Template:Welcome
Welcome!
Hi Example! I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.
As you get started, you may find this short tutorial helpful:
Alternatively, the contributing to Wikipedia page covers the same topics.
If you have any questions, we have a friendly space where experienced editors can help you here:
If you are not sure where to help out, try the "Suggested edits" module top left on your homepage, or you can always find a task here:
Happy editing!
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Usage
[edit source]Add {{subst:Welcome}} ~~~~ to the user's talk page. It is suggested that you watch the talk page in case the user replies there.
Parameters:
|heading=no– Suppress the automatic heading:{{subst:Welcome|heading=no}}|headtext=Heading text– Change the contents of the heading:{{subst:Welcome|headtext=Greetings!}}|border=Color– Adds a border in the specified color, along with a light shadow.|borderradius=can optionally be used to create rounded corners:{{subst:Welcome|border=DarkViolet|borderradius=15px}}|newuser=y– alternate text for users with zero contributions (such as accounts just made via ACC; you can also use{{subst:Welcome-newuser}}, which includes your signature). Equivalent to setting|art=newuser.|image=File:Filename.png– Adds an image to the message (no brackets needed).|imagecaption=can optionally be used to specify the caption:{{subst:Welcome|image=File:Chocolate chip cookies.jpg|imagecaption=Here, enjoy some cookies!}}. If you want to get really fancy, you can specify the image size or link here like this:{{subst:Welcome|imagecaption=400px{{!}}link{{=}}[[Article]]{{!}}Caption}}.|art=Article name– Article to which the user contributed positively (no brackets needed):{{subst:Welcome|art=Foobar}}.- This can be set to
newuserto produce the same text as setting|newuser=ywhen using Twinkle:{{subst:Welcome|art=newuser}}
- This can be set to
|customstart=– Adds a custom message at the end of the first paragraph, replacing "I hope you like it here and decide to stay."|customend=– Adds a custom ending to replace "Happy editing!"
Shortcut: {{subst:Wel}} ~~~~
For anonymous editors
[edit source]Use {{subst:Welcome-anon}} or {{subst:Thanks}} for anonymous (IP) editors.
Wrapper
[edit source]{{subst:Welcome-autosign}} (or {{subst:wela}}) invokes this template but includes your signature.
TemplateData
[edit source]<templatedata>
{
"params": {
"heading": {
"description": "Suppresses the automatic heading",
"type": "unknown"
},
"headtext": {
"description": "Changes the contents of the heading",
"type": "string",
"label": "Heading text",
"default": "Welcome!"
},
"newuser": {
"description": "Uses alternate text not linking to the editor's contributions",
"label": "New user",
"example": "y",
"type": "boolean"
},
"art": {
"description": "Mentions and links to an article the editor has contributed to",
"type": "wiki-page-name",
"label": "Article",
"suggested": true,
"aliases": [
"article"
]
},
"customend": {
"label": "Custom end",
"description": "Adds a custom ending to the message",
"type": "string",
"default": "Happy editing!",
"suggested": true
},
"border": {
"description": "Adds a border around the message in a specified color or hex triplet",
"example": "DarkViolet, #9400D3",
"type": "string"
},
"borderradius": {
"label": "Border radius",
"description": "Specifies the rounding of the border",
"example": "15px",
"default": "2px"
},
"image": {
"description": "Adds an image to go with the welcome (no need for brackets)",
"example": "File:Chocolate chip cookies.jpg",
"type": "wiki-file-name"
},
"imagecaption": {
"label": "Image caption",
"description": "Specifies a caption to go with the image",
"example": "Here, enjoy some cookies! 
",
"type": "string"
},
"customstart": {
"label": "Custom start",
"description": "Adds a custom message at the end of the first paragraph",
"type": "string",
"default": "I hope you like it here and decide to stay.",
"suggested": true
}
},
"description": "The standard template to welcome new editors.",
"paramOrder": [
"heading",
"headtext",
"border",
"borderradius",
"image",
"imagecaption",
"newuser",
"art",
"customstart",
"customend"
]
}
</templatedata>
Notes
[edit source]Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.[2026; 2025; 2024] (Patience; this may take a while.)