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New editor talk page study

All edits made from new accounts under the "Getting Started" process over a recent 24-hour period were listed, and the editors' talk pages were examined 5 weeks later to see what type of message, if any, had been added by then. The editors' contributions were classified according to their apparent value to the encyclopedia. The results were as follows:

Talk page messages by value of contribution
Talk page message All Positive
contribution
Neutral,
no value
or can't tell
Negative
contribution,
not vandalism[1]
Vandalism
Welcome message 77 (22%) 28 (25%) 20 (23%) 20 (25%) 9 (12%)
Invited to the Adventure 73 (21%) 23 (21%) 19 (22%) 17 (21%) 14 (19%)
Invited to the Teahouse 7 (2%) 4 (4%) 2 (2%) 1 (0.6%) 0 (0%)
Any welcome/invitation 134 (38%) 47 (42%) 34 (39%) 33 (41%) 20 (27%)
Warned - by bot 50 (14%) 0 (0%) 5 (6%) 3 (4%) 42 (57%)
Warned - by human 51 (14%) 1 (1%) 3 (3%) 10 (12%) 37 (50%)
Any warning 82 (23%) 1 (1%) 7 (8%) 17 (21%) 57 (77%)
Other 27 (8%) 6 (5%) 2 (2%) 11 (14%) 8 (11%)
Nothing 156 (44%) 62 (55%) 51 (58%) 36 (44%) 7 (9%)
Total 355 (100%) 112 (100%) 88 (100%) 81 (100%) 74 (100%)
  1. ^ Here are included unsourced opinion, blatant promotion, AGF factual mistakes, unintended damage to layout or format, etc.

Note: The percentages of talk page responses to different types of contribution can be compared by reading across the page; e.g. welcome messages went to 77 out of 355, or 22%, of all new accounts: to 28 out of 112, or 25%, of those making contributions of positive value; and to 9 out of 74, or 12%, of those making vandalistic edits.