FAMEPedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates

This is a list of templates available for greeting new users. Anyone may use these templates for greeting a new user on their Talk page. For a display of the various basic designs, see FAMEPedia:Welcome template table.

General
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.

standard buttons + text

 * {{subst:Welcome}} → standard 3-button template: Learn, Get Help, Volunteer.
 * {{subst:Welcome-autosign}} → standard with autosign (redirect: {{subst:Wela}} )

text only

 * {{subst:W-basic}} → 7 bulleted links with brief intro: (Welcome; thanks for contribs; hope you stay: here are some links).
 * {{subst:W-cust}} → basic: 6 bullet links, plus Help me.
 * {{subst:Welcome-hd}} → basic 6, plus links to FP:Help Desk and FP:Questions
 * {{subst:W-shout}} → extroverted!! 6-link message with bold! advice!! includes large, Tip of the day box.
 * {{subst:W-informal}} → 3 paragraphs, no bullets, 10 in-line wikilinks, plus tip-of-the-day.
 * {{subst:Welcome-retro}} → a classic version: basic 6 bullets, plus links to Adventure, Questions, and task center.

text + image

 * {{subst:Welcome cookie}} → regular welcome with a plate of cookies (optional arg: 'notalk')
 * {{subst:Welcome-personal}} –  redirect.
 * {{subst:Welcome kitten}} → regular, with kitten
 * {{subst:Welcome-citation}} ~ → regular, encourages citing sources
 * {{subst:Welcome award}} → regular, with first service award
 * {{subst:Welcome-t}} → links to FAMEPedia:Teahouse, with cup of tea image
 * {{subst:W-FAQ}} → FAQ for newcomers, with fruit bowl image

short

 * {{subst:W-short}} → concise; won't overwhelm
 * {{subst:W-link}} → shortest greeting, links to Welcome Committee's greetings page

graphical

 * {{subst:W-graphical}} → graphical menu format, similar to Template:WelcomeMenu, to ease transition from the graphic-heavy web
 * {{subst:W-graphic}} → similar, with more powerful colours and changes in text.
 * {{subst:Welcome screen}} → 11 bullets in 3 sections; blue header bar; rounded rectangular border; alias: W-screen.
 * {{subst:Welcomeg}} → Standard, with a host of links — includes auto-sig by welcomer
 * {{subst:Welcomeh}} → same, but includes a section header
 * {{subst:WelcomeMenu}} → updated version of Welcomeg with different color scheme
 * {{subst:WelcomeUser}} → similar, but adds tutorials and guide videos.
 * {{subst:Welcomec}} → older version of Welcomeg with different color scheme
 * {{subst:W-all}} → short—only 14 or 15 lines— with automatic heading and auto-sig. Very warm and does not overwhelm.
 * Welcome to FAMEPedia → tabular with icons: 10 policy links, 10 do's/don'ts, 8 To-do links; text top & bottom.
 * {{subst:Welcome to FAMEPedia}}    Redirects: Wtw, Greet.
 * {{subst:WelcomeVisual}} → links to policies, guidelines, and visually helpful information.
 * {{subst:Welcome emoji}} → quite colourful with emoji next to policy links, visually appealing
 * {{subst:Welcome user column}} → loosely based on the French welcome template Modèle:Bienvenue nouveau
 * {{subst:Welcoming}} → simple, with tips and links

Specialized

 * {{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 plate of cookies image; includes auto-sig.
 * {{subst:Welcomemenu-belated}} → a more elaborate version than the above
 * {{subst:First article|article}} → for new users whose first article has been deleted or Afd'd. auto-sig.
 * {{subst:Firstarticleshort|article}} → simplified version.
 * {{subst:Userfied-welcome|article}} → for users whose pages have been userfied.
 * {{subst:welcometest}} ~ → first edit appears to be a test edit.
 * {{subst:Welcome-suboptimal}} → for users whose edits were intended to be constructive, but had to be reverted for some reason.
 * {{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 FP:NPOV.
 * {{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 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}} ~ → similar to {{subst:welcome-retro}}, with a section for users with a non-Latin alphabet username, and 25 links to translated versions of this message.
 * {{subst:Welcomelaws}} ~ → A welcome message with a focus on following FAMEPedia rules as well as real-world laws
 * {{subst:Welcome-ql}} ~ → Welcome message contains decent number of links (WIP, but functional and serves its purposes)

Students and teachers

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

Unregistered users
All of these encourage creating an account, unless otherwise noted.
 * Legend: Q = includes a link to FP:Questions; T = FP:Tea house; A = FP:Adventure;  H = Helpme; C = FP:Task Center.

