Difference between revisions of "Template talk:Welcome"
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Anyone that is willing to help out newcomers can do so by adding "'''<nowiki>{{subst:Welcome}} --~~~</nowiki>'''" (without the quotes) to the newcomers' talk pages. --[[User:Jimmcq|Jimmcq]] | Anyone that is willing to help out newcomers can do so by adding "'''<nowiki>{{subst:Welcome}} --~~~</nowiki>'''" (without the quotes) to the newcomers' talk pages. --[[User:Jimmcq|Jimmcq]] | ||
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Those are all very good suggestions. There is also info on greeting newcomers on [[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Wikipedia]] --[[User:Jimmcq|Jimmcq]] 17:13, 18 November 2006 (EST) | Those are all very good suggestions. There is also info on greeting newcomers on [[Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers|Wikipedia]] --[[User:Jimmcq|Jimmcq]] 17:13, 18 November 2006 (EST) | ||
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| + | [http://pinataisland.info/index.php?title=Template:Welcome&diff=19161&oldid=7062 This] change would add a heading, properly subst the user's name and the sitename, and include the welcomer's signature at the time of subst'ing. Thoughts? –<font face="Verdana">[[User:Xenocidic|<font color="black">'''xeno'''</font>]][[Special:Contributions/Xenocidic|<font color="black">cidic</font>]] ([[User talk:Xenocidic|<font color="black">talk</font>]])</font> 04:04, 23 August 2008 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 21:04, 22 August 2008
Anyone that is willing to help out newcomers can do so by adding "{{subst:Welcome}} --~~~" (without the quotes) to the newcomers' talk pages. --Jimmcq
Suggestions
- I think that a strong recommendation to read 3 articles will probably scare new contributors off.
- Creating a (e.g.) PinataIsland.info:Editors page might make it useful to say "if you need help, feel free to contact [[...:Editors|any of these people]]. (Talk pages can be specifically linked on the Editors page.)
- Perhaps separate the Manual of Style from the general help, and say something like "If you're already familiar with wiki editing, feel free to refer to ... for specific site style conventions.
- Could we call it Site-specific Style guidelines or something, so they realize it's specific to this site, instead of a "general" thing they could ignore?
- Perhaps mention their User page can be edited with {{{gamertag...}}} or other details (to make it easier to contact people).
In general, it's a great addition, and hopefully will help both new and experienced visitors to the wiki. --FeralKitty 17:09, 18 November 2006 (EST)
Those are all very good suggestions. There is also info on greeting newcomers on Wikipedia --Jimmcq 17:13, 18 November 2006 (EST)
Proposed change
This change would add a heading, properly subst the user's name and the sitename, and include the welcomer's signature at the time of subst'ing. Thoughts? –xenocidic (talk) 04:04, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
