> Przykuta, 11/10/2010 08:37: > > BTW - I've seen, that in some (smaller) Wikipedias newbies are welcome by > > bots. We try welcome only users with any activity and newbies are welcome > > by [[MediaWiki:Welcomecreation]] page with links to help pages. > > [[MediaWiki:Welcomecreation]] is almost useless, IMHO: you can't read it > again after account creation. > Welcome on talk page is useful because the user can read hints when he > wants (I appreciated this a lot when I was a newbie) and because it > offers help from another user (simplest form of coaching/mentoring). > Bots are ok, even if someone is worried about disk space (when > substituting) or job queue (when leaving a template). Welcoming inactive > users may be useful because 1) lots of users get lost and don't edit > even if they would to, and some hint may encourage them, 2) usually bots > won't re-check activity of older accounts and you may end up with lots > of not welcomed users. Default configuration of welcome.py is to welcome > every non-automatically created (SUL) account, if I remember correctly. > Recently some wikis have started to use > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NewUserMessage > > Nemo >
Huh. Yes, but when bot welcome newbie, "he" can't help this user. If I welcome, I offer my personal help. We welcome all if they are active: http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specjalna:Wk%C5%82ad/newbies But... welcome by bot + link to "Adopt-a-User" page. Hmm. I will think about this. In welcomecreation is a link to this tutorial: http://pl.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Krok_pierwszy_-_edytowanie&action=edit§ion=new przykuta _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