Neutral or positive
For any anon:


 * buttons
 * Welcome-anon → standard, 4 button: Create acct, Learn editing, Tea house, Task Center.


 * text only, or text + image
 * Welcome-anon-retro → a classic version, with 4 bulletized policy links (incl. C), and 4 benefits of registering.
 * W-graphical-anon → 3 paragraph lead; blue 2-col table, 15 links under 5 headers, 4 params:
 * Welcome-anon-t → 7 bullets, & Q, T, H; tea service image.
 * Welcome-t-anon → variation of Welcome-anon-t: 6 bullets, 6 benefits of registering, T, Q; tea tray image.
 * Thanks → Very simple; thanks for edits; no bullets; quirky green smile image.


 * short
 * {{subst:W-short-ip}} → concise; won't overwhelm

For those who have helped in specific areas:
 * Welcome-anon-constructive → made constructive edits – 1 paragraph, 8 bullets, + Q, H
 * Welcome-anon-vandalism-fighter → fought vandalism – 4 paragraphs, 3 vandalism bullets, + Q, T, H.

Improvement needed or problematic
For users who have:
 * Welcome-anon-summary → made constructive edits, but forgot the edit summary – 8 bullets, edit summary advice, Q, H. (A mashup of Welcome-anon-constructive and uw-editsummary.)
 * Welcome-anon-suboptimal → made edits with constructive intent, but which had to be reverted. 3 paragraphs, 6 bullets, T, Q, C, H.
 * Welcome-anon-test → made a test edit. One paragraph, 5 links; Q, T, H.
 * Welcome-anon-unconstructive → vandalized a page or had their first edits reverted – 5 links.
 * Welcome-anon-unsourced → added unsourced info – 3 paragraphs, 5 bullets, + Q, T, H; yellow bg.
 * Welcome-anon-npov → added non-neutral info – 3 paragraphs, 4 bullets, + Q, T; yellow background.

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

Countries and regions

 * {{subst:Welcome-Australia}} ~ → Australia
 * {{subst:Welcome-Austria}} ~ → Austria
 * {{subst:Welcome-Bangladesh}} ~ → Bangladesh
 * {{subst:Welcome-California}} ~ → California
 * {{subst:Welcome-Estonia}} ~ → Estonia
 * {{subst:Welcome-India}} ~ → India
 * {{subst:Welcome-Germany}} ~ → Germany
 * {{subst:Welcome-Malaysia}} ~ → Malaysia
 * {{subst:Welcome-Mauritius}} ~ → Mauritius
 * {{subst:Welcome-Norway}} ~ → Norway
 * {{subst:Welcome-Pakistan}} ~ → Pakistan
 * {{subst:Welcome-Poland}} ~ → Poland
 * {{subst:Welcome-Russia}} ~ → Russia
 * {{subst:Welcome-Singapore}} → Singapore
 * {{subst:Welcome-Switzerland}} ~ → Switzerland
 * {{subst:Welcome-Ukraine}} ~ → Ukraine

Topics

 * {{subst:Welcome-bio}} ~ → Biography
 * {{subst:RightWelcome}} ~ → Conservatism
 * {{subst:CyclingWelcome}} ~ → Cycling
 * {{subst:W-dbz}} ~ → Dragon Ball
 * {{subst:Welcome-EDMC}} ~ → Rave and electronic music
 * {{subst:Welcome-GOCE}} ~ → Guild of Copy Editors
 * {{subst:MathWelcome}} ~ → Mathematics
 * {{subst:MedWelcome}} ~ → Medicine
 * {{subst:PhyWelcome}} ~ → Physics
 * {{subst:Psychology welcome}} ~ → Psychology
 * {{subst:RugbyWelcome}} ~ → Rugby union
 * {{subst:Welcome Scouting}} ~ → Scouting
 * {{subst:welcome-roads}} ~ → Canada Roads, Highways, UK Roads, U.S. Roads
 * {{subst:StarWarsWelc}} ~ → Star Wars
 * {{subst:Vg welcome}} → Video games (Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo)

Non-English
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.)

Use one of these templates to welcome a new user whose first language appears to be:


 * {{subst:welcomeen-sq}} → Albanian
 * {{subst:welcomeen-zh}} → Chinese
 * {{subst:welcomeen-nl}} → Dutch
 * {{subst:welcomeen-fa}} → Farsi (Persian)
 * {{subst:welcomeen-fi}} → Finnish
 * {{subst:welcomeen-fr}} → French (optional: for user who wrote in French. See also Contrib-fr1.)
 * {{subst:welcomeen-de}} → German
 * {{subst:welcomeen-ha}} → Hausa
 * {{subst:welcomeen-he}} → Hebrew
 * {{subst:welcomeen-hi}} → Hindi
 * {{subst:welcomeen-ja}} → Japanese
 * {{subst:welcomeen-ko}} → Korean
 * {{subst:welcomeen-mr}} → Marathi
 * {{subst:welcomeen-ml}} → Malayalam
 * {{subst:welcomeen-pt}} → Portuguese
 * {{subst:welcomeen-ru}} → Russian
 * {{subst:welcomeen-es}} → Spanish (optional: for user who wrote in Spanish. See also Contrib-es1.)
 * {{subst:welcomeen-sv}} → Swedish
 * {{subst:welcomeen-uk}} → Ukrainian
 * {{subst:welcomeen-ur}} → Urdu
 * {{subst:welcomeen-vi}} → Vietnamese

Σ

 * , nearly identical to User:Hi878's but requires no parameters.

4

 * , nearly identical to User:Hi878's but requires no parameters.

-

 * , based on Template:W-link. Contains warning message!

A

 * , welcome users who contribute to Astronomy-related articles.
 * , welcome with personalized message, syntax is
 * is a more customizable and personalized template than the standard welcomes, and can be used for both anonymous editors and users
 * is a similar message, but in copy-and-paste format allowing easy modification and personalization
 * , welcome with personalized message, syntax is
 * is a more customizable and personalized template than the standard welcomes, and can be used for both anonymous editors and users
 * is a similar message, but in copy-and-paste format allowing easy modification and personalization



B

 * A hearty welcome in Dino Ursprache
 * The Main Page of all of Booksworm's welcome messages. They are, however, very graphic and work best on Mozilla Firefox
 * Mostly copied from Coffee's but has a rose in a vase instead of cookies. Use
 * For welcoming a new user who created a good page.
 * For welcoming a user who became involved in an uncivil discussion early in their "career". You may add the username of the editor who was attacked if desired.  Based on Welcomenpov and includes a heading.
 * For welcoming a user who became involved in an uncivil discussion early in their "career". You may add the username of the editor who was attacked if desired.  Based on Welcomenpov and includes a heading.

C

 * A semi-clone of AxG's but has different colors and tells users about Wikiprojects.
 * Combination of Welcome-anon and Welcome-unsourced.
 * Welcomes registered contributors. Although I started it, give major credit to Thehelpfulone for making major improvements to it.
 * Welcomes registered contributors. Although I started it, give major credit to Thehelpfulone for making major improvements to it.

D

 * Aspects of many templates together.


 * Customized for the User.

F

 * Alternative to Template:welcome-personal; includes fruit and added links
 * Similar to cookies plate version except few changes

G

 * For welcoming new active users
 * Only for welcoming IPs, contains an Uncle Sam image.
 * Only for welcoming IPs, contains an Uncle Sam image.

H

 * - A shortened version of TomasBat's template
 * - A shortened version of TomasBat's template

I

 * Broad warning/welcome tool, still expanding. If you wish to add or make suggestions, ring me up on my talk page!
 * Based on TomasBat's welcome page
 * Based on TomasBat's welcome page
 * Based on TomasBat's welcome page

L

 * is my version of the welcomecookie template

M

 * A mix of most welcome pages. Based on TomasBat's welcome page. You have to change the talk page link to your own at the bottom.
 * – Shortcut: . See format and other information here. Based on TomasBat's welcome template.
 * – Shortcut: . See format and other information here. Based on TomasBat's welcome template.

O

 * , which has room for a comment, and
 * , for a new user who created an article without a category. For both of them, there is a link to my talk page: use the user parameter to link to yours instead.

P

 * this suggests a WikiProject that the new user may want to join; the full syntax is WikiProjectKeyWord, where the WikiProjectKeyWord is what follows the FAMEPedia:Wikiproject, so for example Sociology of United States

R

 * : Doesn't require any options, just paste this code into a new editor's talk page. This welcome template is special because it has basic guides of copy editing, vandal patrolling, etc.
 * : Doesn't require any options, just paste this code into a new editor's talk page. This welcome template is special because it has basic guides of copy editing, vandal patrolling, etc.

S

 * Based on Welcome with spinning icon for users interested in politics.
 * Translated from the Portugese FAMEPedia.
 * For registered users.
 * For registered users who made a helpful edit.
 * For registered users who made a helpful edit.

T

 * If you use this you must change the user talk section or I will get messages intended for you!
 * Remember to add your username.

W

 * for newbies who are contributing to articles having to do with horses
 * for newbies who are contributing to articles having to do with horses