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Shortcuts

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.

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.

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  • {{subst:W-graphical}} → graphical menu format, similar to Template:WelcomeMenu, to ease transition from the graphic-heavy web
  • {{subst:W-graphic}} → similar to previous one with more powerful colours and changes in text.
  • {{subst:W-screen}} → graphical; designed to fit the size of the user's screen
  • {{subst:Welcomeg}} → Standard template with a host of links — includes automatic signing by the welcomer
  • {{subst:Welcomeh}} → Same as {{Welcomeg}} but includes a section header
  • {{subst:W-all}} → This template is relatively short—only 14 or 15 lines— with automatic heading and signature. Very warm and does not overwhelm.
  • {{subst:Welcome to Wikipedia}} → Gives new users lots of information in a visually appealing format. You can also leave a personal message.
  • {{subst:WelcomeVisual}} → A visual welcome message with links to policies, guidelines, and visually helpful information.

Shorthand - {{subst:Wtw}}

Specialized messages

  • {{subst:Welcome-vandalism-fighter}} → for users who have helped fight vandalism in their first contribution(s).
  • {{subst:Welcome-belated}} → for users who have been editing for a while but never received a standardized welcome message. Includes picture of a welcoming plate of cookies. Preformatted with headline and signature.
  • {{subst:First article|article}} → to leave a message for new users whose first contribution has been deleted or may have been marked for any kind of deletion process. Preformatted with signature.
  • {{subst:Firstarticleshort|article}} → simplified version of First article, less overwhelming.
  • {{subst:Userfied-welcome|article}} → for users whose pages have been userfied.
  • {{subst:welcometest}} ~~~~ → for new users who seemed to have used their first offering as a test edit.
  • {{subst:Welcome-unconstructive}} → for users who have vandalized a page or had their first edits reverted as unconstructive.
  • {{subst:Welcome0}} → for new users who have created their user page, but have not yet contributed elsewhere.
  • {{subst:welcomenpov}} ~~~~ → for someone whose initial efforts do not adhere to the neutral point of view policy.
  • {{subst:Welcomespam}} ~~~~ → with additional discussion of anti-spamming policies, use when a new user's initial contributions seem to consist solely of spamming external links.
  • {{subst:Welcome-copyright}} ~~~~ → with additional discussion of copyright policies, use when a new user's initial contributions seem to consist solely of inserting a block of copyrighted text.
  • {{subst:Welcomeauto}} ~~~~ → for users who have created an autobiography.
  • {{subst:Welcome-COI}} ~~~~ → for users who have edited articles and whose usernames or whose edits suggest they may have a conflict of interest.
  • {{subst:Welcome unref blp}} → for users who have created an unreferenced BLP
  • {{subst:Welcomeunsourced}} ~~~~ → for users who have made edits adding unreferenced information to articles.
  • {{subst:Welcome non-latin}} ~~~~ → A new variant of the {{welcome template}}, that includes a section for users with a non-Latin alphabet username, and translation links.
  • {{subst:Welcomelaws}} ~~~~ → A welcome message with a focus on following Wikipedia rules as well as real-world laws
  • {{subst:Welcome-ql}} ~~~~ → Welcome message contains decent number of links (WIP, but functional and serves its purposes)

For unregistered users only

Students and teachers

  • {{subst:Welcome student|article}} ~~~~ → for editors who seem to be students editing Wikipedia as part of their assignment
  • {{subst:Welcome teacher|article}} ~~~~ → for editors who seem to be course instructors having their students edit Wikipedia as part of some assignment
  • {{subst:First school article|Article}} → problematic new school article for editors who seem to be students. Add your signature.

Topic-specific messages

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

Non-English welcome messages

Use these for a user who is creating or editing articles in poor English, and whose native language is known or can be guessed with reasonable confidence. (If the user has been writing articles in another language, one of the templates on Category:Non-English user warning templates should be used instead.)

User-hosted welcome templates

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{{subst:User:Dr. Sroy/welcome}} Customized for the User.

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  • {{subst:User:Piotrus/w}} this suggests a WikiProject that the new user may want to join; the full syntax is {{subst:User:Piotrus/w|WikiProjectKeyWord}}, where the WikiProjectKeyWord is what follows the Wikipedia:Wikiproject, so for example Sociology of United States

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See also

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