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The Commons runs a "welcome bot" that automatically posts a {{welcome}} message to all registered users who have made at least one edit. We want to make this message as effective as possible to maximise its usefulness and minimise new user mistakes and confusion.

If you have received a welcome message, you are welcome to comment on the message here. As well as general feedback, you might like to answer these questions:

  1. Do you read welcome messages, skim over them or ignore them?
  2. Did you find our welcome message useful? Did it tell you something you didn't know before but might need to know?
  3. Is there other information which you think it is vital for new users to know, which our welcome message doesn't currently include?

Post like this:

===[[User:Your Name]]===
# (answer) 
# (answer)
# (answer)
* (any other comments)

Thank you!

Admins: once you've dealt with a feedback, please make a note, so that other admins know there's no need to responding to it.

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[edit] User:Gillan

  1. NI don't read all messages "sorry"
  2. "Yes" of course.
  3. 'No", I suppose.
  • I am very proud to be part of such a big project, I'll try to learn the usage, thanks for your patience :)

[edit] user:Volodin

  1. Not bad, thank you!
  2. Yes of course.
  3. No, I suppose.

[edit] User:TurnsatomEng

  • This IS IT. This Welcome log notice me that I have much to learn. Thank you for your nice greeting.


[edit] User:TR25s

  1. Yes.
  2. Yes. Thank you very much !
  3. No, I think.
  • Thank you for your nice greeting. I'm mainly working in "ja-Wikipedia", so I don't know much about Commons. If I make a mistake, please give me an advice.--TR25s (talk) 07:09, 5 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User: विनोद थापा

  • मैले विकिमिडिया कमन्सको नेपाली पृष्ठ तयार गरेको छु, कुनै गल्ती भेटिएमा सच्याइदिनुहुन अनुरोध छ । अथवा कुनै अप्ठ्यारो परे मेरो पृष्ठ (User_talk:विनोद_थापा) मा गएर सन्देश छोड्न सक्नुहुन्छ ।

--विनोद थापा (talk) 07:57, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User: Weneg

  • 1. I read EVERY new Message.
  • 2. There´s nothing I miss.
  • 3. Thanks, but I´m pleased... :-)

With nice greetings; --Weneg (talk) 00:01, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

PS: Why is my name still red???


[edit] criticalmass72

I can't remember what you require in the way of ++ Criticalmass72 (talk) or //, and the instructions have now disappeared. The questions have disappeared too, so I cannot now answer them.

[edit] User:Norbert Südland

  • 1.Yes, I try to read and understand all information.
  • 2.Now I find no possibility to look at your next question. You should start to improve the transparency of your system.

Norbert Südland (talk) 13:36, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

पूर्णिमा वर्मन 21:13, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

English translation by Tohd8BohaithuGh1 (talk):

  1. Thank you for your message, I read it.
  2. I still do not think Wikipedia in Hindi will be helpful in the information here to work.
  3. What better place to be - :)

[edit] User:SerSpock

  • 1. Yes
  • 2. Yes
  • 3. No
  • How to redirect or link user:xxxx here to utilisateur:xxxx on fr.wikipedia.

Thanks for your help.

SerSpock 16:46, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Gurgut

  • Yes
  • Yes
  • I think it's all right! Thanks :) --Gurgut 07:58, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mysha

  • 1. c (And here, on this page, the example of "Yes" doesn't fit the options.)
  • 2. No, I didn't, as I didn't read it; I've no intention of reading through more than a screen of unsolicited data. No, it didn't, as I didn't read it; I've no intention of reading through more than a screen of unsolicited data.
  • 3. Vital information would be: Where there's a page with such information as has now been plastered on this discussion page. (And here, on this page, the example shows four lines of answers, but there are three lines of questions.)

Mysha

It seems someone edited the example to put their own answers in. I've changed it back now to be a generic thing. pfctdayelise (说什么?) 11:53, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
OK, except that 2 is two questions, so you'd expect two "(answer)"-s. Mysha

[edit] Htm

1. Yes, I red 2. It's useful. It inspired me to gategorize my images 3. I don't have anything special in mind. The help pages are useful, it just takes time to crawl them troughHtm 03:30, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:ITA-ATU

Hello, どうも。
Thank you, どうもありがとうございます。
Tokyo.　ちなみに私は東京在住です。
--ITA-ATU 05:24, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] user:Sir Drance

1(Read them)

2(no)

3(no)

[edit] Sprecht Ihr denn kein Deutsch hier?

