I've always wondered how many vandals could be averted if we just gave them a warm welcome. To find out, and as celebration for my one year anniversary with Wikipedia (and also just to be nice :D), I've pledged to welcome 20 users a day during the week leading up to 2 November. I will keep an eye on their contribs and see how many of them become contributing editors, and how many become vandals/spammers/trolls etc. After a few months I will present my findings to the Welcoming Committee. Hopefully, my little experiment can prove that a little kindness goes a long way!
The Setup
editEvery day, I will be randomly selecting 20 new (no contribs) users and leaving the same welcoming template on their user talk page: {{W-shout}} (using Friendly, because I'm a little lazy). Should a user reply to my welcoming message, I will encourage them to contact me via my talk page or email should they have any questions. In the event that a user should be banned for username violation, I will pick a different user that signed up on the same day to replace him/her.
Their talk page will remain on my watchlist, so I will know if they have been warned/blocked, or thanked/awarded. I will make notes next to their listing here about their status (i.e. blocked indef for spam, won ___ barnstar, etc), and after the experiment is finished I will collect the data and present my findings.
The List
editMeet my 160 test subjects! *Muahaha*
26 October
edit- Lonelytrebleclef (talk · contribs · count)
- Hfcff (talk · contribs · count)
- Kcosgro (talk · contribs · count)
- Catval305 (talk · contribs · count)
- Jimbomagnier (talk · contribs · count)
- Joshizdabest12 (talk · contribs · count)
- DrewVincent (talk · contribs · count)
- Blkjk (talk · contribs · count)
- Redrac (talk · contribs · count)
- Naslundl (talk · contribs · count)
- Lolalily216 (talk · contribs · count) Level 3 Vandalism warning
- Nmiwil (talk · contribs · count)
- Napple (talk · contribs · count)
- Peterdadams (talk · contribs · count)
- Chriskhoury (talk · contribs · count)
- Sndynova (talk · contribs · count)
- LuluTwo (talk · contribs · count)
- Shadowcreep (talk · contribs · count)
- Zenodarshan1 (talk · contribs · count)
- Yyw5 (talk · contribs · count)
27 October
edit- Aksanth (talk · contribs · count)
- Brandi probe (talk · contribs · count)
- Gurusamy (talk · contribs · count)
- Bonaface (talk · contribs · count)
- Sannikov (talk · contribs · count)
- DaRaTt (talk · contribs · count)
- Rameshthiyagu (talk · contribs · count)
- Ashish mall (talk · contribs · count)
- A0900 (talk · contribs · count)
- Basim sabbagh (talk · contribs · count)
- Davian17 (talk · contribs · count)
- Mishka01 (talk · contribs · count)
- Anufinance (talk · contribs · count)
- Zazu5578 (talk · contribs · count)
- Jakuknown (talk · contribs · count)
- Krissy01 (talk · contribs · count)
- Rajat singh24 (talk · contribs · count)
- Srivishalini (talk · contribs · count)
- BaTry (talk · contribs · count)
- Khaled elsaman (talk · contribs · count)
28 October
edit- Bna nerd1 (talk · contribs · count)
- General Hoth (talk · contribs · count)
- Myralea (talk · contribs · count)
- Che2italy (talk · contribs · count)
- Birds & Flowers (talk · contribs · count)
- Justblazed420 (talk · contribs · count)
- Maicon (talk · contribs · count)
- Stan lomax (talk · contribs · count) (Indef Block- Sockpuppet of Ron liebman)
- Mad River Brewing (talk · contribs · count)
- Maylott (talk · contribs · count)
- Kelsey Dragonfire (talk · contribs · count)
- Hivspecialist (talk · contribs · count)
- Genora (talk · contribs · count)
- Atamos (talk · contribs · count)
- Pacemaker Jr. (talk · contribs · count)
