provided free and as-is. I think constructive criticism is incredibly important but blaming this mod in stupid and unfounded ways is just a waste of good web space. Unfounded "Your mod is spamming me" posting crap is of no value.

Personally I love the simplicity, tracking and politeness of this mod.

I thank the author for an excellent product. I would invite the mod using community to use and help improve this mod, working with the mod author as he/she sees fit.

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Unread 05-20-07, 08:36 PM  
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Inokis -

Ironically, you are getting spammed repeatedly (well, no more than once every 10 minutes, the mod prevents that) because you don't respond. The mod assumes that you didn't see the message and therefore, we won't be pestering you by asking again. Had you only replied with something like "no", you would be removed from the list and not pestered again.
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Unread 05-20-07, 01:25 PM  
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I get repeatedly spammed by people using this addon. If someone doesn't reply to you, don't keep sending the same msg to them, polite or not.

Worst mod ever.

Originally posted by Taroven
Awesome stuff. My first time trying it out ended up with three people in under five minutes, in as many clicks.

The whisper that is sent is a bit long, but extremely polite. If you want to customize it, edit the addon files. I don't see any need to do that though, what's there is perfect.
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Unread 05-20-07, 12:59 AM  
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Awesome stuff. My first time trying it out ended up with three people in under five minutes, in as many clicks.

The whisper that is sent is a bit long, but extremely polite. If you want to customize it, edit the addon files. I don't see any need to do that though, what's there is perfect.
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