Hi EE team!

I have two comments about the account creation process on (French) Wikipedia.

The GettingStarted extension is not deployed on French Wikipedia, but we are thinking about it. In the meantime, we propose to newbies to introduce themselves. This was made by an adapted message on our local MediaWiki:Welcome creation-msg (see). Was, because since an undefined time, the return link after the sign-up form don't redirect to this message. How can we fix it? This profile creation step is highly appreciated by the PRC and users involved in new users help.

During my tests in order to verify that, I've created some accounts, and I've seen a UX issue. The notification badge was a red sign between to red links. This should be tested, but I think some new users will not see the notifications badge. On French Wikipedia, we suggest(ed) to create the profile page asap and send a welcome message by bot to each newbie, which may increase the contrast (blue/red) near of the notifications badge. What else should be done?

Have a good Sunday! :)
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Benoît Evellin
Volunteer, Wikimédia France
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