https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30442
--- Comment #26 from Amir E. Aharoni <[email protected]> 2011-10-19 09:13:39 UTC --- > > > We already have such a message. And it's quite strong: it looks like you > > > can't > > > start editing without adjusting your preferences! > > > > ... Except you can. Are there statistics about people who actually do what > > that > > message asks them to? I suspect that very few. > > So what? If they don't, it just means that preferences are ok for them. Or, if > you imply that people ignore messages, I wonder how you're going to explain > what the gender preference is for. MoodBar, for example, which is rather more visible than that tiny message that suggests to change preferences. > > If someone creates an account in the Arabic Wikipedia, it's relatively safe > > to > > assume that she or he wants Arabic as her or his default language. Assuming > > a > > gender, however, is impossible, even though it is immediately needed. > > It's not immediately needed. It's very easy for me: we have things which are > absolutely needed to create an account (username, password, email for some > things), and things which are not (everything else). The former are asked when > you create an account, the latter are not. MoodBar, see above. There's also {{welcome}}, ahem, benvenuta. And many, many more. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
