User:gracefool/welcome
Hello and welcome to Wikipedia! Explore, be bold in editing pages, and, most importantly, have fun! It can be overwhelming at first if you want to make comprehensive edits or create new articles, but I like to support newcomers. If you have any questions, post a question at the Help desk or at my Talk page.
By the way, you can sign your name using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date.
Gracefool uses this template to greet newbies.
Parameters
[edit]The unnamed parameter is the username of the user being greeted. The other parameters are optional and add or remove parts of the greeting as necessary. The NeedsDetail parameter adds the first two bullet points, Tutorialed then removes the first one, while CanAlreadySandbox removes only the last part of the first bullet point. CanAlreadySign removes the final paragraph about how to sign your name.
Example output
[edit]{{User:Gracefool/welcome|Newbie}} will render:
Hello Newbie and welcome to Wikipedia! Explore, be bold in editing pages, and, most importantly, have fun! It can be overwhelming at first if you want to make comprehensive edits or create new articles, but I like to support newcomers. If you have any questions, post a question at the Help desk or at my Talk page.
By the way, you can sign your name using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date.
{{User:Gracefool/welcome|NewbieCanSign|CanAlreadySign=1}} will render:
Hello NewbieCanSign and welcome to Wikipedia! Explore, be bold in editing pages, and, most importantly, have fun! It can be overwhelming at first if you want to make comprehensive edits or create new articles, but I like to support newcomers. If you have any questions, post a question at the Help desk or at my Talk page.
{{User:Gracefool/welcome|NewbieNeedsDetail|NeedsDetail=1}} will render:
Hello NewbieNeedsDetail and welcome to Wikipedia!Here are some tips you might find useful to help you get started:
- If you haven't already, read the Tutorial, and feel free to experiment in the sandbox.
- It's worth a look at How to write a great article, Naming conventions, the Manual of Style and Policies and guidelines.
- Explore, be bold in editing pages, and, most importantly, have fun!
I hope you enjoy editing here. It can be overwhelming at first if you want to make comprehensive edits or create new articles, but I like to support newcomers. If you have any questions, post a question at the Help desk or at my Talk page.
By the way, you can sign your name using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date.
{{User:Gracefool/welcome|NewbieHasSeenTutorial|NeedsDetail=1|Tutorialed=1}} will render:
Hello NewbieHasSeenTutorial and welcome to Wikipedia!Here are some tips you might find useful to help you get started:
- It's worth a look at How to write a great article, Naming conventions, the Manual of Style and Policies and guidelines.
- Explore, be bold in editing pages, and, most importantly, have fun!
I hope you enjoy editing here. It can be overwhelming at first if you want to make comprehensive edits or create new articles, but I like to support newcomers. If you have any questions, post a question at the Help desk or at my Talk page.
By the way, you can sign your name using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date.
{{User:Gracefool/welcome|NewbieCanSandboxAndSign|NeedsDetail=1|CanAlreadySandbox=1|CanAlreadySign=1}} will render:
Hello NewbieCanSandboxAndSign and welcome to Wikipedia!Here are some tips you might find useful to help you get started:
- If you haven't already, read the Tutorial.
- It's worth a look at How to write a great article, Naming conventions, the Manual of Style and Policies and guidelines.
- Explore, be bold in editing pages, and, most importantly, have fun!
I hope you enjoy editing here. It can be overwhelming at first if you want to make comprehensive edits or create new articles, but I like to support newcomers. If you have any questions, post a question at the Help desk or at my Talk page.