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It links to [[Wikipedia:External_links]] twice in the first sentence. Slightly confusing for the layperson I think. I reckon it would read better if the first instance was unlinked. • [[User:Anakin101|<font color="#5a3696">Anakin</font>]] ^{([[Special:Contributions/Anakin101|contribs]] • [[User_talk:Anakin101|complaints]])} 18:59, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

:Agreed and {{done}}--<span style="font-family: Palatino Linotype">[[User:Kubigula|Kubigula]] ''([[User talk:Kubigula|talk]])''</span> 23:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

== Proposed change to Uw-coi ==

Would it be better if [[Template:Uw-coi]] was changed so that "avoid breaching relevant policies" was not numbered as part of the previous list, which has a different context? Maybe instead of "<code><nowiki>#:and you must always:</nowiki></code> / <code><nowiki># '''avoid breaching'''</nowiki></code>...", "<code><nowiki>And you must always '''avoid breaching'''</nowiki></code>..."? --[[User:Jmchuff|Jason McHuff]] ([[User talk:Jmchuff|talk]]) 08:08, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

== welcome-joke ==

There are times when a new user gets off on the wrong foot, and rather than get a welcome message the new user gets bombarded with warnings. In the interest of assuming good faith, it might be helpful to give the user a welcome message combined with a notice of what they've done wrong.

For new editors that have made joke edits, I created [[Template:welcome-joke]]. May I add this to [[Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace]]? [[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]] ([[User talk:Kingturtle|talk]]) 19:42, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

:I appreciate your contributions, but it seems like the purpose of that template kind of overlaps with the purpose of {{tl|uw-joke1}}. Perhaps a rewording of {{tl|uw-joke1}} is in order? - [[User:Chardish|Chardish]] ([[User talk:Chardish|talk]]) 20:19, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

::Sending the {{tl|uw-joke1}} message misses out on also providing the new user with a wide array of helpful links. [[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]] ([[User talk:Kingturtle|talk]]) 20:36, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

:::Do new users really want a wide array of helpful links, or do they want a few links, carefully selected? Providing links to nearly every useful page (there are 64 links on that template) is overwhelming. - [[User:Chardish|Chardish]] ([[User talk:Chardish|talk]]) 21:12, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

::::(ec)If I feel a user falls into the category Kingturtle is talking about, I always give the user ''both'' {{t1|uw-joke1}} '''and''' {{t1|welcome}}. That seems to do the trick in my mind. I believe that all of these "combo" messages are ineffective and I have never used them; whereas 2 separate messages make the appropriate points. Regards. --'''[[User:12 Noon|<font color="8b0000">12&nbsp;N</font><font color="a9a9a9">oo</font><font color="8b0000">n</font>]][[User talk:12 Noon|&nbsp;^2¢]]''' 21:16, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

:::I too use both those links. And that's why it occurred to me to combine them. Just an idea. [[User:Kingturtle|Kingturtle]] ([[User talk:Kingturtle|talk]]) 21:26, 27 January 2008 (UTC)