I am celebrating my one year anniversary with Wikipedia on Nov 2! To celebrate, I have joined the Welcoming Committee and pledge to welcome twenty new users a day until the 2nd!

I've always wondered how many vandals could be averted if we just gave them a warm welcome. To find out, and as celebration for my one year anniversary with Wikipedia (and also just to be nice :D), I've pledged to welcome 20 users a day during the week leading up to 2 November. I will keep an eye on their contribs and see how many of them become contributing editors, and how many become vandals/spammers/trolls etc. After a few months I will present my findings to the Welcoming Committee. Hopefully, my little experiment can prove that a little kindness goes a long way!

The Setup

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Every day, I will be randomly selecting 20 new (no contribs) users and leaving the same welcoming template on their user talk page: {{W-shout}} (using Friendly, because I'm a little lazy). Should a user reply to my welcoming message, I will encourage them to contact me via my talk page or email should they have any questions. In the event that a user should be banned for username violation, I will pick a different user that signed up on the same day to replace him/her.
Their talk page will remain on my watchlist, so I will know if they have been warned/blocked, or thanked/awarded. I will make notes next to their listing here about their status (i.e. blocked indef for spam, won ___ barnstar, etc), and after the experiment is finished I will collect the data and present my findings.

The List

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Meet my 160 test subjects! *Muahaha*

26 October

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  1. Lonelytrebleclef (talk · contribs · count)
  2. Hfcff (talk · contribs · count)
  3. Kcosgro (talk · contribs · count)
  4. Catval305 (talk · contribs · count)
  5. Jimbomagnier (talk · contribs · count)
  6. Joshizdabest12 (talk · contribs · count)
  7. DrewVincent (talk · contribs · count)
  8. Blkjk (talk · contribs · count)
  9. Redrac (talk · contribs · count)
  10. Naslundl (talk · contribs · count)
  11. Lolalily216 (talk · contribs · count) Level 3 Vandalism warning
  12. Nmiwil (talk · contribs · count)
  13. Napple (talk · contribs · count)
  14. Peterdadams (talk · contribs · count)
  15. Chriskhoury (talk · contribs · count)
  16. Sndynova (talk · contribs · count)
  17. LuluTwo (talk · contribs · count)
  18. Shadowcreep (talk · contribs · count)
  19. Zenodarshan1 (talk · contribs · count)
  20. Yyw5 (talk · contribs · count)

27 October

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  1. Aksanth (talk · contribs · count)
  2. Brandi probe (talk · contribs · count)
  3. Gurusamy (talk · contribs · count)
  4. Bonaface (talk · contribs · count)
  5. Sannikov (talk · contribs · count)
  6. DaRaTt (talk · contribs · count)
  7. Rameshthiyagu (talk · contribs · count)
  8. Ashish mall (talk · contribs · count)
  9. A0900 (talk · contribs · count)
  10. Basim sabbagh (talk · contribs · count)
  11. Davian17 (talk · contribs · count)
  12. Mishka01 (talk · contribs · count)
  13. Anufinance (talk · contribs · count)
  14. Zazu5578 (talk · contribs · count)
  15. Jakuknown (talk · contribs · count)
  16. Krissy01 (talk · contribs · count)
  17. Rajat singh24 (talk · contribs · count)
  18. Srivishalini (talk · contribs · count)
  19. BaTry (talk · contribs · count)
  20. Khaled elsaman (talk · contribs · count)

28 October

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  1. Bna nerd1 (talk · contribs · count)
  2. General Hoth (talk · contribs · count)
  3. Myralea (talk · contribs · count)
  4. Che2italy (talk · contribs · count)
  5. Birds & Flowers (talk · contribs · count)
  6. Justblazed420 (talk · contribs · count)
  7. Maicon (talk · contribs · count)
  8. Stan lomax (talk · contribs · count) (Indef Block- Sockpuppet of Ron liebman)
  9. Mad River Brewing (talk · contribs · count)
  10. Maylott (talk · contribs · count)
  11. Kelsey Dragonfire (talk · contribs · count)
  12. Hivspecialist (talk · contribs · count)
  13. Genora (talk · contribs · count)
  14. Atamos (talk · contribs · count)
  15. Pacemaker Jr. (talk · contribs · count)
  16. Flagtape (talk · contribs · count)
  17. CMCENA44 (talk · contribs · count) (Blocked Indefinitely for Vandalism Only Account)
  18. Theindiapress (talk · contribs · count)
  19. Galm3 (talk · contribs · count)
  20. Anthonyhears (talk · contribs · count)

