> Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:41:18 +0000
> From: David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com>
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
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> Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] User talk templates
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> On 22 March 2012 08:37, En Pine <deyntest...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > First, has anyone thought about automatically adding a welcome message to
> > the user?s talk page when they first register, not only for EN but also for
> > Commons, Simple, and other projects?
>
>
> Is there any evidence anyone reads the template and doesn't just treat
> it as bot-generated tl;dr?
>
>
> - d.
>
>
>
I certainly read the welcome message that someone gave me when I was new.
Your tone comes across as harsh. Do you have any positive suggestions about how
to improve editor retention?
Pine
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