[OWW-SC] welcome email for new users

[Maureen Hoatlin]

Hi Reshma,

One addition to the welcome page we might consider is emphasizing that the
user page is handy not just for saying who you are, but also because it
helps intra-wiki communication.  The user page messages are fun and can
really speed up the learning process for the new users (it did for me!).
Despite my urging, the folks I¹ve gotten to join OWW (Kupfer and Thayer
Labs) haven¹t set up user pages. I¹m not sure what the roadblock is.

-Maureen



On 5/2/07 12:31 PM, "Reshma Shetty" <rshetty at mit.edu> wrote:

> Following up on today's meeting, I wonder if it is worthwhile for us to go
> ahead and change the welcome email we send out.  In my opinion, the current
> version is unnecessarily long and complicated.
> 
> I put a proposal for a new version at
> http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Welcome_email
> (It also includes a copy of the current version ... which appears *very* long
> in email form.)
> 
> I suggest this as an easy-to-implement stopgap measure until we specify and
> implement Julius and Vincent's new user welcome system.
> 
> What do people think?
> 
> -Reshma
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