User blog comment:Jenburton/An Update on Message Wall/@comment-4491280-20110930171142/@comment-44043-20110930183642

A ten page policy? I think that is a bit much. I've seen one that is two pages, covers both article and user talk, and has everything mentioned above. Copy, paste, done. No horsing around. Add it to the auto welcome message and even a list of useful pages. All-in-all, five minutes of your time. As for other users complying with it (mainly new ones) ask them to take a little time to actually look through the welcome message. Most (if not all) wikis have some kind of useful links in the message. What is so wrong, or laborious, about asking people to read and comply. I've told users that myself. Their reply: "Oh, didn't see that, thanks, will do." Now you've established a rapport with them and they're more likely to ask for help with things rather than bungle through it. Just my experience, though.