[Foundation-l] User talk templates

[Nathan]

Let's separate the two elements of a "welcome message" - one is an actual
welcome, a personal exchange that should be provided by a human being. The
other is the provision of useful information, links to policies and
guidelines and the sort of "how-to" information that anyone should have
easy access to.

I think it makes very good sense to automatically and always provide an
easy-access guide to Wikipedia for new editors - especially if the
registration process redirects on completion to their talkpage, rather than
to a placeholder page. And, fwiw, I have been reading messages to this list
for the last 5 years.