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The [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Growth/Personalized_first_day/Newcomer_homepage | newcomer homepage ]] is a feature to help newcomers get oriented when they first create their account, so they can figure out how to start editing quickly. One component of the homepage is the [[ https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T216631 | mentorship module ]], which encourages newcomers to post questions to an experienced user's talk page. One concern is that they don't know how to find out that they have been answered. Newcomers should expect to receive a ping when they answered, and we hope they notice it in their Echo notifications.
The idea here is that In the modal for asking a question, we may want to illustrate to newcomers how to check their notifications to receive their response, perhaps by indicating it with a GuidedTour addition.
Here is a mockup of the mentorship module and the modal that it opens: https://wikimedia.invisionapp.com/share/KUQV2QDJ8A7#/screens/350928124