Template:First article/sandbox
Welcome!
Hello, First article, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Unfortunately, one or more of the pages you created may not conform to some of Wikipedia's guidelines, and may not be retained.
There's a page about creating articles you may want to read called Your first article. If you are stuck, and looking for help, please come to the New contributors' help page, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{helpme}} on this page, followed by your question, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Here are a few other good links for newcomers:
- Starting an article
- Your first article
- Biographies of living persons
- How to write a great article
- The five pillars of Wikipedia
- Help pages
- Tutorial
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you have any questions, check out Wikipedia:Questions or ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome! ~~~~
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Usage
To use this template, add {{subst:First article}} to the user's talk page.
Please refer to the index of test templates before using any template on user talk pages to warn a user. Applying the best template available for your purpose may help reduce confusion from the message you are sending.
Parameters:
- The relevant page:
{{subst:First article|Article}} - In other namespaces:
{{subst:First article|Template name|namespace=Template}} - To suppress the "Welcome!" header:
{{subst:First article|Article|header=no}} - To display a "thank you for your contributions" in the template:
{{subst:First article|thanks=yes}}
See Wikipedia:Welcome templates for alternative welcome templates.