MediaWiki talk:Welcomecreation-msg

So, this is the message that people get when they create a user account for the first time. The default is not only boring, but it implores you to change some settings without even telling you how to do it.

I thought it might be nice to update it with some information that people might actually use, and links to their user and user talk pages. I'm not married to any of this language, but I would like the account creation process to be just a wee bit more welcoming.

Changes welcome, comments solicited. --(WT-en) Evan 16:28, 17 November 2006 (EST)

New place for this message: action needed
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 * I tried to preserve the custom message per these directions, but it doesn't seem to have worked. --Peter Talk 21:46, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

This should likely be at MediaWiki:welcomecreation-msg and not MediaWiki:MediaWiki:welcomecreation-msg. The text also needs to be fixed, as "Change your preferences to make our Web software work right for you, including the option to turn off advertising" and "when a red button flashes next to 'my talk' on the upper-right hand of your screen, this means someone is trying to contact you via that link" are nonsense. As tempting as it is to suggest an extension be devised to "turn off advertising" by using Words to avoid as a BINGO card to detect CVB spam and turn it off, we're not there yet. :) K7L (talk) 23:43, 5 December 2012 (UTC)


 * I have moved it to the correct location, and now it works. – sumone10154 ( talk ) 01:02, 6 December 2012 (UTC)


 * It figures that the problem was my personal senility. --Peter Talk 01:42, 6 December 2012 (UTC)