Fragt sich: Wiglaf Droste 12:56, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Almost everyone speaks English here, so that's what we tend to use, aber viele sprechen auch Deutsch. :) Wenn du lieber auf Deutsch schreibst, ist das normalerweise kein Problem. Du kannst z.B. auf der Help Desk-Seite auch Fragen auf Deutsch stellen. Übrigens kann man das User-Interface auf Deutsch umstellen (passiert automatisch, wenn du von de.wikipedia.org kommst). Liebe Grüße, Ddxc 03:48, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Delacour

  • 1. (skim over )
  • 2. (no)
  • 3. (no)
  • I believe most wikimedia commons users are already experirenced in wikipedia, which shares similar format and rules.

I do hope they can make it share "common account" so i don't need to make a new one :( but it's too late now. Anyway, a welcome message is always warm and make you feel like home. Thank you ^ ^ --Delacour 19:49, 18 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] about the code of this template - sobre el código de esta plantilla

Hello! Thanks for the welcome message, but this code at the end of the template didn't work:

{| cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0em 0em 1em 0em; border:1px solid #cccccc; background-color:#f9f9f9; width:100%"

so anybody could fix it? (I'm not a wiki expert, though ;_') Cheers, this project is a good job! ºRYueli'o 05:50, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

¡Hola! Gracias por el mensaje de bienvenida, pero la siguiente parte de código de la plantilla no funcionó:

{| cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0" style="margin:0em 0em 1em 0em; border:1px solid #cccccc; background-color:#f9f9f9; width:100%"

¿alguien podría revisarlo? (Es que no soy experto en la wiki ;_') ¡Felicitaciones por su buena labor! ºRYueli'o 05:50, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] User:Ddxc

  • 1. I skim them.
  • 2. I found 1 or 2 things.
  • 3. No. :)
  • Comment: I find welcome messages a little patronizing since I've been active on Commons and Wikipedia for a while. Also, it would be a lot more personal if it was just one sentence with a link to the info page, rather than dumping (substing) large amounts of wiki code on my talk page. :) (In German, I would say "ich fühle mich getextbausteinigt". ^_^)

[edit] User:DuncanHill

  • 1. Read thoroughly
  • 2. Very useful (and I am an experienced user on the English-language Wikipedia).
  • 3. More info on linking to other Wikithings
  • keep up the good work!

[edit] Kanġi Oĥanko

  • 1. I sure will keep this on my user page as I may need to read those tutorials, guidelines etc. over and over again.
  • 2. I regret that though I already put two simple (not for me, by the way) questions about adding comments to a file and licensing, I haven't received any answer from both addressees, 555 and Juergen Lehle. For the first question, about adding a comment to the caption — precisions, actually — under the [[Image:Orenair B735 VP-BGR.jpg]], I guess I may do it anyway and see what happens. Hope I will not be called a vandal…
  • 3. I fear that when I will need further help, my question would be up in the air forever, as is my adoption request remains without any offer for quite some time (see there); a request I reiterated today.
  • I may be thickheaded, but would be nice if you gave simple explanations in everyday language in the help pages. I guess I am not the only one round here without legal and technical expertise.

✓ Kanġi Oĥanko 13:25, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

✓ Done Handled by pfctdayelise 14:48, 14 January 2008

[edit] User:Nousernamesleft

  • 1. I skim them.
  • 2. No, but that's only because I read the information it covered beforehand.
  • 3. No; the help file covers everything I could think of.
  • The design is quite nice. I don't have a suggestion for the help template, but I do have a suggestion for this very page. Why not
===[[User:Username]]===
# (answer) 
# (answer)
# (answer)
* (any other comments)

instead of the current layout? It seems silly not to use 1. 2. 3 instead of built-in ordered lists. NousernamesIeft 18:39, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

✓ Done Good idea, the list form was changed. Thank you. --GeorgHH • talk   21:04, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Lovuschka

  1. Always! Which of these, depends. ;-) Most of the time I read it, though.
  2. Since I read a lot on Wikipedia, Commons etc before - no. If I was unexperienced, probably yes.
  3. May be for others, but I'm fine.
  • Regards to the bot SieBot - and whoever reads this! :-)

--Lovuschka 12:53, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

✓ Done I've read it, and I'm happy that's all alright for you with the welcome message. Thanks for your feedback! --GeorgHH • talk   16:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Maximillion Pegasus

  1. Always.
  2. I have read a lot on Wikipedia and a pretty good amount on Commons, so no, for completely new users, I would probably say yes.
  3. It covers things very effectively.
  • I love commons and all Wikimedia projects, and would donate if I was able to. Cheers.

