Template talk:Welcome

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I propose to add a new paragraph, after the one beginning "Alternatively...":

If you add or update article content, please state your source. Avoid conflicts of interest.

since these are two issues which frequently see new editors reverted or berated. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 21:22, 13 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Andy, don't know how this will go over here, as folks voted for a very sparse model with buttons. There is still {{Welcome-retro}} (and {{Welcome-anon-retro}}) which are more or less the old version of this one, and which might welcome your additions there if not here. Btw: this page doesn't usually move fast; min-threads to 4 would keep some around for over two years; you can always have the ToC present regardless of thread number with __TOC__ if you want. Mathglot (talk) 00:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The idea of this template is to encourage editors to check out the tutorial, which teaches concepts like verification, rather than summarizing those concepts within the welcome message itself. I worry that if we included that it might start a slippery slope that'd lead ultimately to bloat. It's also relevant that the mw:Edit check feature may present a better approach for tackling uncited content additions. Cheers, Sdkb ^talk 04:45, 14 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hello! I created a new welcome template, this one is based on the one from Spanish Wikipedia.

Hello, Welcome. Welcome to the English Wikipedia
Thank you for participating in the project. We hope that the collaboration is pleasant for you and that you take advantage of your stay here.
English Wikipedia is a free content encyclopedia that emerged in January 2001; Since then, several community-defined principles have been established. Please take some time to explore the following topics before you start editing on Wikipedia.
	Contributing. Contributing to Wikipedia.		Help. Wikipedia general manual.
	Introduction. Learn to edit step by step in an instant.		Userboxes. Templates that editors may use for self-descriptions.
	Adopt-a-user. Requests personalized help in your first steps.		Learn to edit pages. Guide to editing wiki pages.
	Things that must not be done. Summary of the most common mistakes to avoid.		Create your own article. Step by step, with the help of our assistant.
	Wikipedia policies. Standards and rules approved by the community		Frequently asked questions. Questions that all everyone do.
	Teahouse. Where you can ask anything to other wikipedians.		Quick reference. An overview of how to use the wiki code.
	The five pillars of Wikipedia. Fundamental project principles.		Sandbox. A personal space, where you can practice creating pages or anything else.
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We hope you have a good time on Wikipedia, happy editing!

16:28, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This one has more options. Tell me what you think! 16:29, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

looks good............should link our main newcomers help page that leads to every topic ...Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia Moxy🍁 16:33, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you 16:34, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ok, I added it now the first one links to Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia 16:39, 25 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Change the template back to the Revision as of 09:20, 3 April 2018 (delete {{welcome-retro}} before making the change.). 2603:8001:6940:2100:8A58:E42:3ACF:9A69 (talk) 00:09, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done: The 2020 change was decided by consensus at this Village Pumps thread. It should not be reverted without a new discussion and consensus. SilverLocust 💬 07:36, 8 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Twinkle currently has no way to apply this template with |newuser=yes. Therefore, I'd like to propose changing

{{safesubst:<noinclude />#ifeq:{{safesubst:<noinclude />Yesno|{{{newuser|no}}}}}|yes|would like to|noticed [[Special:Contributions/<noinclude>Example</noinclude><includeonly>{{safesubst:<noinclude />BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly>|your contributions]] {{safesubst:<noinclude />#if:{{{article|{{{art|}}}}}}|to [[:{{{article|{{{art}}}}}}]]&#32;}}and wanted to}}

to

{{safesubst:<noinclude />#ifeq:{{safesubst:<noinclude />Yesno|{{{newuser|{{safesubst:<noinclude />#ifeq:{{{article|{{{art|}}}}}}|newuser|yes|no}}}}}}}|yes|would like to|noticed [[Special:Contributions/<noinclude>Example</noinclude><includeonly>{{safesubst:<noinclude />BASEPAGENAME}}</includeonly>|your contributions]] {{safesubst:<noinclude />#if:{{{article|{{{art|}}}}}}|to [[:{{{article|{{{art}}}}}}]]&#32;}}and wanted to}}

which would allow the same result by setting |article=newuser, which is accessible via the Twinkle interface. I have made these changes to Template:Welcome/sandbox already. --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 18:04, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 Done --Ahecht (TALK
PAGE) 16:24, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]