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- User
Hello {{SUBST:PAGENAME}}, and '''[[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|Welcome]] to Wikipedia'''. I noticed your edit(s) to [[$ARTICLE]], and thought I'd officially welcome you. My name is Dan, a.k.a. [[User:Audacity|Audacity]]. I hope you like our encyclopedia project and decide to stay.
Here are a few good links for newcomers:
*[[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction]]
*[[Help:Contents/Getting started|Getting started]]
*[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
*[[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Tutorial]]
*[[Help:Contents|Help pages]]
*[[Wikipedia:Article development|Developing an article]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|The Manual of Style]]
Some other hints and tips:
*Since you have created a username, you have the privilege of customizing your own [[Wikipedia:User page|user page]], which is [[User:{{SUBST:PAGENAME}}|here]]. You can also tell us more about yourself at [[Wikipedia:New user log]].
*When using [[Wikipedia:talk pages|talk pages]], please [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|sign your name]] at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (<font color="red"><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></font>). This will automatically produce your username and the date.
*If you have any questions, check out [[Wikipedia:Questions]], ask me on [[User talk:Audacity|my talk page]], or place <code><nowiki>{{helpme}}</nowiki></code> on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.
Thanks for contributing, and I hope you enjoy being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]. ~~~~
- Anon
Hello {{SUBST:PAGENAME}}, and '''[[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|Welcome]] to Wikipedia'''. I noticed your edit(s) to [[$ARTICLE]], and thought I'd officially welcome you. My name is Dan, a.k.a. [[User:Audacity|Audacity]]. I hope you like our encyclopedia project and decide to stay.
Here are a few good links for newcomers:
*[[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction]]
*[[Help:Contents/Getting started|Getting started]]
*[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
*[[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Tutorial]]
*[[Help:Contents|Help pages]]
*[[Wikipedia:Article development|Developing an article]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|The Manual of Style]]
Some other hints and tips:
*I would recommend that you get a username by clicking '''<span class="plainlinksneverexpand">[{{fullurl:Special:Userlogin|type=signup}} sign up]</span>'''. You don't have to [[Special:Userlogin|log in]] to read or edit articles on Wikipedia, but creating an account is quick, free and non-intrusive, requires no personal information, and has many [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|benefits]]. As a registered user, you gain the use of an [[Wikipedia:Username#Inappropriate usernames|appropriate]] [[Wikipedia:Username|username]] of your choice, a personal [[Wikipedia:Watchlist|watchlist]] to which you can add articles that interest you, the ability to [[Help:Starting a new page|start new pages]], and much more. Also, your [[IP address]], {{<includeonly>SUBST:</includeonly>PAGENAME}}, will no longer be visible to other users.
*When using [[Wikipedia:talk pages|talk pages]], please [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|sign your name]] at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (<font color="red"><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></font>). This will automatically produce your username (or [[IP address]]) and the date.
*If you have any questions, check out [[Wikipedia:Questions]], ask me on [[User talk:Audacity|my talk page]], or place <code><nowiki>{{helpme}}</nowiki></code> on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.
Thanks for contributing, and I hope you enjoy being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]. ~~~~
- User, combined with another message
First, '''[[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|Welcome]] to Wikipedia''', {{SUBST:PAGENAME}}. I noticed your edit(s) to [[List of backmasked messages]], and thought I'd officially welcome you. My name is Dan, a.k.a. [[User:Audacity|Audacity]]. I hope you like our encyclopedia project and decide to stay.
Here are a few good links for newcomers:
*[[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction]]
*[[Help:Contents/Getting started|Getting started]]
*[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
*[[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Tutorial]]
*[[Help:Contents|Help pages]]
*[[Wikipedia:Article development|Developing an article]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|The Manual of Style]]
Some other hints and tips:
*Since you have created a username, you have the privilege of customizing your own [[Wikipedia:User page|user page]], which is [[User:{{SUBST:PAGENAME}}|here]]. You can also tell us more about yourself at [[Wikipedia:New user log]].
*When using [[Wikipedia:talk pages|talk pages]], please [[Wikipedia:Sign your posts on talk pages|sign your name]] at the end of your messages by typing four tildes (<font color="red">~~~~</font>). This will automatically produce your username and the date.
*Always fill in the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] field, unless you are making a [[Help:Minor edit|minor edit]], in which case you should mark it as such.
*If you have any questions, check out [[Wikipedia:Questions]], ask me on [[User talk:Audacity|my talk page]], or place <code>{{helpme}}</code> on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.
Second, ...
Thanks for contributing, and I hope you enjoy being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]. ~~~~
- Advanced user, combined with another message
First, you have not yet been officially welcomed, so '''[[Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome to Wikipedia|Welcome]]'''! I'm not sure if you need these, but here's some pages worth reading:
*[[Wikipedia:Introduction|Introduction]]
*[[Help:Contents/Getting started|Getting started]]
*[[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]]
*[[Wikipedia:Tutorial|Tutorial]]
*[[Help:Contents|Help pages]]
*[[Wikipedia:Article development|Developing an article]]
*[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style|The Manual of Style]]
You'll probably learn your way around as I did — by exploring. But feel free to ask me any questions.
Second, ...
- Other tips
*Check out [[Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser]], which makes repetitive tasks like adding templates to talk pages much quicker. Also, try experimenting with [[Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts|user scripts]], which you can add to [[User:Hey jude, don't let me down/monobook.js]]. [[Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups|Popups]] is a particularly useful script for both using and editing Wikipedia.
*Always fill in the [[Help:Edit summary|edit summary]] field, unless you are making a [[Help:Minor edit|minor edit]], in which case you should mark it as such.
