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:Yeah, you're right – the closing line is probably overkill. I was still in newbie welcoming/praising mode :) [[User:Maryana (WMF)|Maryana (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Maryana (WMF)|talk]]) 17:46, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

The current versions are fine. I'm a little surprised at the edits to {{tl|welcomelaws}}, though – my impression when I was asked to open new talk pages with it is that it was intended to join the message with pointers to the requirements about copying. I can see why you think that's too heavy for a newbie, but then wouldn't it be simply better to use a generic well-tuned welcome template that's already available? — [[User:Coren|Coren]] ^{[[User Talk:Coren|(talk)]]} 20:40, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

::The foremost reason we rewrote the welcome like we did was because we realized that this particular welcome template is never delivered without an accompanying warning about copyvio. In that context, we'd like to test whether it leads to more action we want if we dramatically shorten the template, make it purely a general welcome, and point to the talk threads below it (few newbies understand how talk pages work). We are just now ending a similar welcome template test with XLinkBot, so between the two of them we should know clearly whether it is better to have short, general welcomes accompany warnings or if the current approach is more effective. <fontspan style="font-family:Palatino, Georgia, serif;">[[User:Steven (WMF)|Steven Walling (WMF)]]&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;[[User talk:Steven (WMF)|<span style="color: #8080b0">talk</span>]]</fontspan> 17:38, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

:::That's a good point, and well made. It looks like you guys are just about ready for me to start using these; are there any reporting actions I could do that would help you get good metrics? Do you have a favourite distribution (alternating, strictly random, Gaussian), or weights you want assigned? &mdash;&nbsp;[[User:Coren|Coren]]&nbsp;^{[[User Talk:Coren|(talk)]]} 19:42, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

::::Steven and I spent the day making randomizers and [[:Template:Z|tracking templates]] for all these guys. These three are for newbies (preloaded with the current and test message):

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:Thank you, Andy, those are excellent points. Will work them in. Let me know if you see anything else that looks off. [[User:Maryana (WMF)|Maryana (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Maryana (WMF)|talk]]) 17:48, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

::Hey Andy. The latest revisions should all say things like "edit the article" etc. which are friendlier with people to screen readers etc. <fontspan style="font-family:Palatino, Georgia, serif;">[[User:Steven (WMF)|Steven Walling (WMF)]]&nbsp;&bull;&nbsp;[[User talk:Steven (WMF)|<span style="color: #8080b0">talk</span>]]</fontspan> 01:26, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

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