Template:W-cust
Welcome...
Hello, W-cust, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
- Introduction
- Contributing to Wikipedia
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- How to edit a page
- Help
- How to write a great article
- Simplified Manual of Style
Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place {{Help me}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Again, welcome! ~~~~
P.S.: Some pages you might like to check out are:
- Help:Getting started – main welcome page.
- Wikipedia:Introduction – Wikipedia introduction page.
- Wikipedia:Tutorial – Wikipedia editing tutorial.
- Wikipedia:Questions – the "where to ask questions" directory.
- Wikipedia:FAQ – quick answers to the most common questions.
- Wikipedia:Questions – a place for new users to post questions and get answers by volunteers who monitor or frequent the page.
- Wikipedia:Help desk – where volunteers answer questions on how to use Wikipedia. Many new users go there for help too.
- Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user – where a new user can be adopted by an experienced user who will be their mentor.
- Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual – Thorough and intuitive guide to Wikipedia.
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Usage
Parameters
|borderAdds a small border around main message. Default is blue, but other colors can be specified.|noheadingDefault: a heading is added. Suppress with|noheading=y|headtextDefault: "Welcome..."
|cookiesAdds an image of a plate of cookies to the right|contribsOff by default. Thanks the user for their contribs (linked)|artIf you want to say especially to this article
|npovOff by default. If the user has violated NPOV, gently tell them why.|articleArticle on which NPOV has been transgressed.
|iconsMake the first few links icons|anonSuggest (for anons) getting an account|1An extra message to appear after your signature and before the post-script message|nosigSuppress automatic signature
Notes
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