Welcome!
Hello Example! I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay. You are welcome to edit anonymously; however, creating an account is free and has several benefits (for example, the ability to create pages, upload media and edit without one's IP address being visible to the public).
As you get started, you may find this short tutorial helpful:
Alternatively, the contributing to Wikipedia page covers the same topics.
If you have any questions, we have a friendly space where experienced editors can help you here:
If you are not sure where to help out, you can find a task here:
Happy editing!
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To use this template, add
((subst:Welcome-anon))~~~~
to the user's talk page.
Redirects
Alternative names for this template (redirects) include ((Anon)), ((Anonymous)) and (many variants of) ((Create an account)), ((Welcome-ip)), etc.
For related templates, see #See Also below.
Parameters
All of these parameters are optional:
|cookie=y– adds an image of cookies:((subst:Welcome|cookie=y))|heading=no– Suppress the automatic heading:((subst:Welcome|heading=no))|headtext=Greetings!– Change the contents of the heading:((subst:Welcome|headtext=Greetings!))|1=for a custom additional message to replace "Happy editing!":((subst:Welcome-anon|1=I enjoy your work. Keep it up!))~~~~
|ipname=for the name of the IP's collective audience:((subst:Welcome-anon|ipname=Australians))~~~~
|art=name an article to which the anon user contributed in a positive way:((subst:Welcome-anon|art=Radar detector))~~~~
See also
- ((Thanks))
- ((Welcome-anon-constructive)) – have helped in vandal fighting and have made constructive edits
- ((Welcome-anon-npov))
- ((Welcome-anon-suboptimal)) – have made edits that were clearly intended to be constructive, but had to be reverted for some reason
- ((welcome-anon-summary)) – have made constructive edits, but forgot to use an edit summary
- ((Welcome-anon-test)) – seem to have made a test edit
- ((Welcome-anon-unconstructive)) – have vandalized a page or had their first edits reverted
- ((Welcome-anon-unsourced))
- ((Welcome-anon-vandalism-fighter))
- ((Welcome-anon-belated)), have been around for a while, but haven't received a welcome
- ((W-graphical-anon)) – encourages getting a username, based on graphical welcome template
- Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates
TemplateData
TemplateData for Welcome-anon
A generic welcome template for anonymous users (IP addresses). Must be substituted.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional message | 1 | Additional message that replaces the default test
| String | optional |
| Name of IP user | ipname | The name of the person/audience behind the IP address, if known. | String | optional |
| Linked article | art | Article at which the user has made positive contributions | Page name | suggested |
| Do not thank | nothanks | Do not thank for edits that are not helpful (though well-intentioned)
| Boolean | deprecated |
| Do not link to poster's talk | notalk | Do not link back to poster's talk page
| Boolean | deprecated |
| heading | heading | Suppresses the automatic heading | Unknown | optional |
| heading text | headtext | Changes the contents of the heading
| String | optional |
| cookie | cookie | Adds a picture of cookies
| Unknown | optional |
| new user | newuser | Uses alternate text not linking to the editor's contributions
| Unknown | optional |