Thread:Sannse/@comment-32125535-20200827235249/@comment-8-20200828204826

On the current version of the UCP, people will no longer get welcome messages. Those are being reviewed at the moment. We aren't convinced that they really work, especially the long custom ones.

My name is on the global contact list for new wiki welcome messages. We had around 850 wikis created yesterday,and I got one reply to the welcome message (I think there are two other people on the list).

So the system needs a rethink, and that's where we are at the moment.

General messages to other users will definitely be part of the UCP (and are already). You will be able to contact people as before.

Achievements are on the UCP already too. With your badges and custom tracks carried over. We are looking at what we can do to improve achievements, probably using Gamepedia's more sophisticated system.

The reasons for all this are outlined in MrWoodhouse's blog. Basically, you are asking us to keep using a N64 when there's a Nintendo Switch available!