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Bug 57218 - Get rid of "Do not forget to change your <wiki name> preferences."
Get rid of "Do not forget to change your <wiki name> preferences."
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
User login and signup (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Normal enhancement (vote)
: 1.23.0 release
Assigned To: Mayank Madan
: easy
Depends on:
Blocks: messages
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Reported: 2013-11-18 23:45 UTC by This, that and the other (TTO)
Modified: 2013-11-20 14:50 UTC (History)
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Description This, that and the other (TTO) 2013-11-18 23:45:46 UTC 
After creating an account, you are told:

  == Welcome, <username>! ==

  Your account has been created. Do not forget to change your <site name>
  preferences.

  Return to <some page>.

This is about the worst possible call to action - why would most users, straight after creating an account, suddenly want to visit a page containing several tabs full of settings, most of which are completely baffling to a totally new user?

If we keep it, we need to at least get rid of "do not forget". It really doesn't matter if you forget to change preferences.
Comment 1 Steven Walling 2013-11-18 23:55:21 UTC 
Agreed. 

FYI: I believe that right now no Wikimedia project is delivering this message? Either [[mw:Extension:GettingStarted]] is installed or CentralAuth is redirecting them back to where they were.
Comment 2 This, that and the other (TTO) 2013-11-19 00:16:19 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> FYI: I believe that right now no Wikimedia project is delivering this
> message?
> Either [[mw:Extension:GettingStarted]] is installed or CentralAuth is
> redirecting them back to where they were.

Yes. This bug only applies to non-WMF installations of MediaWiki; I saw this message when creating an account on Minecraft Wiki yesterday.
Comment 3 Nemo 2013-11-19 12:36:16 UTC 
Adding many blockers of bug 38638 to the list of "easy" bugs, to mark them as candidates for [[mw:Google Code-in]] tasks (gci2013). If you think this bug is not suitable, remove the keyword.
Comment 4 Gerrit Notification Bot 2013-11-20 07:45:24 UTC 
Change 96445 had a related patch set uploaded by Mayankmadan:
Changing the welcome message after signing up

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/96445
Comment 5 Gerrit Notification Bot 2013-11-20 14:48:42 UTC 
Change 96445 merged by jenkins-bot:
Changing the welcome message after signing up

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/96445
Comment 6 Bartosz Dziewoński 2013-11-20 14:50:05 UTC 
Fixed as part of GCI task.
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