[Vim-l] Auto welcome

[Benjamin Fritz]

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 4:00 PM, John Beckett <johnb.beckett at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hmmm. I'll look at putting the text of {{subst:welc}} on the new auto
> welcome. We may as well run with it for a while, but it will cause
> trouble. I'm sure you've noticed a new registered user who created a tip
> with a long copyright/disclaimer. That user got a gushing auto welcome
> signed by me. However, I would have done a manual welcome with a hint
> that there was going to be a need to sort out the issue, because as far
> as I'm concerned, I don't want a new tip with ANY copyright/disclaimer.
> I don't even want an author line, although if a script is truly
> remarkable I'll wear it. We have many excellent scripts with no need for
> an author or copyright.
>

I agree, and yes, I noticed. I've tried to update the auto-greeting
with our existing welcome text and a note that we'll probably be
dropping a message soon with any concerns or suggestions. We'll see
soon (hopefully) whether it looks ok or not.

I originally intended to also automatically put in a flag for deletion
on the annonymous user greetings. I think it would be ok to have that
greeting enabled as long as we delete it right away (within a few days
of creation). But, I don't know how to do this without also flagging
the greeting page itself for deletion. My post to the forum page
requesting info about disabling just one message or the other was
answered with "we're working on that feature," so perhaps it isn't
worth the trouble.

> Yes, the new "add category" button is another problem and I would like a
> way to turn it off for the whole wiki. However, I already do a bunch of
> manual editing on each accepted new tip, so fiddling with dumb
> categories is not a big deal. We'll see if people adding categories to
> existing tips is a problem.
>

I guess, since it is probably fairly easy to correct the format, that
encouraging people to add categories to tips can only be a Good Thing.
I'd leave it enabled and just decide what to do with our tip templates
later.