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.
![]() | See the invitation section of the Teahouse Phase 2 metrics report on Meta for more information about automated invites. |
Invite criteria
editNew 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
editBetween 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
editIf 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