I hope I am one of those "rare exceptions" that Paulo Santos Perneta writes
about. I also wish that welcoming would be neither rare or exceptional.
My habit:
- For newly registered users, which I define as someone with a redlinked
talk page, I welcome them.
- If I am going to revert that user's edit then warn them (via Twinkle
almost always), I want to ensure that they are welcomed first.
- For IP editors:
- If I am reverting an obviously inappropriate edit by an
un-welcomed IP editor, I typically use one of the Twinkle welcome/warning
combos, such as Template:Welcome-anon-test,
Template:Welcome-anon-unconstructive, or Template:Welcome-anon-delete.
- If an un-welcomed IP editor, makes a revertible edit that is
non-malicious, I usually do a Template:Welcome-anon without the article
parameter, then add a warning
- If an un-welcomed IP editor, editor is doing good, I use a
Template:Welcome-anon-constructive
Peaceray
On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 10:58 AM Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have a more nuanced view.
>
> The community benefits from new editors who are acting in good faith
> and willing to learn.
>
> I agree that treatment of new editors can be problematic.
>
> On the other hand, having become one of the "insiders", I now
> understand how English Wikipedia has a limited supply of skilled labor
> from volunteers who are trying to defend Wikipedia against vandals,
> conflict of interest editors, copyright violations, and other
> problems.
>
> There is a WMF team working to improve the onboarding experience. I'm
> cc'ing Marshal Miller (WMF) here in case he would like to comment.
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
>
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