- Flagtape (talk · contribs · count)
- CMCENA44 (talk · contribs · count) (Blocked Indefinitely for Vandalism Only Account)
- Theindiapress (talk · contribs · count)
- Galm3 (talk · contribs · count)
- Anthonyhears (talk · contribs · count)
29 October
edit- Aaron baldwin (talk · contribs · count)
- Halliebiird (talk · contribs · count)
- Eggplanetz (talk · contribs · count)
- Dre9195 (talk · contribs · count)
- Smllaw (talk · contribs · count)
- Quiniver131 (talk · contribs · count)
- Logic1138 (talk · contribs · count)
- Hmundt (talk · contribs · count)
- FF-K-Mickey (talk · contribs · count)
- Mdamavan (talk · contribs · count)
- Sunbrite (talk · contribs · count)
- The Savage Prodigy (talk · contribs · count)
- Rielbarz (talk · contribs · count)
- Albzeng (talk · contribs · count)
- Drallanooi (talk · contribs · count)
- Zabie (talk · contribs · count)
- Peace love veggies (talk · contribs · count)
- Boredtoolfan (talk · contribs · count)
- Billie M. Boehm (talk · contribs · count)
- Athenathewise (talk · contribs · count)
30 October
edit- WildlifEcologist (talk · contribs · count)
- Arash1361 (talk · contribs · count)
- Shinexxon (talk · contribs · count)
- Ice Cold Beer (talk · contribs · count)
- D1g1t4l h4l0 (talk · contribs · count)
- Tiacarroll (talk · contribs · count)
- Orbittheglobe (talk · contribs · count)
- A7mad19 (talk · contribs · count)
- MAHDI SALEM (talk · contribs · count)
- Skarzzzz (talk · contribs · count)
- Dominicofwhms (talk · contribs · count)
- Pintera (talk · contribs · count)
- Osallis (talk · contribs · count)
- Adambromfield (talk · contribs · count)
- AppalachianLady (talk · contribs · count)
- Andpeta (talk · contribs · count)
- 7kirsj23 (talk · contribs · count)
- Albinowiki (talk · contribs · count)
- Jazzreveiw (talk · contribs · count)
- DizzyH (talk · contribs · count)
31 October
editHappy Halloween!
- Athletic1 (talk · contribs · count)
- Yadav amit yadav (talk · contribs · count)
- Magemathew (talk · contribs · count)
- Ah-ah-ah,youdidn'tsaythemagicword (talk · contribs · count)
- Nikima (talk · contribs · count)
- Irridiumsound (talk · contribs · count)
- Kpseshareddy (talk · contribs · count)
- Shikhija (talk · contribs · count)
- BeckyRSH (talk · contribs · count)
- Riverinatae (talk · contribs · count)
- Pepperplanet (talk · contribs · count)
- Puneet xavierite (talk · contribs · count)
- Sharky100 (talk · contribs · count)
- Birjubhai (talk · contribs · count)
- Pandorra (talk · contribs · count)
- Pelicanpaul (talk · contribs · count)
- Luckysaad (talk · contribs · count)
- Rzool (talk · contribs · count)
- Rajketan (talk · contribs · count)
- Informationwiki (talk · contribs · count)
1 November
edit- British invasion23 (talk · contribs · count)
- Fenderjazzgroove (talk · contribs · count)
- Deepakmanly (talk · contribs · count)
- Silly old pooh the warrior (talk · contribs · count)
- Chickenlegger (talk · contribs · count)
- Aromis (talk · contribs · count)
- Bolokelo (talk · contribs · count)
- Lucy Steele (talk · contribs · count)
- Elkriver (talk · contribs · count)
- Suillus (talk · contribs · count)
- Maddycat 311 (talk · contribs · count)
- Haphujii (talk · contribs · count)
- Corin.lawson (talk · contribs · count)
- Reyburn Wilson (talk · contribs · count)
- Buck N Ear (talk · contribs · count)
- Brainbow (talk · contribs · count)
- Dev.amie (talk · contribs · count)
- Aku108 (talk · contribs · count)
- Satyam 01 (talk · contribs · count)
- Piece of them (talk · contribs · count) Banned Indefinitely for Vandalism only account- suspected sockpuppet
2 November
edit- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)
- ? (talk · contribs · count)