Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Standard user greeting

Below are some sample greetings that you can cut-and-paste onto new users' talk pages. Replace any $VARIABLES with the correct text. Be sure to place greetings on each user's talk page, and not his user page, so that he will get the "You have new messages" alert notice.

One can also use templates for the same purpose.

[edit] Welcoming new users

[edit] Standard welcome

'''Welcome!''' Hello, and [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|welcome]] to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: *[[Wikipedia:Five pillars|The five pillars of Wikipedia]] *[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]] *[[Help:Contents|Help pages]] *[[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Tutorial]] *[[Wikipedia:Article development|How to write a great article]] *[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|Manual of Style]] I hope you enjoy editing here and being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]! Please [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|sign your name]] on talk pages using four tildes (<nowiki>~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! ~~~~

[edit] Request for introduction

Hello $USERNAME, and [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|welcome]] to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|stay]]. Drop us a note at [[Wikipedia:New user log]] so we can meet you and help you get started. If you need editing help, visit [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page]]. For format questions, visit our [[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|manual of style]]. If you have any other questions about the project then check out [[Wikipedia:Help]] or add a question to the [[wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]]. ~~~~

[edit] Anonymous users

Hello there! [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|Welcome]] to Wikipedia! We've noticed that you've been making some great additions to the Wikipedia and we ''really'' appreciate it. Why not [[Special:Userlogin|create an account]] and stay awhile? The Wikipedia can use as many quality members as possible. If you ever need editing help visit [[Wikipedia:How does one edit a page]] and experiment at [[Wikipedia:Sandbox]]. If you need pointers on how we title pages visit [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions]]. If you have any other questions about the project then check out [[Wikipedia:Help]] or add a question to the [[wikipedia:Village pump|Village pump]]. Hope to see you around for a long time to come! ~~~~

[edit] Notifying users of copyright violations

[edit] Images

Hello, and [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|welcome]] to Wikipedia! We're glad to have you here. Just wanted to let you know—the image you just uploaded appears to be from a [[copyright]]ed source. Please add source information by going to the image page (type Image:NAMEOFIMAGE in the text box) and editing it to add source information. If your image is in the [[public domain]], or licensed under the [[GFDL]], then it's OK to use; if not, you have to claim [[fair use]], which may or may not stand up. See [[Wikipedia:Copyrights]] for details. Best wishes, and ask at [[Wikipedia:Help desk]] if you have any questions. Yours, ~~~~

[edit] Text

Hello, and [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|welcome]] to Wikipedia! We're glad to have you here. Unfortunately, we can't keep the articles you created on $PAGE1 and $PAGE2, because they violate another person's copyright. We aren't legally allowed to directly take other people's work; however, it is fine to ''research'' topics on other sites. See [[Wikipedia:Copyrights]] for details. But don't get discouraged – try writing your own $SUBJECT articles! For help on writing articles, you can check out the [[Wikipedia:FAQ|FAQs]], especially on [[Wikipedia:Editing FAQ|contributing]] and [[Wikipedia:Editing FAQ|editing]]. There's a lot to know, but one of the [[Wikipedia:Why Wikipedia is so great|cool things about Wikipedia]] is that others will edit ''your'' contributions to make them better! Yours, ~~~~

[edit] Tips

This is a list of suggested tips that can be added to any of the above messages.

*You can sign your name using three tildes, like <nowiki>~~~. If you use four, you can add a datestamp too. Five provides the datestamp only.

• If you ever think an article should be deleted, please list it at the Articles for deletion page (see Deletion debates for how to delete non-articles. There is also a Deletion review page if you want to retrieve something that you think should not have been deleted.
• Remember to use the Show preview button before you save.
• Here is more information about what you can do with your User page.

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[edit] See also

• Wikipedia:Welcome templates
• Wikipedia:Starter toolset
• Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace
• Wikipedia:Welcoming committee
• Wikipedia:Help desk
• Wikipedia:New contributors' help page