User:Phantomsteve/welcome/doc

Introduction

This is my welcome message (although I may well change it from time to time) - but anyone is welcome to use it! It must be SUBSTituted or an error will be produced.

Usage

{{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome [|article=<article name>] [|del=<non-blank>] [|talk=<non-blank>] [|hd=<non-blank>] [|nc=<non-blank>] [|contrib=<non-blank>] [|ip=<non-blank>] [|new=<non-blank>] [irc=<non-blank>] [|company=<non-blank>] [|multi=<non-blank>] [|offensive=<non-blank>] [|sig=<non-blank>] [|phantomsteve=<non-blank>] [|student=<non-blank>]}}

Optional variables

article=<article name>

will add especially what you did for <article name> to the message

company=<non-blank>

will add a message about the user name being against policy as it appears to be a company name, and how to request a username change

contrib=<non-blank>

will add It's great that you want to contribute to Wikipedia - the more constructive editors the better!

del=<non-blank>

will add even though it is being considered for deletion after the art message (nb no check is made for art being present)

hd=<non-blank>

will add Also, thank you for your message on the Help Desk.

ip=<non-blank>

will add You might want to register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles.

irc=<non-blank>

will add It was good talking to you on IRC.

multi=<non-blank>

will add a message about the user name being against policy as it appears to represent more than one person, and how to request a username change

nc=<non-blank>

will add Also, thank you for your message on the New Contributor's Help Page.

phantomsteve=<non-blank>

will add "- just click on talk in my signature" to the "Leave a message on my talk page" (for use by Phantomsteve, unless your signature uses the word "talk" as a wikilink to your talk page)

new=<non-blank>

will miss off Thank you for your contributions - also avoiding a link to the contributions. Designed to be used with one of "company"/"multi"/"offensive" for a new user with no contributions.

offensive=<non-blank>

will add a message about the user name being against policy as it appears to be an offensive name, and how to request a username change

sig=<non-blank>

will add Phantomsteve's signature (for bot use) - only for use by Phantomsteve

student=<non-blank>

will add the "student" parts of Template:Welcomestudent

talk=<non-blank>

will add Also, thank you for the message on my talk page.

Examples

Examples

No Variables {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: Company name only {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|company=yes}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page I noticed that your username may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to be the name of a company or organisation. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username. Thank you.Phantomsteve/welcome/doc Please note that an account can only be used by one person. Wikipedia's Username policy says Explicit use of a name or url of a company, group or product as a username is not permitted. Your username should represent you. Accounts that represent an entire group or company are not permitted. It also says here User accounts can only represent individuals. Sharing an account – or the password to an account – with others is not permitted, and doing so will result in the account being blocked. Please also note that changing your account name does not mean that you are not bound by the Conflict of interest guidelines. I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: Company name with location only {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|company=yes|location=the website [http://example.com example.com]}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page I noticed that your username may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to be the name of a company or organisation. I believe this because of the website example.com. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username. Thank you.Phantomsteve/welcome/doc Please note that an account can only be used by one person. Wikipedia's Username policy says Explicit use of a name or url of a company, group or product as a username is not permitted. Your username should represent you. Accounts that represent an entire group or company are not permitted. It also says here User accounts can only represent individuals. Sharing an account – or the password to an account – with others is not permitted, and doing so will result in the account being blocked. Please also note that changing your account name does not mean that you are not bound by the Conflict of interest guidelines. I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: Article name given {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|article=test}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for test. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: Article name with delete {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|article=test|del=yes}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for test, although it is being considered for deletion. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: Article name, with talk page {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|article=test|talk=yes}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for test. Also, thank you for your message on my Talk Page. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: Article name, with deletion, with help desk {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|article=test|del=yes|hd=yes}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for test, although it is being considered for deletion. Also, thank you for your message on the Help Desk. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: Article name, with contrib {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|article=test|contrib=yes}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for test. It's great that you want to contribute to Wikipedia - the more constructive editors the better! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: Article name, with ip {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|article=test|ip=yes}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions, especially what you did for test. You might want to register an account, which has many benefits, including the ability to create articles. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: User name warnings Company name {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|new=yes|company=yes|location=the website [http://www.test.com test.com]}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page I noticed that your username may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to be the name of a company or organisation. I believe this because of the website test.com. If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username. Thank you.Phantomsteve/welcome/doc Please note that an account can only be used by one person. Wikipedia's Username policy says Explicit use of a name or url of a company, group or product as a username is not permitted. Your username should represent you. Accounts that represent an entire group or company are not permitted. It also says here User accounts can only represent individuals. Sharing an account – or the password to an account – with others is not permitted, and doing so will result in the account being blocked. Please also note that changing your account name does not mean that you are not bound by the Conflict of interest guidelines. I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: Multiple users {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|new=yes|multi=yes}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Phantomsteve/welcome, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it appears to be a shared account. On Wikipedia, an account is for a single editor only (see "Sharing accounts"). If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you.Phantomsteve/welcome I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: Offensive name {{subst:User:Phantomsteve/welcome|new=yes|offensive=yes}} Welcome! Hello, Phantomsteve/welcome, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style You might also find these policies and guidelines useful: What do we mean if we say that you might have a Conflict of Interest? What do we mean by Neutral Point of View? What sources are counted as reliable? What makes the subject of an article notable? Why was my page deleted? An essay containging a List of bad article ideas I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Getting the articles just right can be tricky - but there are lots of people to ask! If you have any questions, just click on the Contact Me link after my signature at the end of this section. Alternatively, check out Wikipedia:Questions, or ask your question on this page and then place {{helpme}} before the question. By the way, when you are writing on a discussion page (or someone's talk page), it is considered good manners to sign your comment... to do this, just add ~~~~ at the end of your comment. That will put your user name (Phantomsteve/welcome) and the date/time at the end (or you can click on the icon when you are editing. Never sign on an article page - only on a discussion page. There are several ways of getting help: Leave a message on this page. It is on my watchlist, which means that I can see when the page is changed! Leave a message on my talk page Go into IRC Channel #wikipedia-en-help Leave a message on this page starting with {{helpme}} followed by your question - someone in the IRC help room will be over as soon as possible Leave a question on the Help Desk or on the New Contributors' Help Page Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. I noticed that your username, Phantomsteve/welcome, may not meet Wikipedia's username policy because it would be counted as offensive by some editors. The user name policy says "Offensive usernames are those that offend other contributors, making harmonious editing difficult or impossible.". If you believe that your username does not violate our policy, please leave a note here explaining why. As an alternative, you may file for a change of username, or you may simply create a new account and use that for editing. Thank you.Phantomsteve/welcome </includeony> I am now going to sign this message with my signature, by adding ~~~~ here: