Template:Welcome-spam/doc

Usage

To use this template, add {{subst:Welcomespam}} to the user's talk page.

Please refer to the index of user talk template messages before using any template on user talk pages to warn a user. Applying the best template available for your purpose may help reduce confusion from the message you are sending.

Parameters

• The relevant page: {{subst:Welcomespam|Article}}
• Your name: {{subst:Welcomespam|Article|Username}}

Examples

For example, this code:

{{subst:Welcomespam|WP:Sandbox|Example}}

Generates:

Welcome

Hello, Welcomespam, and welcome to Wikipedia. We appreciate encyclopedic contributions, but some of your recent contributions, such as your edit to the page WP:Sandbox, seem to be advertising or for promotional purposes. Wikipedia does not allow advertising. For more information on this, please see:

• Policy on neutral point of view
• Guideline on spam
• Guideline on external links
• Guideline on conflict of interest
• FAQ for Organizations

If you still have questions, there is a new contributors' help page, or you can . You may also find the following pages useful for a general introduction to Wikipedia:

• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page and how to develop articles
• Help pages
• Tutorials
• Article wizard for creating new articles
• Simplified Manual of Style

I hope you enjoy editing Wikipedia! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. Feel free to write a note on the bottom of my talk page if you want to get in touch with me. Again, welcome!

See also

• Wikipedia:Welcome templates for alternative welcome templates.

Notes

• Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.^{[2026; 2025; 2024]}