If the newbies try to reply on their own talk page, we should include a "please click here to reply" link to avoid that.
On 2/18/07, xaosflux xaosflux@gmail.com wrote:
These usually get rejected over at [[WP:RFBOT]]. The last one rejected I can find is [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval/Welcomebot]], with the reasonable basis that it was being proposed by an operator that was indef blocked.
Some of the issues that come up with this perenial proposal are: *Dealing with dynamic IP addresses when welcoming anons and *Being "personal", the idea below about putting a random (rotating) contact on the message may address that, but without leaving specific instuctinos the new user may try to reply to "you the welcomer" by editing their own talk, and noone will be watching it.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Parker Peters" parkerpeters1002@gmail.com To: "English Wikipedia" wikien-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2007 3:01 AM Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] WelcomeCommitteeBot?
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.
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