29 October

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  1. Aaron baldwin (talk · contribs · count)
  2. Halliebiird (talk · contribs · count)
  3. Eggplanetz (talk · contribs · count)
  4. Dre9195 (talk · contribs · count)
  5. Smllaw (talk · contribs · count)
  6. Quiniver131 (talk · contribs · count)
  7. Logic1138 (talk · contribs · count)
  8. Hmundt (talk · contribs · count)
  9. FF-K-Mickey (talk · contribs · count)
  10. Mdamavan (talk · contribs · count)
  11. Sunbrite (talk · contribs · count)
  12. The Savage Prodigy (talk · contribs · count)
  13. Rielbarz (talk · contribs · count)
  14. Albzeng (talk · contribs · count)
  15. Drallanooi (talk · contribs · count)
  16. Zabie (talk · contribs · count)
  17. Peace love veggies (talk · contribs · count)
  18. Boredtoolfan (talk · contribs · count)
  19. Billie M. Boehm (talk · contribs · count)
  20. Athenathewise (talk · contribs · count)

30 October

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  1. WildlifEcologist (talk · contribs · count)
  2. Arash1361 (talk · contribs · count)
  3. Shinexxon (talk · contribs · count)
  4. Ice Cold Beer (talk · contribs · count)
  5. D1g1t4l h4l0 (talk · contribs · count)
  6. Tiacarroll (talk · contribs · count)
  7. Orbittheglobe (talk · contribs · count)
  8. A7mad19 (talk · contribs · count)
  9. MAHDI SALEM (talk · contribs · count)
  10. Skarzzzz (talk · contribs · count)
  11. Dominicofwhms (talk · contribs · count)
  12. Pintera (talk · contribs · count)
  13. Osallis (talk · contribs · count)
  14. Adambromfield (talk · contribs · count)
  15. AppalachianLady (talk · contribs · count)
  16. Andpeta (talk · contribs · count)
  17. 7kirsj23 (talk · contribs · count)
  18. Albinowiki (talk · contribs · count)
  19. Jazzreveiw (talk · contribs · count)
  20. DizzyH (talk · contribs · count)

31 October

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Happy Halloween!

  1. Athletic1 (talk · contribs · count)
  2. Yadav amit yadav (talk · contribs · count)
  3. Magemathew (talk · contribs · count)
  4. Ah-ah-ah,youdidn'tsaythemagicword (talk · contribs · count)
  5. Nikima (talk · contribs · count)
  6. Irridiumsound (talk · contribs · count)
  7. Kpseshareddy (talk · contribs · count)
  8. Shikhija (talk · contribs · count)
  9. BeckyRSH (talk · contribs · count)
  10. Riverinatae (talk · contribs · count)
  11. Pepperplanet (talk · contribs · count)
  12. Puneet xavierite (talk · contribs · count)
  13. Sharky100 (talk · contribs · count)
  14. Birjubhai (talk · contribs · count)
  15. Pandorra (talk · contribs · count)
  16. Pelicanpaul (talk · contribs · count)
  17. Luckysaad (talk · contribs · count)
  18. Rzool (talk · contribs · count)
  19. Rajketan (talk · contribs · count)
  20. Informationwiki (talk · contribs · count)

1 November

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  1. British invasion23 (talk · contribs · count)
  2. Fenderjazzgroove (talk · contribs · count)
  3. Deepakmanly (talk · contribs · count)
  4. Silly old pooh the warrior (talk · contribs · count)
  5. Chickenlegger (talk · contribs · count)
  6. Aromis (talk · contribs · count)
  7. Bolokelo (talk · contribs · count)
  8. Lucy Steele (talk · contribs · count)
  9. Elkriver (talk · contribs · count)
  10. Suillus (talk · contribs · count)
  11. Maddycat 311 (talk · contribs · count)
  12. Haphujii (talk · contribs · count)
  13. Corin.lawson (talk · contribs · count)
  14. Reyburn Wilson (talk · contribs · count)
  15. Buck N Ear (talk · contribs · count)
  16. Brainbow (talk · contribs · count)
  17. Dev.amie (talk · contribs · count)
  18. Aku108 (talk · contribs · count)
  19. Satyam 01 (talk · contribs · count)
  20. Piece of them (talk · contribs · count) Banned Indefinitely for Vandalism only account- suspected sockpuppet

2 November

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  1. ? (talk · contribs · count)
  2. ? (talk · contribs · count)
  3. ? (talk · contribs · count)
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