Template:Welcome3

Welcome!

Hi Example! I noticed your changes 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

Also, the Welcome 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 Simple talk

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

Volunteer at the Task Center

Happy changing!

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Usage

Add {{subst:welcome3}} ~~~~ 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:welcome3|heading=no}}
  • |headtext=Heading text – Change the contents of the heading: {{subst:welcome3|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:welcome3|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:welcome3|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

<templatedata> { "params": { "heading": { "description": "Suppresses the automatic heading", "type": "unknown" }, "headtext": { "description": "Changes the contents of the heading", "type": "string", "label": "Heading text", "default": "Welcome!" }, "newuser": { "description": "Uses alternate text not linking to the editor's contributions", "label": "New user", "example": "y", "type": "boolean" }, "art": { "description": "Mentions and links to an article the editor has contributed to", "type": "wiki-page-name", "label": "Article", "suggested": true, "aliases": [ "article" ] }, "customend": { "label": "Custom end", "description": "Adds a custom ending to the message", "type": "string", "default": "Happy editing!", "suggested": true }, "border": { "description": "Adds a border around the message in a specified color or hex triplet", "example": "DarkViolet, #9400D3", "type": "string" }, "borderradius": { "label": "Border radius", "description": "Specifies the rounding of the border", "example": "15px", "default": "2px" }, "image": { "description": "Adds an image to go with the welcome (no need for brackets)", "example": "File:Chocolate chip cookies.jpg", "type": "wiki-file-name" }, "imagecaption": { "label": "Image caption", "description": "Specifies a caption to go with the image", "example": "Here, enjoy some cookies! Smiley emoji", "type": "string" }, "customstart": { "label": "Custom start", "description": "Adds a custom message at the end of the first paragraph", "type": "string", "default": "I hope you like it here and decide to stay.", "suggested": true } }, "description": "The standard template to welcome new editors.", "paramOrder": [ "heading", "headtext", "border", "borderradius", "image", "imagecaption", "newuser", "art", "customstart", "customend" ] } </templatedata>