Over the past month, I have come across several times the opinion that it is very inconvenient for new users to start a new discussion on a non-created discussion page. And if I remember correctly, then I have had my own experiences with this problem 10 years ago.
Now it looks like this:
And this is very different from the usual behavior of discussion pages all over the Internet.
It seems to me that making something like a Newcomer homepage will be more inspiring to start the discussion on Talk page.