I hope I am one of those "rare exceptions" that Paulo Santos Perneta writes about. I also wish that welcoming would be neither rare or exceptional.
My habit:
- For newly registered users, which I define as someone with a redlinked talk page, I welcome them. - If I am going to revert that user's edit then warn them (via Twinkle almost always), I want to ensure that they are welcomed first. - For IP editors: - If I am reverting an obviously inappropriate edit by an un-welcomed IP editor, I typically use one of the Twinkle welcome/warning combos, such as Template:Welcome-anon-test, Template:Welcome-anon-unconstructive, or Template:Welcome-anon-delete. - If an un-welcomed IP editor, makes a revertible edit that is non-malicious, I usually do a Template:Welcome-anon without the article parameter, then add a warning - If an un-welcomed IP editor, editor is doing good, I use a Template:Welcome-anon-constructive
Peaceray
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 10:58 AM Pine W wiki.pine@gmail.com wrote:
I have a more nuanced view.
The community benefits from new editors who are acting in good faith and willing to learn.
I agree that treatment of new editors can be problematic.
On the other hand, having become one of the "insiders", I now understand how English Wikipedia has a limited supply of skilled labor from volunteers who are trying to defend Wikipedia against vandals, conflict of interest editors, copyright violations, and other problems.
There is a WMF team working to improve the onboarding experience. I'm cc'ing Marshal Miller (WMF) here in case he would like to comment.
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