[OWW-SC] welcome email for new users

[Reshma Shetty]

Good idea.  I've added some instructions about this to
http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Getting_started_2
the second page of the getting started tutorial.  Maybe that will encourage
users to make use of talk pages.

We can also make this a part of the new user welcome system once it comes
online (if folks agree).

-Reshma

On 5/3/07, Maureen Hoatlin <hoatlinm at ohsu.edu> wrote:
>
>  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 I've gotten to join OWW (Kupfer and Thayer
> Labs) haven't set up user pages. I'm 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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