Maximillion Pegasus 03:36, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Purgossu

  1. I usually skim over them.
  2. Yes, I found some useful links.
  3. Any I can't think of right now.
  • Thanks for the welcome.

Purgossu 14:47, 16. Feb. 2008

[edit] User:Paracropolis

  1. I read through it thoroughly. I am somewhat new to the Wikimedia way of doing things.
  2. It was useful. As I said, I am new around here.
  3. I'm not really sure but it currently answers my initial queries.

Paracropolis 01:16, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:It Is Me Here

  1. Skimmed
  2. Yes
  3. No

It Is Me Here 10:35, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for your notice. It seems that Image:Nuvola gnome-fs-trash-full.svg has an error in it's code, we try to fix it. --GeorgHH • talk   18:03, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
It seems fine to me (at least, it does now - I didn't check before). It Is Me Here 19:36, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] user:Nerva

Honestly, it feels like a robot standing on a door to say hello and shake your hand for, say, 5 minutes. Perfectly smiling all the time. Sounds like there is no reason to complain - it was smiling, was friendly, everything. But it's still a robot. And a bunch of text added (almost like 5 minutes of hand shaking). I would suggest to have robots sending automated welcome messages to other new bots. Let them say their greetings to each other. In other words, I didn't like the automated welcome message.--Nerva 14:24, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

✓ Done Human welcome message was given by User:Finnrind. --GeorgHH • talk   17:59, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Simply south

  1. read/skim
  2. Yes and I'm not sure
  3. The waiting period and other things to do with uploading
  • More human operators
A human welcome, Simply south. You will find information about the waiting period here, wich is available at the "first steps help file" link at the welcome message. Sorry, but it's impossible to quote all desired links at the welcome message. --GeorgHH • talk   09:55, 4 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:LindaLisa

  1. I read the welcome messages multiple times over many days-especially the link request message.
  2. The Messages provided lots of information but didn't help me find an answer to the link request which I have been trying to comply with.
  3. Being completely new to the Wikis, it would be nice to know how to contact the Wiki support person who notices issues about our accounts so that we can learn how to address them in the future!
  4. If SOMEONE can PLEASE let me know what I am doing wrong with my categories and links?! I added many hidden and visible categories and nothing seemed to happen. Also, please let me know how to get out of what looks like a bad place to be-with "Orphans" in my Gallery pathname! I'd appreciate it! I wrote to Admin support over the weekend but didn't hear back... I'd like to be sure I'm set up properly! THANK YOU!!!!—the preceding unsigned comment was added by LindaLisa (talk • contribs)

[edit] User: Communi core

  1. 1 Reference now
  2. 2 Yes
  3. 3 Yes
  • Thank you for your advice. Still, a newcomer here, but it has a long history of photos, historical photos, hoping to various posts. Sincerely. Communi core 10:31, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Leo Joahnnes

  1. I read a little, not the whole at once.
  2. Yes, how to rename an image (someone taught me, but I forgot and saw it on the welcoming message).
  3. No, I dont think so. Maybe a link to COM:FP and COM:QI, like "Here you can see our best images:".
  • I already was an active user in Wikipedia, and therefore I already knew much about wikis (how to edit, categorize, put on watchlist..) and a little about Commons. Best wishes, Leo Johannes 19:21, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Walter45

Hallo Danke für das E-Mail. Bitte um Entschuldigung dass ich nicht gleich reagiert habe. Auf meiner Diskussionsseite habe ich die Nachricht schon gelesen und zur Kenntnis genommen. Wusste aber nicht wie ich darauf reagieren soll. Ich bin hier vollkommen NEU. Muss mich erst mit allen Gepflogenheiten vetraut machen. Bei Texten die in Englisch geschrieben sind warte ich meistens auf meine Tochter, damit sie es mir korrekt Übersetzt. Gruss von Walter Huber

