On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Quim Gil <quim....@nokia.com> wrote: > On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 14:50 -0400, ext Pharos wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 2:49 AM, Nikola Smolenski <smole...@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! > > -- > Quim >
This all seems rather closely related to the work going on at the Accounts Creation Project: http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Account_Creation_Improvement_Project Which is being actively worked on -- cc'ing Lennart who is leading it. best, Phoebe _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
