User blog comment:TwoBearsHigh-Fiving/Welcoming Newcomers to Your Community/@comment-5558012-20130918185351/@comment-4144679-20130918205458

I see where you're coming from, but a lot of rules is not necessarily a bad thing. That goes to say that when there are many guidelines, many efforts should be made to make sure that the users are aware of what the rules are. A good way to do this is to set up a PyWiki bot. There is a welcome script where the bot will leave messages on new users page, featuring whatever the admin/bot operator would like. All Wikis have the default staff welcome, but this way you can put the Wiki's rules right off of the bat.