User:ApteryxRainWing/Welcome template

Welcome Templates

These are templates I use for welcoming new users as a part of the Welcome Committee, separated by their usage scenario.

Generic Welcome Template

Hello and welcome to the English Wikipedia! I'm ApteryxRainWing, a member of the Wikipedia Welcome Committee. We're here to provide new users such as yourself with useful information when first starting out. Before you start editing, I recommend reading these pages that feature policies, style guidelines, things to do, and people you can reach out to if you need help.

Manual of Style - A guidebook explaining how to write encyclopedically.

Your First Article - If you are feeling brave, this page features guidelines and procedures for creating an article on a new topic.

The Teahouse - A little forum where you can go and ask specific questions about editing or making articles. When you ask a question, another editor should stop by within a few hours to answer the question or direct you to an article/policy/guideline that can answer it.

The Five Pillars of Wikipedia - The five most fundamental philosophies the entire Wikipedia project is built on.

Policies and Guidelines - A long list of all the rules that we follow here.

WP:NPOV - Code for Neutral Point of View, a policy that is very important but often ignored.

WP:NOTABILITY - Another specific and very important policy on the notability of a subject that a lot of people ignore.

WP:COI - A policy on Conflict of Interest, meaning that you need to be extremely careful when editing articles about things you are connected to.

WP:RS - A helpful page explaining what a reliable source is.

Perennial sources - A page listing some common sources and how accurate they are, based on community consensus.

WP:OR - A page explaining what original research is, because it is a thing we avoid like the plague here.

What Wikipedia is Not - A more specific list of things you shouldn't do on Wikipedia.

Task Center - A list of tasks you can do to help the encyclopedia such as copyediting or stopping vandals.

Commons - Another Wikimedia project aimed at providing free images to use without fear of copyright strikes. You can also upload your own photos to improve the database.

If you need anything, feel free to ask on my Talk Page. If I can't help you, then the wonderful people at the Teahouse and Help Desk should be able to assist you. If you have a question about an encyclopedic topic, the people over at the Reference Desk should be able to help. We hope you enjoy your time here, and happy editing!

COI Editor Welcome Template

Hello and welcome to the English Wikipedia! I'm ApteryxRainWing, a member of the Welcome Committee. Our job is to find new users who want to contribute to Wikipedia and help them out. I noticed that one of your edits seems to have been made with a conflict of interest, meaning that you are closely related to the topic. It is okay to edit articles you have a conflict of interest with, but there are some additional rules you must follow when editing these kinds of articles. Also, if you are paid to edit Wikipedia, you must state that clearly or you will risk being blocked. In addition to our conflict of interest policy, Wikipedia has some other helpful articles you should read before editing further.

Manual of Style - A guidebook explaining how to write encyclopedically.

Your First Article - If you are feeling brave, this page features guidelines and procedures for creating an article on a new topic.

The Teahouse - A little forum where you can go and ask specific questions about editing or making articles. When you ask a question, another editor should stop by within a few hours to answer the question or direct you to an article/policy/guideline that can answer it.

The Five Pillars of Wikipedia - The five most fundamental philosophies the entire Wikipedia project is built on.

Policies and Guidelines - A long list of all the rules that we follow here.

WP:NPOV - Code for Neutral Point of View, a policy that is very important but often ignored.

WP:NOTABILITY - Another specific and very important policy on the notability of a subject that a lot of people ignore.

WP:RS - A helpful page explaining what a reliable source is.

Perennial sources - A page listing some common sources and how accurate they are, based on community consensus.

WP:OR - A page explaining what original research is, because it is a thing we avoid like the plague here.

What Wikipedia is Not - A more specific list of things you shouldn't do on Wikipedia.

Task Center - A list of tasks you can do to help the encyclopedia such as copyediting or stopping vandals.

Commons - Another Wikimedia project aimed at providing free images to use without fear of copyright strikes. You can also upload your own photos to improve the database.

If you need anything, feel free to ask on my Talk Page. If I can't help you, then the wonderful people at the Teahouse and Help Desk should be able to assist you. If you have a question about an encyclopedic topic, the people over at the Reference Desk should be able to help. We hope you enjoy your time here, and happy editing!

Accounts that appear to be here to write an autobiography (username is a real name)

Hello and welcome to the English Wikipedia! I'm ApteryxRainWing, a member of the Welcome Committee. Our goal is to find new users such as you and help them out. I can't help but notice that your username resembles the name of a real person, and that is okay. Many people contribute to Wikipedia under their real names, and just as many use pseudonyms. However, if you are here to write or edit an article about yourself, you must know that you have a thing we call a conflict of interest (COI for short). This means that you are closely related to an article's topic. It is okay to edit articles you have a conflict of interest with, but there are some additional rules you must follow when editing these kinds of articles. Also, if you are paid to edit Wikipedia, you must state that clearly or you will risk being blocked. In addition to our conflict of interest policy, Wikipedia has some other helpful articles you should read before editing further.

Manual of Style - A guidebook explaining how to write encyclopedically.

Your First Article - If you are feeling brave, this page features guidelines and procedures for creating an article on a new topic.

The Teahouse - A little forum where you can go and ask specific questions about editing or making articles. When you ask a question, another editor should stop by within a few hours to answer the question or direct you to an article/policy/guideline that can answer it.

The Five Pillars of Wikipedia - The five most fundamental philosophies the entire Wikipedia project is built on.

Policies and Guidelines - A long list of all the rules that we follow here.

