Template:Welcome-t
Welcome!
Hello, Welcome-t, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Below are some pages that you might find helpful. For a user-friendly interactive help forum see the Wikipedia Teahouse.
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Contributing to Wikipedia or the Tutorial
- Create your first article (using the Article Wizard if you wish)
- How to add those all-important references
- Simplified style guide
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. Again, If you need help visit the Teahouse or you can to ask for help on your talk page, and a volunteer should respond shortly. Again, welcome! We are so glad you are here!
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Usage
Add {{subst:Welcome-t}} ~~~~ to the user's talk page. You should watch the talk page in case the user replies there.
Parameters:
|heading=no– Suppress the automatic heading:{{subst:Welcome-t|heading=no}}|headtext=Heading text– Change the contents of the heading:{{subst:Welcome-t|headtext=Greetings!}}|newuser=y– alternate text for users with zero contributions (such as accounts just made via ACC)|art=Article name– Article to which the user contributed positively (no brackets needed):{{subst:Welcome|art=Foobar}}|1=End Text– Replaces "We are so glad you are here!".
Notes
Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.[2026; 2025; 2024]