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::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. <font style="font-family:Palatino, Georgia, serif;">[[User:Steven (WMF)|Steven Walling (WMF)]] • [[User talk:Steven (WMF)|<span style="color: #8080b0">talk</span>]]</font> 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? — [[User:Coren|Coren]] <sup>[[User Talk:Coren|(talk)]]</sup> 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):
::::*{{tl|Csb-notice-pageincludes-rand}}
::::*{{tl|Csb-notice-pageincluded-rand}}
::::*{{tl|Csb-notice-wikipage-rand}}
::::And these are the same messages for experienced users:
::::*{{tl|Csb-notice-pageincludes-exp-rand}}
::::*{{tl|Csb-notice-pageincluded-exp-rand}}
::::*{{tl|Csb-notice-wikipage-exp-rand}}
::::So, ideally, the bot would first figure out if the user is new (< 500 edits) or experienced (> 500 edits), then grab a warning from the appropriate randomizer, which will deliver one of two templates, current or test. We also made a randomizer for the welcome message: {{tl|Welcomelaws-rand}}. It'll be interesting to see if there's any difference if a user receives a test welcome and default warning, or vice versa. The randomizers and z templates should take care of randomizing and tracking, so I don't think any extra work on your part is required. Let me know if this all makes sense. If you feel like you're good to go, feel free to flip the switch on your bot at any time – just drop Steven or me a talk page message or email so we can update our documentation. And if you have any questions/concerns, feel free to ping either of us, as well :) [[User:Maryana (WMF)|Maryana (WMF)]] ([[User talk:Maryana (WMF)|talk]]) 00:01, 20 December 2011 (UTC)
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