WP:NPOV - Code for Neutral Point of View, a policy that is very important but often ignored.

WP:NOTABILITY - Another specific and very important policy on the notability of a subject that a lot of people ignore.

WP:RS - A helpful page explaining what a reliable source is.

Perennial sources - A page listing some common sources and how accurate they are, based on community consensus.

WP:OR - A page explaining what original research is, because it is a thing we avoid like the plague here.

What Wikipedia is Not - A more specific list of things you shouldn't do on Wikipedia.

Task Center - A list of tasks you can do to help the encyclopedia such as copyediting or stopping vandals.

Commons - Another Wikimedia project aimed at providing free images to use without fear of copyright strikes. You can also upload your own photos to improve the database. For you specifically, you may be interested in the A Picture of You project, where subjects of Wikipedia articles can upload a selfie or portrait to their article

If you need anything, feel free to ask on my Talk Page. If I can't help you, then the wonderful people at the Teahouse and Help Desk should be able to assist you. If you have a question about an encyclopedic topic, the people over at the Reference Desk should be able to help. We hope you enjoy your time here, and happy editing!

Disruptive editor

Hello and welcome to the English Wikipedia! I'm ApteryxRainWing, a member of the Welcome Committee. Our goal is to find new users such as you and help them out. Whether you meant for it to or not, your recent edit falls under the category of disruptive editing. Now I'm not here to punish you or anything because on Wikipedia, we assume good faith and believe in multiple chances. I highly recommend you read these policies before editing any further, because there's a chance your edits may be found by a less-than-merciful administrator and you may get blocked.

Manual of Style - A guidebook explaining how to write encyclopedically.

Your First Article - If you are feeling brave, this page features guidelines and procedures for creating an article on a new topic.

The Teahouse - A little forum where you can go and ask specific questions about editing or making articles. When you ask a question, another editor should stop by within a few hours to answer the question or direct you to an article/policy/guideline that can answer it.

The Five Pillars of Wikipedia - The five most fundamental philosophies the entire Wikipedia project is built on.

Policies and Guidelines - A long list of all the rules that we follow here.

WP:NPOV - Code for Neutral Point of View, a policy that is very important but often ignored.

WP:NOTABILITY - Another specific and very important policy on the notability of a subject that a lot of people ignore.

WP:COI - A policy on Conflict of Interest, meaning that you need to be extremely careful when editing articles about things you are connected to.

WP:RS - A helpful page explaining what a reliable source is.

Perennial sources - A page listing some common sources and how accurate they are, based on community consensus.

WP:OR - A page explaining what original research is, because it is a thing we avoid like the plague here.

What Wikipedia is Not - A more specific list of things you shouldn't do on Wikipedia.

Task Center - A list of tasks you can do to help the encyclopedia such as copyediting or stopping vandals.

Commons - Another Wikimedia project aimed at providing free images to use without fear of copyright strikes. You can also upload your own photos to improve the database.

If you need anything, feel free to ask on my Talk Page. If I can't help you, then the wonderful people at the Teahouse and Help Desk should be able to assist you. If you have a question about an encyclopedic topic, the people over at the Reference Desk should be able to help. We hope you enjoy your time here, and happy editing!

Bold-Revert-Discuss constructive editor

Hello and welcome to the English Wikipedia! I'm ApteryxRainWing, a member of the Welcome Committee. Our goal is to find new users such as you and help them out. I noticed that your edit got reverted, and I know it is disappointing. Don't worry, it happens to the best of us. You simply were involved in a typical process on Wikipedia called bold-revert-discuss. The way it works is that you make a big edit, someone has a problem with it and reverts it, then you discuss it on a talk page. The "discuss" portion of this cycle is the most important, because you can ask the other user why they reverted your edit and work towards a compromise. Just remember, be civil on talk pages and don't use personal attacks. Here are some other articles that are useful to read before you start editing Wikipedia in earnest.

Manual of Style - A guidebook explaining how to write encyclopedically.

Your First Article - If you are feeling brave, this page features guidelines and procedures for creating an article on a new topic.

The Teahouse - A little forum where you can go and ask specific questions about editing or making articles. When you ask a question, another editor should stop by within a few hours to answer the question or direct you to an article/policy/guideline that can answer it.

The Five Pillars of Wikipedia - The five most fundamental philosophies the entire Wikipedia project is built on.

Policies and Guidelines - A long list of all the rules that we follow here.

WP:NPOV - Code for Neutral Point of View, a policy that is very important but often ignored.

WP:NOTABILITY - Another specific and very important policy on the notability of a subject that a lot of people ignore.

WP:COI - A policy on Conflict of Interest, meaning that you need to be extremely careful when editing articles about things you are connected to.

WP:RS - A helpful page explaining what a reliable source is.

Perennial sources - A page listing some common sources and how accurate they are, based on community consensus.

WP:OR - A page explaining what original research is, because it is a thing we avoid like the plague here.

What Wikipedia is Not - A more specific list of things you shouldn't do on Wikipedia.

Task Center - A list of tasks you can do to help the encyclopedia such as copyediting or stopping vandals.

Commons - Another Wikimedia project aimed at providing free images to use without fear of copyright strikes. You can also upload your own photos to improve the database.

If you need anything, feel free to ask on my Talk Page. If I can't help you, then the wonderful people at the Teahouse and Help Desk should be able to assist you. If you have a question about an encyclopedic topic, the people over at the Reference Desk should be able to help. We hope you enjoy your time here, and happy editing!