Extension talk:NewUserMessage

Usage
This extension works very well, but ...

It might seem obvious to more experienced users, but it took me a while how to work out how to use the name parameter in the MediaWiki:NewUserMessage page (embarrassed smile here!)

I have only used named parameters before so thought adding would add the users name to the output but it has to be.

I will add an example MediaWiki:NewUserMessage page to the Usage section to show this.

BrillyuntWebby 19:39, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

How do you insert the user's real name.
I created a template 'NewUserWelcome' and call that template on NewUserMessage article.

But instead of seeing user's real name all I see i in the user's talk page.

Thanks!
Thanks for this extension, It really helps me out. I am... well lets just say I am a noob in the wiki world still, but this was pretty easy to install and to use. Thanks again =) --82.170.65.121 15:14, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Bot in Recent Changes
Hi I have set a bot as $wgNewUserMessageEditor = 'XX'; but still the change shows up in Recent Changes. All other changes by the bot do corretly not show up. Maybe cos I have changed the message to be added to UserPage? Line 42: $talk = $user->getUserPage;

Any idea? --Subfader 13:44, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not quite sure what you mean here? how does the bot fit in with NewUserMessage? I've added a global into the code called $wgNewUserSupressRC to allow you to supress the new user messages from showin up in recent changes. --Nad 21:49, 12 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks that works fine now. --Subfader 05:23, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Request to enable on Wikimedia
Just an FYI: See 14311. Siebrand 14:44, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for keeping me in the loop :-) --Nad 21:12, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Why no support of insertion into User Page
Is there any reason why this extension does not support filling the User Page instead of the User Talk Page with the provided template? I just hacked the extension by replacing $user->getTalkPage by $user->getUserPage and it seems to work, but I haven't thoroughly tested it yet.

Any comments or arguments why this might be a bad idea? - LosWochos 11:38, 20 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Yeah i'd like something like this as well, or be able to leave multiple messages on different pages. --119.194.128.193 08:23, 14 July 2009 (UTC)


 * I'd also be interested in being able to automatically create and insert something into the User Page instead of the User Talk Page (Discussion). SubtleAphex (talk) 15:56, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Doesn't work on 1.17, breaks API
I installed this extension sometime last week. I am current developing MediaWiki bot in PHP. It works before, now I am rewriting it in Ruby. I am keep getting Illegal errors when logging in. I spent 10 hours debugging my bot and found nothing. Finally I found is this extension that's doing it and I disabled it. Is there a bug??

Major error message, extension does not work.
Of late I've been getting the following error message, which ties to this extension:

Fatal error: Call to a member function isLoggedIn on a non-object in /home/kitsufo/public_html/cosc/extensions/NewUserMessage/NewUserMessage.class.php on line 26

I use mediawiki 1.16.0 and extension version 3.1.

Kitsufox 13:57, 23 June 2011 (UTC)

Illegal login errors
MW 1.22.3, tracked down random problem to this extension. "You have not specified a valid username" when logging in with perfectly valid account. Nb. the error when account doesn't exist or password is wrong is different, and from a brief search this message appears as though it should relate to account creation not log-in.

How do I customize the username it uses?
How do I customize the username it uses?

Your help will be appreciated. --72.48.68.94 13:16, 20 June 2014 (UTC)


 * You can edit the message MediaWiki:newusermessage-editor on your wiki. --Nemo 09:49, 18 March 2015 (UTC)

Curly brackets in message
Our users are seeing  at the beginning of our welcome message, despite our   not having these brackets... Help? Thanks! Brettz9 (talk) 13:13, 23 May 2018 (UTC)

Unwanted parameters and signature
Hi. I own a wiki hosted on Miraheze. I activated this extension, but it always includes  and   perameters in the template, as well as a New user message signature, which I don't want. How do I remove these things? When a new user is created, I just want to be added to the talk page. More information: Gfdgsgxgzgdrc (talk) 22:31, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
 * MediaWiki:Welcomecreation is " "
 * MediaWiki:Newusermessage-template is "welcome"
 * MediaWiki:Newusermessage-editor is "New user message"
 * MediaWiki:Newusermessage-subject, MediaWiki:Newusermessage-template-body, MediaWiki:Newusermessage-signatures, and MediaWiki:Newusermessage-substitute are empty