Template:W-shout

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'Welcome!' (We can't say that loudly enough!)

Hello, W-shout, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:

If you have any questions or problems, no matter what they are, leave me a message on my talk page. Or, please come to the new contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

Please sign your name on talk pages and votes by typing ~~~~; our software automatically converts it to your username and the date.  

We're so glad you're here! ~~~~


This template employs intricate features of template syntax.

Please do not alter it unless you understand its setup and parser functions and are ready to repair or revert all collateral damage if results are unexpected.
Any experiments should be conducted and all improvements tested in either the template sandbox or your user space before changing anything here.

[edit] Instructions

  • To greet a user with this template just as it appears above (your signature will automatically replace the ~~~~), place the following wikicode on the user's talk page:
{{subst:w-shout}}
  • To add a message in an additional paragraph before the last sentence, use:
{{subst:w-shout|message}}
Replace message with your desired message. It will be inserted into the greeting before "We're so glad you're here!"
  • To add a border, use:
{{subst:w-shout|border=color}}
Replace color with the name or code of the color you'd like to use. This can be in either named (e.g., DarkOrchid) or hexadecimal (e.g., #9932CC) format. For a list of colors, see web colors.
  • To change the opening to a (level-2) heading, use:
{{subst:w-shout|heading=true}}
  • To change the wording of the heading, use:
{{subst:w-shout|headtext=your text}}
Replace your text with the text you want to appear in the heading.
  • The above options can be combined:
{{subst:w-shout|Wikipedia is far better than Britannica.|border=DarkOrchid|heading=true|headtext=Welcome to Wikipedia}}