[Foundation-l] Board Resolution: Openness

Mon Apr 11 19:17:33 UTC 2011

On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Quim Gil <quim.gil at nokia.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 2011-04-10 at 14:50 -0400, ext Pharos wrote:
>> On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 2:49 AM, Nikola Smolenski <smolensk at eunet.rs> wrote:
>> > Perhaps it would be helpful if, when creating a new account, a user could
>> > write a short message about what would they like to do on Wikipedia (this
>> > would become their user page). It would give us an idea on what part of
>> > guidelines to present to the new user, and also very needed insight on why do
>> > people just create account and leave.
>>
>> This is the best actually-practical idea I've seen in a long, long time!
>>
>> ++to making user page info for new accounts a simple box to fill in at
>> registration
>
> Agree. Feature request created, otherwise it risks being forgotten:
>
> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28494
>
> Please discuss there, vote, and eventually fix it. Thanks!
>
> --
> Quim
>

This all seems rather closely related to the work going on at the
Accounts Creation Project:
http://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Account_Creation_Improvement_Project

Which is being actively worked on -- cc'ing Lennart who is leading it.

best,
Phoebe