[OWW-SC] OpenWetWare User Manaagement System: User Page created for new users autmatically

[Bill F]

Per Reshma's questions,

1. I can add the function call to register the user page in the page change
list. This is a 2 line code change. I'm not implementing it now.

2. I like the idea of using the mediawiki email address obfuscation. For
now, you don't need to nclude the emai address. Just omit the UMS_EMAIL tag
in the text of the page to get rid of it. I'll look at the feature you
mentioned and see if I can pass that in rather than the email address.

Per Julian's comments

3. I may go back and comment the wikitext thats' used in the page to
accomplish what I mentioned before: show how tables and tex are formatted as
well as how links are created. This will be the first document new users
will encounter that they will be given the opportunity to modify. We can at
least be clear about how the rather cryptic tags work and provide a little
info on where to get more information about it.

I also send my thanks to Maureen for the suggestion!

Ilya has pointed out that the admin email address isn't showing up in
approval messages. I'm fixing that now and will document any changes related
to it.

Thanks:

I hope you find it useful. Tell us how to make it even MORE useful.


Thanks.


Bill



On 10/4/07, Julius B. Lucks < julius at younglucks.com> wrote:
>
> Great job Bill!
> A while ago Vincent and I thought about a similar feature as part of the
> outreach effort.  There was some discussion of including wiki tutorial
> information in the default user page.  I think something along the lines of
> the 'Welcome!' and 'Basic Wiki Instructions' sections of
>
> http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Steering_committee/Outreach_chairs/mock_home_page
>
>
> would be extremely useful for new users who are also new to wikis, and we
> could easily integrate these sections into your current template.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Julius
>
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> On Oct 4, 2007, at 9:10 AM, Reshma Shetty wrote:
>
> Just a quick note that I *believe* that thanks go out to Maureen
> Hoatlin for suggesting this feature as a way to get new users more
> comfortable with editing the site.
>
> Thanks Maureen!  And Bill for implementing it!
>
> -Reshma
>
> On 10/4/07, Bill Flanagan < wjf42 at mit.edu> wrote:
>
> We've recently rolled out a new OpenWetWare feature that we want to let
> all
> of you know about.
>
> When a new user is created, an email message is sent out welcoming the
> user
> to OpenWetWare.org. The email message formerly pointed to the place their
> OpenWetWare User: page would be if it had text. They are free to edit and
> save the page. This presents a problem for most OpenWetWare.org users:
> without having any experience with OpenWetWare or MediaWiki editing,
> there's
> little chance their
> User: page would be populated with any information.
>
> The OpenWetWare User Management System (UMS) now will create a default
> User:
> page for all new users. To do this, a standard User: page template has
> been
> created. The information provided by users during registration drives the
> content of this page. This page is not a standard MediaWiki template. This
> means that future changes to the page will not change existing User:
> pages.
> The information that can be displayed currently includes the new user's
> name, email address, reason for joining OpenWetWare, and how they heard
> about us.
>
> Since the content is contained in a standard OpenWetWare page, the content
> page can be changed. Currently, the display is very basic. If anyone has
> any
> ideas about how this can be enhanced, feel free to contribute.
>
> Look for more detains here:
>
> http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Software/User_management
>
> Thanks
>
>  Bill Flanagan
> www.OpenWetWare.org
>
>
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