Template:Welcome-anon
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This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Welcome-unregistered}} ). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. |
To use this template, add
{{subst:Welcome-unregistered}}
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to the user's talk page.
Redirects
Alternative names for this template (redirects) include {{Anon}}, {{Anonymous}} and (many variants of) {{Create an account}}, {{Welcome-ip}}, etc.
For related templates, see #See Also below.
Parameters
All of these parameters are optional:
|cookie=y
– adds an image of cookies:{{subst:Welcome|cookie=y}}
|heading=no
– Suppress the automatic heading:{{subst:Welcome|heading=no}}
|headtext=Greetings!
– Change the contents of the heading:{{subst:Welcome|headtext=Greetings!}}
|1=
for a custom additional message to replace "Happy editing!":{{subst:Welcome-unregistered|1=I enjoy your work. Keep it up!}}
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|ipname=
for the name of the IP's collective audience:{{subst:Welcome-unregistered|ipname=Australians}}
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|art=
name an article to which the anon user contributed in a positive way:{{subst:Welcome-unregistered|art=Radar detector}}
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TemplateData
TemplateData for Welcome-unregistered
A generic welcome template for anonymous users (IP addresses). Must be substituted.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Additional message | 1 | Additional message that replaces the default test
| String | optional |
Name of IP user | ipname | The name of the person/audience behind the IP address, if known. | String | optional |
Linked article | art | Article at which the user has made positive contributions | Page name | suggested |
Do not thank | nothanks | Do not thank for edits that are not helpful (though well-intentioned)
| Boolean | deprecated |
Do not link to poster's talk | notalk | Do not link back to poster's talk page
| Boolean | deprecated |
heading | heading | Suppresses the automatic heading | Unknown | optional |
heading text | headtext | Changes the contents of the heading
| String | optional |
cookie | cookie | Adds a picture of cookies
| Unknown | optional |
new user | newuser | Uses alternate text not linking to the editor's contributions
| Unknown | optional |
See also
- {{Thanks}}
- {{Welcome-anon-constructive}} – have helped in vandal fighting and have made constructive edits
- {{Welcome-anon-npov}}
- {{Welcome-anon-suboptimal}} – have made edits that were clearly intended to be constructive, but had to be reverted for some reason
- {{welcome-anon-summary}} – have made constructive edits, but forgot to use an edit summary
- {{Welcome-anon-test}} – seem to have made a test edit
- {{Welcome-anon-unconstructive}} – have vandalized a page or had their first edits reverted
- {{Welcome-anon-unsourced}}
- {{Welcome-anon-vandalism-fighter}}
- {{Welcome-anon-belated}}, have been around for a while, but haven't received a welcome
- {{W-graphical-anon}} – encourages getting a username, based on graphical welcome template
- Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates