Author: brian
Description:
The page that appears after a new user is created reminds
them to change their preferences; it should also remind
them of their user page.
Apparently most users find out about this by seeing
the "You have new messages" link when somebody welcomes
them, which doesn't seem ideal.
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement
gangleri wrote:
see also http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2314#c1
bug 2314: add a section to Special:Preferences with links to user pages for
Monobook.js and .css
brian wrote:
The English Wikipedia has a template called "Welcome", which any
user can easily stick onto a new user's talk page.
But why not display the contents of this template on the screen that
appears after they create their account?
gangleri wrote:
(In reply to comment #2)
The English Wikipedia has a template called "Welcome", which any
user can easily stick onto a new user's talk page.
Hi Brian! You are probably right when mentioning the fast way modifying the
template. On the other hand [[en:template:Welcome]] does neither improuve the
user interface for a "pure" MediaWiki installation (regardles of its content
language) nor in English "sisterprojects" nor another WikiMedia foundation
project in a language other then English.
best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
robchur wrote:
(In reply to comment #3)
(In reply to comment #2)
The English Wikipedia has a template called "Welcome", which any
user can easily stick onto a new user's talk page.Hi Brian! You are probably right when mentioning the fast way modifying the
template. On the other hand [[en:template:Welcome]] does neither improuve the
user interface for a "pure" MediaWiki installation (regardles of its content
language) nor in English "sisterprojects" nor another WikiMedia foundation
project in a language other then English.best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
You what?
brian wrote:
There should be a page in the appropriate namespace (for Meta, the Meta
namespace, etc.) that is displayed immediately after creating a new account and
linked to in other places, possibly including an e-mail.
Why not the MediaWiki namespace? Because the project should be separated from the
software running the project. If it were in the MediaWiki namespace, then using
it could be viewed as interacting directly with the software, which should be
avoided.
brian wrote:
Yes. But it should have a return link to the page they were on before creating
the new account (not sure if there is currently such a link, but there should be).
robchur wrote:
Users are no longer auto-redirected following account creation. The text of the
welcome message can be customised as desired.