[edit] User:Cuautlatoakongo

  1. Thank for receiving me in Wikimedia, I sure will be a productive mmber of this institution
  2. Gracias for recibirme en Wikimedia, suguro sere un miembre util para todos en esta organización

[edit] User:Scientus

There needs to be a way to guest login using your wikipedia account on all the wikipedia sister projects, and have your username maybe wikipedia-{username} and it create maybe a wikipedia user page maybe {user}/wikimedia, wikionary, etcScientus 23:44, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] आशीष भटनागर

मैंने आज विकिमीडिया कामन्स का मुख्य पष्ठ निन्दी में अनुवाद किया है. यदि कोई त्रुटि या सुधार हो तो कोई भी सदस्य अमंत्रित हैं, मुझे बताने, या सुधार करने हेतु. --# आशीष भटनागर 07:18, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Marie-Claire

  1. (Oui)
  2. (Oui)
  3. (Non)

NOT NINDI BUT HINDI

[edit] User:Rspeer

The welcome message was nice, and I read it and it told me some things I didn't know about Commons. But I think you should know that I've never edited or even created an account on Commons before. My account was created by unified login.

[edit] User:ChrisHodgesUK

  1. Yes - skim and revisit
  2. Yes - Babel and listing abilities by image type are new to me
  3. A link to Userboxes (hard to find if you don't know what they're called), also is it possible with unified login to have a unified user page?

Combined with the fact that the default preference is to e-mail users about messages they receive on Commons, this means I saw the message as the result of a puzzling e-mail in my inbox. You may want to send the welcome only to people who are actually editing on Commons. If every project did this, then everyone who unified their login would be getting all kinds of messages: "Welcome to Wikiquote!" "Welcome to Wikispecies!" "Willkommen bei Deutsche Wikipedia!" (probably got the German wrong there, but whatever.) That could get silly fast. Rspeer 18:50, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Kalindoscopy

Very sweet. Informative, but cumbersome. Grażżi (: Kalind[os]copy (talk) 20:31, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:XtraVert

  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. No

—Preceding unsigned comment added by XtraVert (talk • contribs) 09:23, 30. Jul. 2008 (UTC)

[edit] user: Markus Schulenburg

1. Yes 2. Yes 3. Localize the "Welcome Message"

--Markus Schulenburg (talk) 16:20, 11 August 2008 (UTC)

The welcome message is available in many (dozens) languages. There are links to it on your talk page. Because the language you speak is unknown at the time of account registration, we cannot provide you with a localised version on your talk page. Please click the language link in the Enlish message to get a localised version. Cheers! Siebrand 08:56, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Rosuav

  1. Skimmed first, then saw this, then went back and read them properly.
  2. It's nice to be greeted with some basic information. I know I can go grab it all just by ctrl-clicking "my talk" up the top.
  3. Nothing springs to mind!
  • I'm an en wiki user who's branching out to other wikimedia projects as the whim grabs me, which is made VERY easy by the Unified Login. (I would like to see the "New Messages" note made universal, somehow. Even if the talk pages are still separate, it'd be great if it could say "You have new messages on Commons" or whatever, regardless of which wikimedia project I'm looking at.) The welcome note invited me to put Babel boxes on my user page, which I probably otherwise wouldn't have done, but which I will now. Might be of value to someone to know that I only speak English... unless you count the myriad (almost literally - well, alright, not 10,000, but certainly well over a hundred) computer programming languages I know.

[edit] user:PhiliM

  1. yes
  2. yes
  3. no
  • good job!

—Preceding unsigned comment added by PhiliM (talk • contribs) 23:31, 26. Aug. 2008 (UTC)

[edit] user:Whotty

En Chile se reunieron,UNASUR.La verdad que llama la atencion Chavez , un LOCO terrorista que a conspirado en contra mi nacion,que quere inponer un socialismo golpista, que es un peligro para la region ,se de el lujo, de trasmitil su mensaje como que estubiera en su casa .Bachelet, una inepta presidenta,que tiene ami pais enfermo com una imflacion insostenible ,que no tiene mira de futuro , que esta enpodresiendo mas a un pueblo con un carisimo estanda de vida.Que recurre a un pasado Allendista , recurso que les a dado un gran fruto sobre la mentira mas grande del siclo ,que la imnorancia de esa epoca y analfavetismo hicieron que todos aquellos que se farrearon este pais quedaran impune.Que salieran a cuential a paises Europeos y otros , da para comentario...!!!

