Welcome!
Hello, Example, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
- Introduction and Getting started
- Contributing to Wikipedia
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page and How to develop articles
- How to create your first article
- Simplified Manual of Style
You may also want to complete the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit the Teahouse to ask questions or seek help. Need some ideas about what kind of things need doing? Try the Task Center.
Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome!
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This is the old version of the standard welcome template, as it existed before a new version was adopted in April 2020 following a discussion at the village pump.
Usage
edit | You must watch the user talk page you add this to! |
Add {{subst:Welcome-retro}} ~~~~ to the user's talk page.
Parameters:
|1=Sender– The username of the person sending the message. Used for a link to your talk page.|art=Article title– Article to which the user contributed positively:{{subst:Welcome-retro|art=Radar detector}}|heading=no– Suppress the automatic heading:{{subst:Welcome-retro|heading=no}}|headtext=Greetings!– Change the contents of the heading:{{subst:Welcome-retro|headtext=Greetings!}}|newuser=y– drops "Thanks for your contributions" from first paragraph. (alias:|nothanks=y)|customend=– Adds a custom ending to replace "Again, welcome!"
Briefer
editUse {{subst:Welcome}} for a briefer message with big buttons instead of policy links.
For anonymous editors
editFor anonymous (IP) editors, use Use {{subst:Welcome-anon}} for the standard message, or Use {{subst:Welcome-anon-retro}} for a retro style like this one.
Notes
edit- Find examples of this template substed onto User talk pages using this advanced search link. (Patience; this may take a while.)
See also
edit- {{Welcome-anon-retro}}, like this, but for IP users
- {{Welcome}}, the standard welcome template
- Wikipedia:Welcome templates
- {{Register}}
- {{Introductory article}}
TemplateData
editTemplateData for Welcome-retro
A generic welcome template for registered users. Must be substituted.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heading | headtext | Changes the contents of the heading above the message
| String | optional |
| Sender | 1 | Username of the person sending the message (you); used for a link to your talk page | User | optional |
| suppress heading | heading | Suppress the heading automatically generated by the template
| String | optional |
| Linked article | art | Article at which the user has made positive contributions | Page name | suggested |
| Do not thank | nothanks newuser | Do not thank for edits that are not helpful (though well-intentioned)
| String | optional |
| Additional text | customend | Additional text at the end of the message that replaces the default
| String | optional |