Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia/Outreach

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WikiProject Australia

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The outreach department of the Australia WikiProject is a centralized work area for project recruitment and member interaction efforts.

Contents 1 Participants 2 Drawing wikiproject to attention of those who have edited an Australian article 3 Welcoming new Australian members 4 Welcome

[edit] Participants

Please feel free to add your name to this list if you would like to join the project; you are also encouraged to participate in any of our descendant WikiProjects that might interest you.

1. Golden Wattle (talk • contribs)
2. Billy the Dog (talk • contribs)

[edit] Drawing wikiproject to attention of those who have edited an Australian article

The {{Australiainterest}} template is used for recruiting new members: put it on talk pages of users who have recently edited an Australian article. This template automatically includes your signature; simply put {{subst:Australiainterest}} on the talk page.

[edit] Welcoming new Australian members

Generated by {{Welcome-au}} which needs to be substituted - ie use the code

{{subst:Welcome-au}}--~~~~

The template does not automatically include your signature.

[edit] Welcome

Hello {{subst:PAGENAME}}, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, they have helped improve Wikipedia and make it more informative. I hope you enjoy using Wikipedia and decide to make additional contributions. Some resources to help new Wikipedians include:

How to edit a page

Editing tutorial

Picture tutorial

How to write a great article

Naming conventions

Manual of Style

As a contributor to Australian articles, you may like to connect with other Australian Wikipedians through the Australian Wikipedians' notice board and take a look at the activities in Wikipedia:WikiProject Australia and associated sub-projects.

Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ~~~~; this will automatically produce your name and the date.

If you have any questions, please see Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, try the Wikipedia:Help desk, or ask me on my talk page. Or you can just type {{helpme}} on your user page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Thank you for signing up!