[WikiEN-l] WelcomeCommitteeBot?

[Parker Peters]

Has been suggested numerous times.

Is a wonderful idea.

Will probably be rejected yet again, for no reasonable basis.

Parker

On 2/16/07, A <jokestress at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Seeing the wide variety of welcome templates used and some recent
> interactions with new IP editors have me thinking about this as an option.
>
> The basics:
>
> 1. Would post a welcome message the first time an IP address or registered
> account is used to edit.
> 2. Would explain key policies.
> 3. Would encourage the IP editors to register a username.
> 4. Would indicate a place where any questions could be directed.
>
> This automated message would have a few benefits:
>
> 1. It would reach people immediately after they make their first edit.
> 2. It might help some editors avoid common issues with first edits:
> original
> research, copyright issues, POV, verifiability.
> 3. It might cut down on some of the other misunderstandings novice editors
> have.
>
> Interested editors could sign on when they are available to take questions
> from novices, or the new editors could be sent to a page where they could
> ask any questions and get a fairly quick response.
>
> If it seems it might be more personal, maybe the bot could randomly assign
> an experienced editor to each welcome message, someone signed up on the
> welcoming committee.
>
> It seems that this might cut down on much of the back and forth
> experienced
> editors have with new editors, and it might encourage more people to
> register. Sometimes editors get welcomed immediately, and other times it
> takes months.
>
> Thoughts?
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