Template:Welcome screen/doc
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Usage
[edit]- To greet a user with this template just as it appears above (your signature will automatically replace the
~~~~), place the following wikicode on the user's talk page:{{subst:Welcome screen}} - To add a message before the last sentence, use:
{{subst:Welcome screen|message}}- Replace message with your desired message. It will be inserted into the greeting before "Good luck, and have fun."
- To add a (level-2) heading above the box, use:
{{subst:Welcome screen|heading=text}}- The heading will be titled as what you replace text with.
- To make the template transparent, for use on custom-designed talk pages with built-in formatting, use:
{{subst:Welcome screen|clear=true}} - The above options can be combined:
{{subst:Welcome screen|Wikipedia is far better than Britannica.|heading=Welcome to Wikipedia}}
Notes
[edit]- Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.