Last modified: 2006-05-01 00:42:02 UTC
The page that appears after a new user is created reminds them to change their preferences; it should also remind them of their user page. Apparently most users find out about this by seeing the "You have new messages" link when somebody welcomes them, which doesn't seem ideal.
see also http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2314#c1 bug 2314: add a section to Special:Preferences with links to user pages for Monobook.js and .css
The English Wikipedia has a template called "Welcome", which any user can easily stick onto a new user's talk page. But why not display the contents of this template on the screen that appears after they create their account?
(In reply to comment #2) > The English Wikipedia has a template called "Welcome", which any > user can easily stick onto a new user's talk page. Hi Brian! You are probably right when mentioning the fast way modifying the template. On the other hand [[en:template:Welcome]] does neither improuve the user interface for a "pure" MediaWiki installation (regardles of its content language) nor in English "sisterprojects" nor another WikiMedia foundation project in a language other then English. best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]]
(In reply to comment #3) > (In reply to comment #2) > > The English Wikipedia has a template called "Welcome", which any > > user can easily stick onto a new user's talk page. > > Hi Brian! You are probably right when mentioning the fast way modifying the > template. On the other hand [[en:template:Welcome]] does neither improuve the > user interface for a "pure" MediaWiki installation (regardles of its content > language) nor in English "sisterprojects" nor another WikiMedia foundation > project in a language other then English. > > best regards reinhardt [[user:gangleri]] You what?
There should be a page in the appropriate namespace (for Meta, the Meta namespace, etc.) that is displayed immediately after creating a new account and linked to in other places, possibly including an e-mail. Why not the MediaWiki namespace? Because the project should be separated from the software running the project. If it were in the MediaWiki namespace, then using it could be viewed as interacting directly with the software, which should be avoided.
You mean automatically take new users to a Project:Welcome page?
Yes. But it should have a return link to the page they were on before creating the new account (not sure if there is currently such a link, but there should be).
Users are no longer auto-redirected following account creation. The text of the welcome message can be customised as desired.
The system message is [[MediaWiki:welcomecreation]]
