Forum:WelcomeBot and better commenting system

Is WelcomeBot helpful to your project?
Does Welcomebot help you in your wiki? I turned on WelcomeBot and has customized the message. I asked them to give comments in the message. It has been run for about 1 week. I didn't receive any reply at all, nor they opened any talk page. It seems WelcomeBot proves to be no use in my case.

I doubt the effectiveness of WelcomeBot. Perhaps people are blind and they don't read the message at all, or they are too lazy to reply, or they think it's bot talking so they simply ignore it.

What about yours? Share your thoughts or experiences? --MyBrute Resource Center@Ronga 18:22, 18 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I've turned it on only for users with an account.
 * They never reply to the bot on their own talk page. They dont do it on any other talk page but on very rare occasion they post in the forum.
 * I also think they dont see the box telling them they have a new message.
 * Maybe i should make it easier to see or bigger...


 * But, on french wikis, it's not the same as on english wikis; less users and they rarely return after their firsts few contribs. — TulipVorlax 02:35, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Talk page / Wiki forum
The current way we open the talk page to leave comments, or open a page in the forum to discuss. This site has been opened for months. It's surprising no one ever bother to open any thread or leave any comment on anywhere. I have no way to get user feedback and know what they are thinking about. I believe they are just too intimidating for people to ever try it.

What about yours? Share your thoughts or experiences? --MyBrute Resource Center@Ronga 18:22, 18 June 2009 (UTC)


 * fr.guildwars has been around for more than two years now and many messages were posted in the forum by anons. They rarely use talks pages. They put comments directly into acticles instead. Duh! — TulipVorlax 02:37, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

DISQUS commenting system
I'm so desperate to collect feedback from my visitor, and I came across to this DISQUS commenting system recently. I registered an account and read the generic code installation guide. I created a template. I put the javascript in common.js. I tested it but it didn't work. Please tell me if anyone knows what's I'm doing it wrong.

I think we should create a easier and more friendly way (perhaps blog-like or forum-like comment system putting at the end of the article) to encourage visitors to leave feedback, suggestions, or reports. Something like DISQUS should be likely to get them in. --MyBrute Resource Center@Ronga 18:22, 18 June 2009 (UTC)


 * I dont see where is that code on your common.js, you should have given a link to the diff of the moment you putted it in.
 * Generally, code like that can't be added in the wiki js since it is HTML that call a js file on another site; very similar to the tracking code from any web analytic service.
 * I would really love to find a to add a tracking of my own Piwik installation but i think if wikis sysops could add anything to their wikis, it could cause many (security) problems. — TulipVorlax 02:45, 19 June 2009 (UTC)