 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Welcome-unregistered. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
 | If you plan to make breaking changes to this template, move it, or nominate it for deletion, please notify Twinkle's users and maintainers at Wikipedia talk:Twinkle as a courtesy, as the standard installation of Twinkle adds and removes this template. Thank you! |
 | This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:Welcome-unregistered}}). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. |
To use this template, add
{{subst:Welcome-unregistered}}~~~~
to the user's talk page.
Redirects
editAlternative names for this template (redirects) include {{Anon}}, {{Anonymous}} and (many variants of) {{Create an account}}, {{Welcome-ip}}, etc.
For related templates, see #See Also below.
Parameters
editAll of these parameters are optional:
|cookie=y– adds an image of cookies:{{subst:Welcome|cookie=y}}|heading=no– Suppress the automatic heading:{{subst:Welcome|heading=no}}|headtext=Greetings!– Change the contents of the heading:{{subst:Welcome|headtext=Greetings!}}|1=for a custom additional message to replace "Happy editing!":{{subst:Welcome-unregistered|1=I enjoy your work. Keep it up!}}~~~~
|ipname=for the name of the IP's collective audience:{{subst:Welcome-unregistered|ipname=Australians}}~~~~
|art=name an article to which the anon user contributed in a positive way:{{subst:Welcome-unregistered|art=Radar detector}}~~~~
TemplateData
editTemplateData for Welcome-unregistered
A generic welcome template for anonymous users (IP addresses). Must be substituted.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Additional message | 1 | Additional message that replaces the default test
| String | optional |
| Name of IP user | ipname | The name of the person/audience behind the IP address, if known. | String | optional |
| Linked article | art | Article at which the user has made positive contributions | Page name | suggested |
| Do not thank | nothanks | Do not thank for edits that are not helpful (though well-intentioned)
| Boolean | deprecated |
| Do not link to poster's talk | notalk | Do not link back to poster's talk page
| Boolean | deprecated |
| heading | heading | Suppresses the automatic heading | Unknown | optional |
| heading text | headtext | Changes the contents of the heading
| String | optional |
| cookie | cookie | Adds a picture of cookies
| Unknown | optional |
| new user | newuser | Uses alternate text not linking to the editor's contributions
| Unknown | optional |
See also
edit- {{Thanks}}
- {{Welcome-anon-constructive}} – have helped in vandal fighting and have made constructive edits
- {{Welcome-anon-npov}}
- {{Welcome-anon-suboptimal}} – have made edits that were clearly intended to be constructive, but had to be reverted for some reason
- {{welcome-anon-summary}} – have made constructive edits, but forgot to use an edit summary
- {{Welcome-anon-test}} – seem to have made a test edit
- {{Welcome-anon-unconstructive}} – have vandalized a page or had their first edits reverted
- {{Welcome-anon-unsourced}}
- {{Welcome-anon-vandalism-fighter}}
- {{Welcome-anon-belated}}, have been around for a while, but haven't received a welcome
- {{W-graphical-anon}} – encourages getting a username, based on graphical welcome template
- Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates