Template:W-graphical/doc
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Usage
[edit]- To greet an editor with this template just as it appears above (your signature will automatically replace the
~~~~
), place the following wikicode on the editor's talk page:
{{subst:W-graphical}}
- To add a message in an additional paragraph before the last sentence, use:
{{subst:W-graphical|message}}
- Replace message with your desired message. It will be inserted into the greeting before "Happy editing!"
- To add a message at the end of the second paragraph, usually for welcomes that point out problems, use:
{{subst:W-graphical||message}}
- An example can be found at {{w-graphical-anon}}, which is a wrapper for this template that utilizes this parameter.
- To add a (level-2) heading above the greeting, use:
{{subst:W-graphical|heading=heading text}}
- The heading will be what is typed in after "heading=".
- To add an article credit to the "Thank you" sentence:
{{subst:W-graphical|article=article title}}
- Sentence will read: "Thank you for your contributions to article title and to this free encyclopedia."
- To change the color of the entire message, use:
{{subst:W-graphical|color=color}}
- Replace color with one of the following choices (the default is navy blue and orange, shown above):
cyan
pink
- The above options can be combined:
{{subst:W-graphical|Wikipedia is amazing.|heading=Welcome to Wikipedia|article=Mitochondrion}}
See also
[edit]
The best-looking and efficient welcome template out there
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
---|---|---|---|---|
heading | heading | A heading to generate
| String | suggested |
color | color | The color of the background. Currently only supports two alternatives
| Unknown | optional |
article | article art | An article the user has contributed to | Page name | optional |
Problem | 2 | A message to be put after "encyclopedia" and will have a paragraph break after itself | Unbalanced wikitext | optional |
Message | 1 | A message to be put before "Happy" as a separate paragraph | Unbalanced wikitext | optional |