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**Steps to reproduce** # Create new account # You'll get "Welcome new user" notification # Click on the notification text and find yourself on Welcome new contributor page **Expected behavior** In the history there was a link in the notification to that page and the notification itself was not clickable. It was clear that if user wants to see some longer Welcome message and first help, (s)he have to click there. **Current behavior** Currently there is no way user can find out the notification is clickable (other than click it accidentally).

**Current approach** # User creates new account. # A blue mark is shown to the notification icon. # If user clicks the notification icon, the "Welcome new user" notification pops up. # If user clicks on the notification, (s)he is redirected to the "Welcome new user" page. **The issues with this approach** - The UI changes too little after the successful registration. This means newcomers have difficulty to understand they already created the account and sometimes create another one. - The welcoming notification is hidden by default, it would be interesting to know, how many newcomers even open the notification. - There is not sign or indication that the notification text is clickable. In the past the notification was not clickable, but contained a link to Welcome page. Nowadays the user must click the notification icon and the also click the notification text randomly/accidentally/out of curiosity in order to be redirected to the Welcome page. - There is no next steps advise. Currently it depends on how user is active (whether (s)he clicks on the notification or opens its talk page, help pages etc.) and also it depends on how community is active (if (s)he is welcomed/contacted on the talk page, what is the contents of the community Welcome page etc.) **Possible solutions** As you can see, the whole welcoming process for newcomers currently depends on too many coincidences and community/newcomer ability. Partially it is solved by the newcomer questionnare (currently in A/B testing on three wikis), but after that the user still is redirected to the main page and nothing else happens. MediaWiki should definitively be more pro-active and lead the newcomer better in first seconds after the registration.

**Steps to reproduce****Current approach** # C# User creates new account. # You'll get "Welcome new user"# A blue mark is shown to the notificationion icon. # Click on the notification text and find yourself on Welcome new contributor pageIf user clicks the notification icon, the "Welcome new user" notification pops up. # If user clicks on the notification, (s)he is redirected to the "Welcome new user" page. **Expected behavior**The issues with this approach** - The UI changes too little after the successful registration. This means newcomers have difficulty to understand they already created the account and sometimes create another one. - The welcoming notification is hidden by default, it would be interesting to know, how many newcomers even open the notification. - There is not sign or indication that the notification text is clickable. In the past the notification was not clickable, but contained a link to Welcome page. Nowadays the user must click the notification icon and the also click the notification text randomly/accidentally/out of curiosity in order to be redirected to the Welcome page. In the history there was a link in the notification to that page and the notification itself was not clickable.- There is no next steps advise. Currently it depends on how user is active (whether (s)he clicks on the notification or opens its talk page, It was clear that if user wants to see some longer Whelp pages etc.) and also it depends on how community is active (if (s)he is welcome message and first helpd/contacted on the talk page, (s)he have to click there.what is the contents of the community Welcome page etc.) **Current behavior****Possible solutions** Currently there is no way user can find out the notification is clickable (other than click it accidentally)As you can see, the whole welcoming process for newcomers currently depends on too many coincidences and community/newcomer ability. Partially it is solved by the newcomer questionnare (currently in A/B testing on three wikis), but after that the user still is redirected to the main page and nothing else happens. MediaWiki should definitively be more pro-active and lead the newcomer better in first seconds after the registration.