Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Shortcut:
WP:WT

This is a list of premade messages (called "templates") for greeting new users. For a display of the various basic designs, see Wikipedia:Welcome template table.

Contents

[edit] General messages

Use these for a user who recently registered a username. All of the templates below can be customized with an additional message, a picture of a plate of cookies, a colored border, icons, or a different opening text.

[edit] Specialized messages

[edit] Topics

Use one of these to greet new users interested in a particular topic:

[edit] Other

  • {{subst:Firstarticle}} ~~~~ → to leave a message for new users whose first contribution has been deleted or marked for speedy deletion.
  • {{subst:welcometest}} ~~~~ → for new users who have had their first edit reverted.
  • {{subst:Welcome0}} ~~~~ → for new users who have created their user page, but have not yet contributed elsewhere.
  • {{subst:Welcome-anon}} ~~~~ → for anonymous users; encourages getting a username.
  • {{subst:Welcome-anon-vandal}} → for anonymous users who have vandalized a page.
  • {{subst:welcomenpov}} ~~~~ → Welcome someone whose initial efforts do not adhere to the neutral point of view policy.
  • {{subst:Welcomespam}} ~~~~ → with additional discussion of anti-spamming polices, use when a new user's initial contributions seem to consist solely of spamming external links.
  • {{subst:Welcomeunclesam}} ~~~~ → for anonymous users to urge them to create an account

[edit] User-hosted welcome templates

  • {{subst:User:Audacity/Velcome}} is a similar message, but in copy-and-paste format allowing easy modification and personalization

[edit] See also