MediaWiki talk:Welcome-user

Disabled, but not
I disabled this feature to give us time to delete the extensive number of user talk pages Wikia-bot created, but it is still posting welcome messages. Can someone fix this, or should I block Wikia-bot again? :) --From Andoria with Love 05:35, November 15, 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, is there any reason why it has to be blocked to delete pages? In fact, do those pages have to be deleted urgently, or at all? I'm not sure I see the logic here. ;) -- Cid Highwind 12:44, November 15, 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't get it either. The Wikia bot isn't broken.  You can't have both a '@sysop' and '@disabled' flag at the same time.  But seriously... how is this thing busted and not working?  It's doing exactly what it is supposed to do.  Create talk pages welcoming new editors. -- sulfur 14:35, November 15, 2009 (UTC)

There is no urgency, but if someone were to use those IPs again, they would find a welcome message waiting for them without having even edited anything. The welcome message was written for those who have already contributed. Some of those being welcome are vandals with malicious intents. The logic is there (I think), though the urgency is not. However, it would be nice if we could clear them all out before Wikia-bot went around creating even more unnecessary IP user talk pages. RE: Sulfur -- I did not think about that (probably because the instructions did not state that), so I will try that and see if it works. Thanks. :) --From Andoria with Love 21:24, November 15, 2009 (UTC)


 * That, too, can be configured... Don't want greetings for anons? Remove "message-anon" from MediaWiki:Welcome-enabled, just as the official description states. In this case, there's nothing wrong with how the tool works - it works exactly as advertised. -- Cid Highwind 23:57, November 15, 2009 (UTC)