"You have just made your 100th edit: congratulations." That would be good bot to run: encourage people! Another idea: A simple message to make a compliment on people who make their first 3 posts which are not reverted after a day. make it aimed at anonymous contributors, and inviting them to register.
My own welcome was in the pre-bot age, so it was personal and warm. In that tradition I have long placed a personal welcome message at newbies talk pages, with different results. Some harrassed me with questions, some disappeared, some stayed on and became valuable wikipedians. I strongly believe in warmth and people orientation. I still remember a game forum, where i was welcomed by two different people, where everyone commented on each others posts, sometimes critical, sometimes positive, but always with an undertone of friendliness. It was that atmosphere which kept me going there a long time. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
