[Foundation-l] User talk templates

[En Pine]

> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:41:18 +0000
> From: David Gerard <dgerard at gmail.com>
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> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] User talk templates
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> On 22 March 2012 08:37, En Pine <deyntestiss at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > First, has anyone thought about automatically adding a welcome message to the user?s talk page when they first register, not only for EN but also for Commons, Simple, and other projects?
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> Is there any evidence anyone reads the template and doesn't just treat
> it as bot-generated tl;dr?
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> - d.
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I certainly read the welcome message that someone gave me when I was new. 

Your tone comes across as harsh. Do you have any positive suggestions about how to improve editor retention? 

Pine