On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Fabrice Florin fflorin@wikimedia.orgwrote:
Hi guys,
We would be grateful for your advice on how to give more positive notifications to new users after their first edits.
We're looking for notification ideas that could lead new editors towards a "happy path" to encourage further contributions.
What about "20 people have visited your user page at User:Yourname this week" or similar? I think it points up the interconnectedness of wiki users.
In general, I think notifications about people and what people do will be more welcome than notifications about pages and what is done to them. This is true of the suggestions I've read, but I think it is worth noting specifically.