[Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

[Quim Gil]

On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 14:50 -0400, ext Pharos wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 2:49 AM, Nikola Smolenski <smolensk at eunet.rs> wrote:
> > Perhaps it would be helpful if, when creating a new account, a user could
> > write a short message about what would they like to do on Wikipedia (this
> > would become their user page). It would give us an idea on what part of
> > guidelines to present to the new user, and also very needed insight on why do
> > people just create account and leave.
> 
> This is the best actually-practical idea I've seen in a long, long time!
> 
> ++to making user page info for new accounts a simple box to fill in at
> registration

Agree. Feature request created, otherwise it risks being forgotten:

https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28494

Please discuss there, vote, and eventually fix it. Thanks!

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Quim