Wikipedia talk:US Banknote Contest 2019/invite list

opt in vs. opt out

i am not sure if this is great, how someone put a bunch of persons with no clear reason to be interested onto a list to receive notices, then makes us take some action to positively opt out. --Doncram (talk) 04:49, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

Doncram I sent the invite to members of WikiProjects related to Numismatics, United States, Philippines (a former US territory which issued its own banknotes), and the Civil War (the closest project we have to the Confederate States). - ZLEA _T\^C 14:03, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

how to opt out?

Hey, I interpreted instructions on how to opt out, when I just tried, differently than did some others in their edits. Could whoever is running this please make sure that I am properly opted out? And, I think I and everyone ought to be able to opt out more easily, perhaps by simply requesting it, like here. --Doncram (talk) 04:49, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

You opted out correctly, and so did everyone else. Different people have different methods of opting out, and each is correct as long as they don't remove their mailing list template entirely (if a mailing list template is removed, then there is a greater chance that it may be accidentally replaced in the future). - ZLEA _T\^C 14:03, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

I don't understand what the instructions say, I didn't know I had a mailing list and I have no connection or interest in America so I would like to be removed from this message list. How do I opt-out? M.T.S.W.A. (talk)

M.T.S.W.A. I've removed you from the list. You were added to the list because you are a member of a WikiProject Numismatics task force. - ZLEA _T\^C 20:32, 22 October 2019 (UTC)

I didn't ask for this and there's no reason to assume I would

I expect to be removed from this immediately. Just because I am an Ohio Wikipedian (the only reason for inclusion I could find) is no reason to blast me with a message that has no obvious link to my Wiki interests. This is rude and intrusive, and I expect to never hear from this project again. I have seen your instructions for removal, and I have never even heard of any "mailing list template" that I may or may not have, nor are there any instructions on how to get to it. Remove me immediately, and if you have any sense at all, apologize for the imposition. I shall meanwhile remove your unwanted intrusion to my Talk page. The Rev Dr Sherwood Forrester (talk) 01:03, 7 November 2019 (UTC)