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We'll have to see if people actually use this. I'm highly tempted to "seed" it with a phony entry just so somebody doesn't have to be the first newcomer to sign. It might take a while before someone signs, but once there's one I figure others will be comfortable doing so.
To see why I created this page, check out my comment on
Wikipedia talk:Welcoming committee
Isomorphic 01:43, 17 Feb 2004 (UTC)
- Well, unless someone's gone ahead and seeded it, I'd say you've got a success here. What a nice idea!
IMSoP 03:22, 19 Feb 2004 (UTC)
I think the title is a bit misleading - I thought this "log" would be an auto-generated list or something. Some namechange thoughts:
Make sense?
Martin 22:29, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- Martin, I agree that the name needs changing....I've been thinking of it for a bit. I think something a little more personable and friendly would be good:
Wikipedia:Introductions or
Wikipedia:Meet me or something like that. Recent visitors also sounds like an auto-generated log to me, and guestbook, well, reminds me of bad Geocities pages. ;-) I think a name change would be wise, though. Let's keep brainstorming.
Jwrosenzweig 23:37, 30 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- The original name was mine, and I agree that it's bad. It's just the first half-decent thing that came to my mind when I decide to create the page. I didn't like "guestbook" for the reasons above, and because this wasn't intended for guests or visitors all. It's intended for people who are starting to contribute, and that's {mostly) what people have been using it for. Of the suggestions above, I like
Wikipedia:Introductions best, but I feel like there must be something better. I can't think of anything though.
Isomorphic 06:06, 31 Mar 2004 (UTC)
- I like Wikipedia:Introductions as well. The log should be for something automatic.
Dori |
Talk 07:05, Mar 31, 2004 (UTC)
- I think
Wikipedia:Introductions sounds the best from all the suggested changes. Just a note... many users (such as myself) have welcoming templates that point to this page, so a
What links here run to let people know it's being changed would be appreciated (as would keeping this as a redirect to the new page). I'm sure this has been thought of before, but I just wanted to put it down as a reminder. Thanks! --
Jrdioko 23:43, Apr 11, 2004 (UTC)
Wikipedia:Introductions sounds like some sort of dating service. I'd prefer
Wikipedia:recent visitors, or if the only problem with the current name is that it sounds too much like an automatically generated log, why not just call it
wikipedia:new users instead of
wikipedia:new user log?
Angela
. 17:00, Apr 13, 2004 (UTC)
- The only problem with "recent visitors" is that it sounds like a guestbook. Actually if we wanted we could also create a true guestbook where readers could leave general comments like "wow I like your project". In the mean time,
Wikipedia:New users still sounds a little like an automated page (Wikipedia:New pages certainly is one) but it's better than the current name.
Isomorphic 20:46, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)
How about something less official sounding like;
Wikipedia:who's new or
Wikipedia:Nursery ?
Or potting shed, pleased to meet you, etc. Or
Wikipedia:Gestatten (which, in German, packs "Pleased to meet you, please allow me to introduce myself" into one word.)
Marvin Sunday 07:14, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- Nursery and Gestatten don't immediately convey what the page is for though, which is a problem. I would prefer
Wikipedia:New Users, simple and obvious.
TPK 08:02, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)
- How about
Wikipedia:New Users Messageboard? I thought that sounded good.
Wikiwoohoo
20:13, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
- I like
Wikipedia:New Users Messageboard, but isn't that grammatically incorrect? Technically, there should either be an apostrophe after the s or a hyphen between new and users. Either way, the name would describe this page more accurately than
Wikipedia:New user log. If we move it though, we should put a link at the top to direct technical questions to
Wikipedia:Help Desk.
- How about
Wikipedia:New User Self-Introductions? That avoids the problems with sounding like an automatically generated list (new user log, or recent visitors), being too obscure or ambiguous (nursery or Gestatten), too off-putting (guestbook), and being grammatically incorrect. It completely describes the purpose in as simple a phrase as possible. The only problem I see with it is the length being longer than all other proposals, but even so, it's shorter than many other page names that are accepted. (Alternatively, as a sort of tongue-in-cheek idea, how about
Wikipedia:Who's New at Wikipedia?)
Aumakua
15:43, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
Thanks - But no thanks!
It works just fine for me, I think that things are good good the way they are. I've only used the page a couple times and I was just getting used to it being here. I don't want things to change much.
Just registering the voice of a new user.
--
Noisecontrol 12:00, 15 Mar 2005 (UTC)
New users should consider visiting irc.freenode.com room:wikipedia. Its been a thoroughly enlightening experience being in there.
An excellent web browser is www.opera.com
Talk to you soon!
Noisecontrol
00:40, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
Hi, is there a place to find all recently created users, similar to
Special:Recentchanges? There is no
Special:Recentusers ...
I know about
Special:Listusers, but I am looking for a chronological list. --
Aleph4
16:31, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
- Hm,
Special:Contributions/newbies is close, but not the real thing. --
Aleph4
18:39, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
- Found it!
Special:Log/Newusers --
Aleph4
11:26, 8 September 2005 (UTC)
Hi. Um... what am I supposed to say?
Drahcir — Preceding
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16:06, 11 February 2006 (UTC)
I joined this time last year why arent I listed? do i have to list myself now?
- Mike Beckham
06:40, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
Hi My interests include Battlefield 2 and Worldwar 2 esp. the ETO. (Thats european theater of operations)
User:Demuregoat — Preceding
undated comment added
05:01, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
Hi there. I've been a wikipedia reader for a while but didn't feel up to actually editing anything until I found a typo on a
West Wing page talking about a 1866 President Succesion Act, whereas the actuality was that the act was from 1886. And since it had sent me off on a wild google chase, I figured I'd fix it for the sake of future wingnuts. (OK, so I'm a geek. :) )
Gilroy0
04:55, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
When will it be created?
Anonymous anonymous
23:13, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
does it matter if i created a new log but forgot to about a month ago?
Simply south
10:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
whats this page for again guys, seriously? — Preceding
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02:32, 28 September 2006 (UTC)