User:Mcint/New users
I like to greet new users to induct them into wiki culture! It's good to maximize the value they get out of the wiki, and help them contribute back in ways that scale & help the wiki & community flourish. KP: Thrive
Process
1. Invite or approve users:
- Invite by email directly, at Special:InviteSignup. (Findable via, last section: Special:SpecialPages#Other_special_pages)
- Coordinate to use Special:ConfirmAccounts, approving requested accounts. (Provided by mw:Extension:ConfirmAccount. Findable via every page header Special:AdminLinks when logged in, and on sidebar's Special pages)
- (Or find recently added users - via Special:ListUsers)
2. (Assess readiness &) Grant permissions. Ensure users have confirmed permission (if they don't automatically have autoconfirmed -- the permissions are equivalent). This encompass all the permissions necessary to do create pages, create talk pages, and make edits to events. |add links
3. Add #Welcome statement to new user's talk page, encourage them to make a user page, for personality & connecting online/offline. (Maybe a category addition would help, a link to follow, gentle introduction to categories. Categ:NewUser Categ:NewTalk, Categ:NewBridger)
4. Later follow-up (days/weeks/months): in-person, online chat, email/discourse, or via others; ensure they're comfortable with it, know who they can talk to,
Welcome statement
Current (not sure where the template for it is)
Welcome to Noisebridge! We hope you will contribute much and well. You might want to read the [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents help pages]. Make a user page so people know a bit about you & connect your username with your IRL persona. Again, welcome and have fun! -- ~~~~
Ideas for Improvements
- Could point people to wiki-intro pages, guides to follow,
- which can link to permissions info pages, and
- Link from other instructions and guides to Special:ListGroupRights. Distracting to link too directly.
- Links most needed / most beneficial / best used.
- Homepage
- Events. List of events (to edit), and event-hosting template.
- (how to edit wiki?)
- Format / syntax
- Architecture / structure
- Communication channels
- How to invite others
- ?