<p>My reading of the various pieces of stackexchange-network information about comments and chattiness would suggest that "Welcome to our site" comments on their own  (absent any other text such as being part of a comment seeking clarification)  would be seen as too chatty, but I've largely chosen to essentially ignore them in the hope that the members would sort out the CV policy on their own.</p>

<p>Now, however, such comments are being flagged, which puts a greater onus on moderators to do <em>something</em> (available options are either to delete the comment or decline the flag*). Which means it's probably past time to work out what to do.</p>

<p>*... or to leave the flags to sit there and stare at you witheringly, but there's reasons why that's a bad idea long-term</p>

<p>[My personal feeling is that the broader SE policy is there for a good reason, and that we should err on the side of staying with the network's general policies unless there's a good reason to choose otherwise -- so I'd lean toward removing them. I also see this as consistent with removing taglines and "hello everybody" and so on from questions. However - perhaps fortunately - where to draw the line locally is not really my decision.]</p>

<p>So are they too chatty? (and ... <em>Should I reframe this as a vote?</em>)</p>
