Wikipedia:WikiProject Sri Lanka/Outreach

The outreach department of the Sri Lanka WikiProject is a centralized work area for project recruitment and member interaction efforts.

Drawing wikiproject to attention of those who have edited a Sri Lanka related article

The {{WPSLIN}} template is used for recruiting new members to the project, by being placed on talk pages of users who have recently edited a Sri Lanka related article. To recruit new members, simply place the following code on the talk page.

{{subst:WPSLIN}}

The template automatically include your signature, and will display as follows...

Hello! WikiProject Sri Lanka, I thought you may be interested in joining WikiProject Sri Lanka. We work on creating, expanding and making general changes to Sri Lanka related articles. If you would be interested in joining feel free to visit the Members Page! Thank You. ~~~~

Welcoming new Sri Lankan members

To welcome a new Sri Lankan editor to Wikipedia simply place following code on his/her talk page.

{{subst:Welcome-lk}}

The template automatically include your signature, and will display as follows...

Welcome!

{{SUBST:PAGENAME}}, Welcome to Wikipedia!

Thank you for [[Special:Contributions/{{SUBST:PAGENAME}}|your contributions]] to a Sri Lanka related article, they have helped improve Wikipedia and make it more informative. I hope you enjoy using Wikipedia and decide to make additional contributions.

As a contributor to Sri Lankan articles, you may like to connect with other Sri Lankan Wikipedians through WikiProject Sri Lanka, a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to Sri Lanka, and take a look at the various activities we are engaged in.

If you decide that you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or write {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. If you have a question related to a Sri Lankan article, you can view a list of members of WikiProject Sri Lanka by clicking here and ask any of us a question. We will always be glad to help.

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Additional tips...

Please sign your messages on talk pages with four tildes(~~~~). This will automatically insert your "signature" (your username and a date stamp). Or use the button, on the tool bar.

Please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field. This is considered an important guideline in Wikipedia. Even a short summary is better than no summary.
If you would like to play around with your new Wiki skills the Sandbox is for you.

Good luck, and have fun.

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