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Whotty (talk • contribs) 19:02, 16. Sep. 2008 (UTC)

[edit] user:Farromer

Gracias por la bienvenida al portal de la wikimedia estaré atento a conocer desde ahora toda las extraordinarias informaciones que ustedes tienen para ayuda a todos internautas Cordialsaludo

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Farromer (talk • contribs) 04:04, 19. Sep. 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Martha_e

  1. yes
  2. yes
  3. nothing to add
  • In fact the message answered to some questions I had in mind. Well done. Thanks for this nice job.


[edit] Technical problem

I just logged in here for the first time under unified login from Wikipedia-en.

The text of my welcome message is invisible (with whatever I was previously looking at showing through) until it is highlighted or, in the case of the links, the mouse is moved over them.

Ubuntu Firefox, Javascript disabled.

I have not yet seriously attempted to find the source of this problem.--QuantumEngineer (talk) 14:30, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

  • Looks fine to me on your talk page under Windows XP on Firefox with javascript disabled. ----Digon3 talk 14:45, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

This appears to be caused by the Welcome/lang template: removing it fixes the problem, at least in the preview. Furthermore, it also affects other pages using similar language selection templates, including such important pages as Commons:Village pump, Commons:Welcome, Commons:Upload and Help:Contents, though not the Main Page. I have turned off the edit toolbar (the only default option that says it requires JavaScript) to no effect.--QuantumEngineer (talk) 15:03, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

After experimenting on a copy at User:QuantumEngineer/langtest, I have found that the problem is triggered by zh-hant (traditional Chinese?) characters inside <small>...</small> tags (it affects User:QuantumEngineer/langtest2 but not the current version of User:QuantumEngineer/langtest).--QuantumEngineer (talk) 15:42, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:SuperHamster

  1. (Skimmed at first, but then came back to read it when I needed it.)
  2. (The First steps tutorial and the link to the First Steps really helped me when I first joined.)
  3. (Looks pretty good to me.)

[edit] Automatic welcoming

This idea is great, and it's worked quite well as I have observed. It sends a message upon creating a new account. Cool!

Done! (talk) 04:31, 19 November 2008 (UTC)

Nice Welcome-Template. - I hope, my uploaded Picture Image:KKH TRUCK.JPG is okay. --Dolores & Karel (talk) 17:07, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Terramar

  1. Thanks for the nice, warm welcome. Of course, I did read it.
  2. It is informativ and usefull to me.
  3. I'm not sure.

Greets. --Terramar (talk) 14:37, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] user:Roland1952

Many thanks for your welcome and i´ll try to read and follow your pointed topics. Greatings --Roland1952 (talk) 22:41, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Frajolex

  1. Some times I read, some times I skim over them.
  1. I found things I didn't know, but could live without (not that it was not useful, just wasn't crucial).
  1. As a new user, I don't know.
  • I'd be glad to receive this message in my native language (Portuguese), is this feasible? I could even help translating it.
Hello,
I placed a translated version on your talk page. Happy editing, Abigor talk 13:49, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

[edit] User:Garry ricketson

  1. (answer) yes,but,sometimes just skim,I use a internet cafe,and sometimes it is close to closeing time,so I have to hurry
  2. (answer)yes, as I did not know how to categorize a pitchure or file.....
  3. (answer)Maybe, but mostor everything seems to be here available, one just needs to take the time to read it,this a falt I have,is to try to hurry to much...
  • (any other comments)I accidently loaded the same file 2 times and want to delete one,but time is running out, I really like what you have here,and appreciate very much what you are doing,thank you all very much...


[edit] User talk:FreeRangeFrog

  1. Yes
  2. Yes
  3. Yes
  • I was just wondering how this message got generated? I certainly appreciate it, but I had never done anything on Commons. Just curious. FreeRangeFrog (talk) 21:37, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
    We have a software feature which automatically places the message when you sign up.  — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 19:03, 24 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User talk:dahile00

  1. I did indeed read the welcome notice, and I am grateful to Wikipedia for this bot.
  2. There is so much I don't know that I'm sure I'll be using it and making discoveries for years.
  3. I'll have to come back to that. I'm too new to comment.
  • I'd love to have a better username. Am I stuck with this one?

