User talk:DENNIS
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Welcoming
Hi there DENNIS. Glad to see you're excited about welcoming. Have a look here to see some of the things you should keep in mind when welcoming users. In particular, be careful to make your welcomes personal. OK, thanks, and have a great day! Heimstern Läufer 
00:27, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- Was I not being personal enough?--DENNIS 00:34, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- Well, as they were all exactly the same, no, I'd say they weren't personal. In case you didn't realize this, we rarely welcome a user without them having first made an edit or two, so that we can comment on the user in some way. (Every once in a while, I'll make a comment based exclusively on a username, but that's rare.) In unrelated news, we prefer to keep conversations together, so if someone comments on your talk page, you should just go ahead and respond here instead of at the other user's talk page. Hope that clears things up. Heimstern Läufer
00:35, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- I just didn't know if you would be watching to see if I made a reply on my talk page, so I made one on yours. It was a rare lapse of judgement on my part. I've been a member of this wiki for about two years (I just changed accounts), but I'm new to the Welcoming Committee. It seems to me, though, that more people should be welcoming the newer users, since there are over a hundred members. I guess I was just trying to hurry so I could catch up. I sincerely apologize. --DENNIS 00:40, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- There's no need to apologize; I know you were trying to do the right thing. Part of it is that we do things a little differently here than at most wikis. At most wikis, welcomes are templates that provide links and a canned "welcome!" message to the new user. Because they provide useful links, they should indeed be delivered immediately. We decided on a different system over a year ago: the links come automatically by bot (User:First Time Here?). Then later, a real user delivers a personalized welcome. We think this way is a lot more personal and gives the user a warmer welcome. It takes a little more thought and creativity, but I like it that way. Hope that clears things up. Heimstern Läufer 00:45, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- There's no need to apologize; I know you were trying to do the right thing. Part of it is that we do things a little differently here than at most wikis. At most wikis, welcomes are templates that provide links and a canned "welcome!" message to the new user. Because they provide useful links, they should indeed be delivered immediately. We decided on a different system over a year ago: the links come automatically by bot (User:First Time Here?). Then later, a real user delivers a personalized welcome. We think this way is a lot more personal and gives the user a warmer welcome. It takes a little more thought and creativity, but I like it that way. Hope that clears things up. Heimstern Läufer
- I just didn't know if you would be watching to see if I made a reply on my talk page, so I made one on yours. It was a rare lapse of judgement on my part. I've been a member of this wiki for about two years (I just changed accounts), but I'm new to the Welcoming Committee. It seems to me, though, that more people should be welcoming the newer users, since there are over a hundred members. I guess I was just trying to hurry so I could catch up. I sincerely apologize. --DENNIS 00:40, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- Well, as they were all exactly the same, no, I'd say they weren't personal. In case you didn't realize this, we rarely welcome a user without them having first made an edit or two, so that we can comment on the user in some way. (Every once in a while, I'll make a comment based exclusively on a username, but that's rare.) In unrelated news, we prefer to keep conversations together, so if someone comments on your talk page, you should just go ahead and respond here instead of at the other user's talk page. Hope that clears things up. Heimstern Läufer
Thank you very much! --DENNIS 00:47, 24 September 2008 (UTC)
- Out of curiosity, what was your old account name? — Defender1031*Talk 17:55, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
- My old account was Emachinest3256. I probably wasn't here for 2 years like I said above; it's just a guess. I changed accounts because I really like Thy_Dungeonman. --DENNIS 18:00, 25 September 2008 (UTC)
