Template:Welcome to Wikipedia/sandbox

Welcome to Wikipedia!

Welcome "to Wikipedia" (For IPs) or "Example" (For User:Example)!

Hello "IP user" (For IP's) or "Example" (For User:Example). Welcome to Wikipedia and thank you for your contributions!

I'm Your Username, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge. Message advising IP's to create an account. Any additional message placed here if added.

Some pages of helpful information to get you started:   Introduction to Wikipedia   The five pillars of Wikipedia   Editing tutorial   How to edit a page   Simplified Manual of Style   The basics of Wikicode   How to develop an article   How to create an article   Help pages   What Wikipedia is not

Some common sense Dos and Don'ts:   Do be bold   Do assume good faith   Do be civil   Do keep cool!   Do maintain a neutral point of view   Don't spam   Don't infringe copyright   Don't edit where you have a conflict of interest   Don't commit vandalism   Don't get blocked

If you need further help, you can:   Ask a question

or you can:   Get help at the Teahouse

or even:   Ask an experienced editor to "adopt" you

Alternatively, leave me a message at my talk page or type {{Help me}} here on your talk page and someone will try to help.

There are many ways you can contribute to Wikipedia. Here are a few ideas:   Fight vandalism   Be a WikiFairy or a WikiGnome   Help contribute to articles   Perform maintenance tasks

Become a member of a project that interests you   Help design new templates   Subscribe and contribute to The Signpost   Translate articles from Wikipedias in other languages

To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can Different message for users and IP's on users creating their own sandbox for use any time. It's perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put a link to it on your user page. Message to encourage users to create their own user page..

Please remember to:

• Always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes ~~~~ at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your "IP address" (For IP's) or "signature" (For users), a link to "this IP's" (For IP's) or "your" (For users) talk page, and a timestamp.
• Leave descriptive edit summaries for your edits. Doing so helps other editors understand what changes you have made and why you made them.
  

The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun!

Sincerely, ~~~ (Leave me a message) ~~~~~

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Usage

Without substitution of this template (or its short versions), features of the template will not work correctly.

• Use to welcome new editors and provide links to useful information spread out across Wikipedia.
• To add the default version to a user's talk page, write {{subst:Welcome to Wikipedia}}. To see how it works, transclude it in various forms to your own talk page or sandbox.
• Can be given to IP or registered users. If given to an IP user, the content changes to advise the user to create an account, pointing out a few of the benefits. This applies to long IP addresses as well as the shorter IP addresses.
• An extra message can be appended to the header message. If desired, include your message as the first parameter, using a pipe (|) separator following the template name.
  • If your added message includes any equal signs (=), each one must be wrapped in doubled braces, as in {{=}}. E.g., a diff should be written as https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title{{=}}Template_talk:Welcome_to_Wikipedia&curid{{=}}32277318&diff{{=}}465230338&oldid{{=}}465229550.
  • If your added message includes one or more pipes (|), replace each instance with {{!}}. This calls the template {{!}}, which adds a pipe in its place.
• The template contains a section heading in the banner by default, so there is no need to add one manually.
  • The section heading level is <h2 /> (==) by default, but can be changed by specifying the desired level as the second parameter. If the second parameter is a number from 2 to 6 (inclusive), the banner's heading will be set to the corresponding level.
  • If the second parameter is a non-numeric text (i.e., more than just "3" or "24" or an IP address), it will be used as a level 2 (==) section heading placed outside (above) the template body (as normal).
• There is no need to sign your addition as the template already contains code that does it for you. This will not work if you do not substitute the template.
• A shorthand of {{subst:Wtw}} or {{subst:Greet}} may be used for this template.

Syntax simplified

{{subst:Welcome to Wikipedia
|Extra message appended to header message
|Section level if number between 2 and 6 (inclusive) or level 2 section heading if text string
}}

Examples

{{subst:Welcome to Wikipedia}} → The standard version for registered or IP users. Auto detects whether IP or not.

{{subst:Welcome to Wikipedia|Thanks for correcting the spelling at [[Example]].}} → Adds an extra message to the header.

{{subst:Welcome to Wikipedia||4}} → Sets the "Welcome to Wikipedia" section heading in the banner to level 4 (====)

{{subst:Welcome to Wikipedia||Message from a fellow editor}} → Sets the text as a normal level 2 (==) section heading above the template message's banner (The template is the message within the section titled "Message from a fellow editor").

See also

• {{Welcome}}
• {{Welcome cookie}}
• Wikipedia:Welcome templates

The above documentation is transcluded from Template:Welcome to Wikipedia/doc. (edit | history)
Editors can experiment in this template's sandbox (edit | diff) and testcases (edit) pages.
Add categories to the /doc subpage. Subpages of this template.