Template:Welcome-retro
Welcome!
Hello, Example, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few links to pages you might find helpful:
- Introduction and Getting started
- Contributing to Wikipedia
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page and How to develop articles
- How to create your first article
- Simplified Manual of Style
- How to avoid a conflict of interest
You may also want to complete the Wikipedia Adventure, an interactive tour that will help you learn the basics of editing Wikipedia. You can visit the Teahouse to ask questions or seek help. Need some ideas about what kind of things need doing? Try the Task Center.
Please remember to sign your messages on talk pages by typing four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or , and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome!
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This is the old version of the standard welcome template, as it existed before a new version was adopted in April 2020 following a discussion at the village pump.
Usage
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Add {{subst:Welcome-retro}} ~~~~ to the user's talk page.
Parameters:
|1=Sender– The username of the person sending the message. Used for a link to your talk page.|art=Article title– Article to which the user contributed positively:{{subst:Welcome-retro|art=Radar detector}}|heading=no– Suppress the automatic heading:{{subst:Welcome-retro|heading=no}}|headtext=Greetings!– Change the contents of the heading:{{subst:Welcome-retro|headtext=Greetings!}}|newuser=y– drops "Thanks for your contributions" from first paragraph. (alias:|nothanks=y)
Briefer
Use {{subst:Welcome}} for a briefer message with big buttons instead of policy links.
For anonymous editors
For anonymous (IP) editors, use Use {{subst:Welcome-anon}} for the standard message, or Use {{subst:Welcome-anon-retro}} for a retro style like this one.
See also
- {{Welcome}}, the standard welcome template
- Wikipedia:Welcome templates
- {{Register}}
- {{Introductory article}}