Wikipedia:Teahouse/Hosts/Database reports/Automated invites

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Direct invitation is the primary way that new users find out about the Teahouse. But only a small number of invited newcomers show up, so manually invitations are not enough on their own. User:HostBot has been approved to send automatic Teahouse invitations, and currently sends out about 100 invitations per day.


Invite criteria[edit]

New editors are eligible to receive automatic invitations to the Teahouse from Hostbot if...

  • they created their account within the past 36 hours and have since made at least 5 edits.
  • the user has NOT already received an invitation to participate in Teahouse
  • the user has not been blocked from editing at any point since joining
  • the user has NOT received a level 4 user warning, or a sockpuppet warning

HostBot logs information about the new users it invites to the Teahouse in a MySQL database table on Wikimedia labs.

Personalized invites[edit]

Between July and September 2012, we performed an A/B test to determine whether new editors who received a personalized invitation were more likely to visit the Teahouse than those who received a generic invitation. The results of this experiment were indeterminate: guests visited the Teahouse at approximately the same rate under both conditions. Currently, all automated invites are signed by a Teahouse host.

Inviter list[edit]

If you want to be one of the hosts whose names are included on automated invites, please add your username to the list below. Then leave a message on Jtmorgan's talk page

  • 78.26
  • AmaryllisGardener
  • Blaze Wolf
  • Bsoyka
  • ChamithN
  • Cordless Larry
  • Cullen328
  • Dathus
  • Doctree
  • GauravBharali
  • Gestrid
  • HeartGlow30797
  • I JethroBT
  • JJPMaster
  • Masumrezarock100
  • MissVain
  • MrClog
  • Naypta
  • Nick Moyes
  • Qwerfjkl
  • Samwalton9
  • Worm That Turned
  • EpicPupper
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