Dahile00 (talk) 22:29, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

It can be changed at Commons:Changing username. --pfctdayelise (说什么?) 02:38, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Teratornis

  1. I read the welcome message and many of the linked pages. I will eventually read all of them, plus a whole lot more pages in the Commons: namespace.
  2. Yes, and probably.
  3. Well, I'm a bit partial to a page called Commons:Editor's index to Commons. (My opinion is not clouded by the fact that I created the page here. You mustn't doubt me.) The index may be a bit overwhelming to the brand-new user on first glance, but so is the {{welcome}} template in its current form. I don't think anyone will read all the linked documents and absorb them in the first sitting. Most users will probably have to come back to the welcome template repeatedly over the course of days or weeks.
  • I appreciate the proactive, automatic welcome. It might be interesting to have progressively more detailed templates to send automatically to users as they hit higher milestones of edit count, e.g. 100, 500, and 1000 edits. Users with significant activity are more likely to be serious about reading the friendly manuals, less likely to be frightened by the truth of how complex Commons is, and probably in need of more technical detail. Maybe they could look at the Editor's index without fainting dead away.

--Teratornis (talk) 04:00, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

As a cautionary note, I might add that the {{welcome}} template makes this claim which borders on over-selling:
  • "This is a wiki—it is really easy."
I agree that the purely mechanical aspects of editing on a wiki are pretty simple, but Commons users can run into thorny questions about copyright, licensing, and so on, which can become arbitrarily difficult, depending on what a user wants to do. Check out some of the tougher questions on the Help desk. --Teratornis (talk) 00:08, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Joupic 54

  1. Ben Wikipedia'ya resim ekliyorum ancak resim siliniyor.Ne yapabilirim. 19:40 (UTC)

[edit] User:michaelbogardus

  1. Skim over them, as I've used wiki's before
  2. Welcome messages are useful
  3. No, the welcome message would be sufficient

[edit] User:D.A. Borgdorff

  1. Yes.
  2. Yes. Thank you very much !
  3. No, I think.
  • I am dAb answering as per User: TR25s opus citatum:
  • Thank you for your nice greeting. I'm mainly working in "nl-Wikipedia", so I don't know much about Commons. If I make a mistake, please give me an advice. D.A. Borgdorff (talk) 03:32, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Dottydotdot

Not a big fan of this to be completely honest-having edited on Wikipedia it's fine, but as a new user seems to be very overwhelming & way too much information to start. I think just a nice welcome message with a few links to get started-new users don't want to read massive manuals etc. Just my two cents! Dottydotdot (talk) 19:56, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Adverb

  1. I read them but as I have created the account just after finding a page that needed something edited I edit that page immediately after and then I return to the page where the welcome message was and read it slower clicking on links. I have made that edit now so I can answer to the message now.
  2. What I found most useful was the Goodies, tips and tricks section.
  3. It could probably tell me something else I don't know, and how could I know what that was?

[edit] User:Schuiass P.Ubdoo

  1. I read them.
  2. Yes I did, I didn't know that explained in the Goodies, tips and tricks section.
  3. It could tell which userboxes exist on commons.
  • (any other comments)
Answered on talk page -- Editor at Large • talk 21:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Hope&Act3!

  • 1) I do read everything
  • 2) I didn't learn much
  • 3) I didn't know that we have a different user page at en wiki and commons Hope&Act3! (talk) 14:34, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Utahraptor ostrommaysi

  1. I read them, as they often have some bit of information (or many bits of information) that helps me use the project they refer to better.
  2. It helped me with signing my name (I never really thought about it before), those babel box things and how to correct mistakes in the name of a file.
  3. I don't think so. The welcome message I got does a pretty good job of explaining things.

