Template talk:Welcome/Archive 1

message: If you use this template on newcomer's pages, please add your signature, otherwise there's not much chance they'll be able to figure out how to ask you questions on your Talk page, as the end of the template suggests they do. Niteowlneils 02:34, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: sign

message: For some reason when this template is used a reply tends to end up on this page and so newbies like me tend to then answer on this page. Maybe this has been fixed by the above. --CloudSurfer 00:43, 6 Oct 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: If you use  instead of just , it will copy the wikicode of current version of the template to the user page like you had typed it in directly - then the source is more hidden.  --Whosyourjudas (talk) 18:56, 13 Oct 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Constant changes 

message: As new users having problems with understanding image use policies is fairly common, what do people think about adding something relevent to the template? The most simple would be to just add a link to Wikipedia:Images to the list of useful links. (The "Wikipedia:Picture_tutorial" doesn't make clear about Wikipedia:Image copyright tags and such issues.) Other thoughts? -- Infrogmation 17:41, 28 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Seconded. Ground 01:54, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add image links to template? 

message: Since we often have problems over editors not understanding the use of copyrighted material and Wikipedia, I suggest we have a section on this template so they can be made aware of it from the first. I know it is in other tutorial pages, but it needs looking for. I will knock something up over the next day or two and post it on my talk page for discussion. Apwoolrich 08:25, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Add section about copyright? 

message: As this template was recently vandalized, and this important template is visible to many new users on their own talk pages, I have protected the template. Anyone without admin access who has reason to make any legitimate changes to the template please post the suggested changes here in the talk page or contact one of the Wikipedia:Administrators. -- Infrogmation 23:35, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Protected 

message: This is a proposed revision, changing some awkward wording (it said "I hope you like the place"?) and making the Topical Index link less intimidating ("If you're ready" seems a bit elitist.) -Grick(talk to me) 02:14, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
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Welcome!
Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like it here and decide to stay. Here are a few links you may find useful: 
*How to edit a page
*Editing, policy, conduct, and structure tutorial
*Picture tutorial
*How to write a great article
*Naming conventions
*Manual of Style
*A complete list of Wikipedia documentation (very detailed) is also available Wikipedia:Topical index.
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome!
:I like it. JRM 11:03, 2005 Apr 8 (UTC)
===further suggestion for the second sentence ===
Nowiki : Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions,  ! I hope you like it here and decide to stay. /nowiki. 
(adapted from :fr:Modèle:Bienvenue) --Theo F 15:33, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed Revision 

message: Nowiki : Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions,  ! I hope you like it here and decide to stay. /nowiki. 
(adapted from :fr:Modèle:Bienvenue) --Theo F 15:33, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: further suggestion for the second sentence 

message: Just wanted to add autosign code to this template. Personally I use this template almost everyday to welcome new editors, and in some cases I just forget to sign after using it. In this case I think others will also support me. Many thanks.   Jim Carter (talk) 16:34, 16 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Not done:  this would break Twinkle, which signs this (and other) welcome templates automatically. You would need to get a consensus at WT:Twinkle to make this change, but it's probably better if you just start using Twinkle for welcoming new users yourself. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 00:11, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I can't use Twinkle, I use my moblie phone to contribute here  and it is a tough job for me to use twinkle since Wikipedia Vs. Small screen. But I will make a custom welcome template in this case. Thank  for your suggestion.   Jim Carter (talk) 06:06, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

text: Note: I support this request as this is one of a minority of welcoming templates that do not autosign.  It is inconsistent with the majority of the rest of welcoming templates and is therefor confusing. —  (t • e • c) 13:16, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Hey friends,  I have created another version of Welcome template () which have autosign. From now users who manually uses this template can use  instead. Users who don't use Twinkle, don't have Javascript enable in there web browsers example: Internet explorer < 6 can use this template. I just wanted someone to place a short note about this template on the doc page of this template so that others can know about this. Many thanks.  Jim Carter (talk) 19:52, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: You can go ahead and add it to the documentation - it isn't protected. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:21, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

text:  I don't mind whether the template auto-signs or not, as long as edits to it don't break Twinkle. — Mr. Stradivarius ♪ talk ♪ 09:21, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Edit request