Creating personal message to self for taking notes, without filling own username by hand

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Creating personal message to self for taking notes is being discussed. Jun wants to add a direct link on the homepage for taking private notes, sending to self, without requiring users to fill in their own username. Jun referenced a guide on creating pre-filled personal message links, but is looking for a way to pre-fill the username for every user with their own username. Moin and Jun discussed the possibility of such a link, but it seems it’s not possible at the moment. Alternatively, Jagster suggested using a private category or guiding users to use their devices’ tools for note-taking. Jun emphasized the need for a convenient way to write and modify drafts, and thinks using a message could be sufficient, but filling in one’s own name every time is inconvenient. Lilly expressed uncertainty about implementing this for every user.

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I’d like to add an direct link on homepage for taking private notes, sending to self.

I’ve read creating-pre-filled-personal-message-links.

https://try.discourse.org/new-message?username=rudy

Is there any way to pre-fill username for every user, just with own username(like rudy)？So users needn’t search and fill their own names by hand.

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not sure about doing it for every user…

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There was some discussion about that in Allow multiple ‘new topic’ drafts - #33 by Aizada_M
I don’t think such a link is possible at the moment

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Thanks. I’ve already posted the guide above. I wonder if there is a way to pre-fill username in receiver for logined user, just own name.

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I took a different path. I guided my users on how to effectively use tools to make notes using their devices.

Multiple drafts won’t fix that, because publishing and notes are fundamentally different things. I have a few such power users, and for them (and myself), I created a private category. But that can’t be a general solution.

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For each user, he/she may like to write drafts with different topics and modify them sometime. Publish or just keep notes. I think message is enough to do this, but it’s inconvenient to fill own name every time.