Utahraptor ostrommaysi (talk) 14:40, 17 May 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Carbenium

  1. Read it on an other users page.
  2. yes
  3. didn't think about that
  • The message begins with "Hi", so it should end also with a greeting (e.g. "Greetings, your Wikimedia commons - team" or something like that). --Carbenium (talk) 10:08, 28 May 2009 (UTC)


[edit] User:Kikuyu3

Thank you for this Welcome flower collar, the music, the fruit juice and the Vahinés.
1* I read it, and will have to read it again several times in order to fully undertand it, as my level in english is poor.
2** It is already very interesting.
3*** Is there any workshop to which you can participate if ever you do not have any graphical skill : translating, for instance. Others ?
Thanks again, anyway, to all of you for all that you already realized, and thanks in advance for continuing. I'm still amazed, and everyday a little more.
Hop !
Kikuyu3 (talk) 04:35, 7 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Launchballer

When I my welcome notice, I had no edits to my name, and I'm not sure if there's a problem with the bot.--Launchballer (talk) 17:33, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

I received the welcome message despite not having made any edits as well.--Nakerlund (talk) 01:55, 11 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Ryt_007

  1. I read this welcome message.
  2. Yes, I didn't know what to do if I made a mistake in uploading, and I very much wanted additional help and a tutorial.
  3. I'm not sure if this is in your tutorial (haven't taken it yet), but maybe a link talking about featured images.
  • Thank you for the welcome message. This is very useful and comforting. Ryt 007 (talk) 19:10, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Infinitebistromathics

  1. yes
  2. yes, and yes
  3. the stuff on it was wonderful!
  • and thank you again!

[edit] User:Jennifer Riggs

  1. I skimmed the welcome message
  2. Yes. I'm keeping it for reference
  3. It's pretty full. I think its a good overview with good links.
  • Thank you for the bot. It offers a nice welcome.

I don't have any idea what this is about. How about a little communication? -- Good, old-fashioned email.

[edit] User:Trevinci

  1. Yes. I skimmed the message
  2. I'm keeping it for reference
  3. I don't think so. I think it's well done.
  • Thank you for this Welcome message.

[edit] User: Nakerlund

  1. I glanced at it quickly
  2. Yes, the information is useful, but also overwhelming.
  3. I think a lot of users would like to know if it is alright to delete the welcome message and how to do it.

I think the welcome message is basically a great idea, but not in its current form. It feels like a big sign rather than a friendly message. Since it is aimed at a user personally, a more informal language would work better. The template would be better for a "Getting Started" page, which an informal welcome message could link.

[edit] User:Olvin

  1. Read
  2. Yes, how to switch to native language  ;-)
  3. How to rightly upload new language version of existing image (.svg)?

--Olvin (talk) 14:59, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Nstm

--Nstm (talk) 07:30, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Quintus314

  1. read
  2. yes
  3. no
  • you've gotta love that transmission logo under tips and tricks
  1. yes sexy

[edit] User:A_F_K_When_Needed

Feedback? Well... I visited the site for the very first time... and my Talk Page nearly exploded. Who wrote that novel, anyway? A F K When Needed (talk) 21:09, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

[edit] User:Askatasuna

  1. read it
  2. yes
  3. don't know yet
  • Especial helpful: the deletion guidelines

[edit] Thank you for nice Welcome!

محمد رضا حاج محمدی Thank you for the nice welcome.A bit confusing the information on how to edit. Thank you again though! TESLAEDSON (talk) 00:39, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

Don't know what the message is for.

If it's because I didn't sign with four tilde's that's because it looked like it was going to go into the page itself and I didn't think that was right.

Info appreciated.

D.

[edit] Reply to welcome

محمد رضا حاج محمدی

[edit] Virginia

  1. Si, leo cuidadosamente todo lo que me mandan, especialmente las bienvenidas.
  2. Naturalmente, necesito aprender todo,pues quiero editar con exito.
  3. Por el momento soy muy nueva en esto. Necesito empaparme en la informacion para poder saber que falta.
  • Por lo que a mi respecta, necesito mucha ayuda. Aprovechare la buena voluntad de todos. Gracias Virginia (talk) 21:51, 31 October 2009 (UTC)

1. Yes, I read them thoroughly 2. Very useful! I had no idea about how to do anything here! 3. Well... the "upload" text for pictures could perhaprs teach us how to mak a photo look small on the wukipedia page, but its normal size once you click on it.

[edit] Thank you for the welcome!

Thank you for the welcome!Eng446w4 (talk) 01:50, 25 November 2009 (UTC)

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