Template:Welcome

Welcome!

Hi Example! I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.

As you get started, you may find this short tutorial helpful:

Learn more about editing

Alternatively, the contributing to Wikipedia page covers the same topics.

If you have any questions, we have a friendly space where experienced editors can help you here:

Get help at the Teahouse

If you are not sure where to help out, you can find a task here:

Volunteer at the Task Center

Happy editing!

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Usage

Add {{subst:Welcome}} ~~~~ to the user's talk page. It is suggested that you watch the talk page in case the user replies there.

Parameters:

|heading=no – Suppress the automatic heading: {{subst:Welcome|heading=no}}
|headtext=Heading text – Change the contents of the heading: {{subst:Welcome|headtext=Greetings!}}
|border=Color – Adds a border in the specified color, along with a light shadow. |borderradius= can optionally be used to create rounded corners: {{subst:Welcome|border=DarkViolet|borderradius=15px}}
|newuser=y – alternate text for users with zero contributions (such as accounts just made via ACC; you can also use {{subst:Welcome-newuser}}, which includes your signature)
|image=File:Filename.png – Adds an image to the message (no brackets needed). |imagecaption= can optionally be used to specify the caption: {{subst:Welcome|image=File:Chocolate chip cookies.jpg|imagecaption=Here, enjoy some cookies!}}. If you want to get really fancy, you can specify the image size or link here like this: {{subst:Welcome|imagecaption=400px{{!}}link{{=}}[[Article]]{{!}}Caption}}.
|art=Article name – Article to which the user contributed positively (no brackets needed): {{subst:Welcome|art=Foobar}}
|customstart= – Adds a custom message at the end of the first paragraph, replacing "I hope you like it here and decide to stay."
|customend= – Adds a custom ending to replace "Happy editing!"

Shortcut: {{subst:Wel}} ~~~~

For anonymous editors

Use {{subst:Welcome-anon}} or {{subst:Thanks}} for anonymous (IP) editors.

Wrapper

{{subst:Welcome-autosign}} (or {{subst:wela}}) invokes this template but includes your signature.

TemplateData

The standard template to welcome new editors.