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@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:
- 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:
- It would reach people immediately after they make their first edit.
- 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? _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list WikiEN-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: http://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l