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The '''welcome message''' is designed as a quick reference quide for newly registered NSwiki users. For editors identified only by their [[IP address]], it is usually better to use '''<nowiki>{{subst:anon}}</nowiki>''' or one of the other [[NSwiki:Template messages|Template messages]]. | The '''welcome message''' is designed as a quick reference quide for newly registered NSwiki users. For editors identified only by their [[IP address]], it is usually better to use '''<nowiki>{{subst:anon}}</nowiki>''' or one of the other [[NSwiki:Template messages|Template messages]]. | ||
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A quick way to identify a new user is that both their User page and Talk page show up as red links. If you want to volunteer to help out new users, feel free to add '''<nowiki>{{subst:welcome}} ~~~~</nowiki>''' to their talk page. You should always sign the Welcome message with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, so that new users have an obvious place for questions. You might also want to [[NSwiki:Tip_of_the_day_archive#Custom_NSwiki_Signatures|customise your sig]] to give quick and easy access to your own Talk page. | A quick way to identify a new user is that both their User page and Talk page show up as red links. If you want to volunteer to help out new users, feel free to add '''<nowiki>{{subst:welcome}} ~~~~</nowiki>''' to their talk page. You should always sign the Welcome message with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>, so that new users have an obvious place for questions. You might also want to [[NSwiki:Tip_of_the_day_archive#Custom_NSwiki_Signatures|customise your sig]] to give quick and easy access to your own Talk page. | ||
| − | When you use <nowiki>{{subst:welcome}}</nowiki> instead of just <nowiki>{{welcome}}</nowiki>, it will copy the wikicode of current version of the template to the user page like you had typed it in directly - thus the source is hidden and less confusing. -- [[User:Frisbeeteria|Frisbeeteria]] [[User talk:Frisbeeteria|Θ<small>talk</small>]] | + | |
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| + | ''Technical:'' When you use <nowiki>{{subst:welcome}}</nowiki> instead of just <nowiki>{{welcome}}</nowiki>, it will copy the wikicode of current version of the template to the user page like you had typed it in directly - thus the source is hidden and less confusing. -- [[User:Frisbeeteria|Frisbeeteria]] [[User talk:Frisbeeteria|Θ<small>talk</small>]] | ||
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| + | :I've 'subst'ed the <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki> variable, as I noticed that even when using [[:Template:Welcome|<nowiki>{{subst:welcome}}</nowiki>]], they still showed up as the confusing <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>, which also made it clear they were being 'templated'. If this causes any obvious problems, revert it, and let me know. [[User:Gruenberg2|<font color="green">Gruen</font>]][[User_talk:Gruenberg2|<font color="red">2alk</font>]] 02:08, 3 December 2005 (GMT) | ||
| + | ::Yeah that didn't work. Sorry. [[User:Gruenberg2|<font color="green">Gruen</font>]][[User_talk:Gruenberg2|<font color="red">2alk</font>]] 02:12, 3 December 2005 (GMT) | ||
| + | :::I was browsing the MediaWiki site, and found something to help this. All I had to do was stick a <nowiki>subst:</nowiki> inside includeonly tags. [[User:Ceorana|''C''eoran]]<sub>[[User talk:Ceorana|'''''<span style="color:red">t</span>''''']]</sub>[[User:Ceorana|a]] 05:09, 5 August 2006 (GMT) | ||
Latest revision as of 01:09, 5 August 2006
The welcome message is designed as a quick reference quide for newly registered NSwiki users. For editors identified only by their IP address, it is usually better to use {{subst:anon}} or one of the other Template messages.
A quick way to identify a new user is that both their User page and Talk page show up as red links. If you want to volunteer to help out new users, feel free to add {{subst:welcome}} ~~~~ to their talk page. You should always sign the Welcome message with ~~~~, so that new users have an obvious place for questions. You might also want to customise your sig to give quick and easy access to your own Talk page.
Technical: When you use {{subst:welcome}} instead of just {{welcome}}, it will copy the wikicode of current version of the template to the user page like you had typed it in directly - thus the source is hidden and less confusing. -- Frisbeeteria Θtalk
- I've 'subst'ed the {{PAGENAME}} variable, as I noticed that even when using {{subst:welcome}}, they still showed up as the confusing {{PAGENAME}}, which also made it clear they were being 'templated'. If this causes any obvious problems, revert it, and let me know. Gruen2alk 02:08, 3 December 2005 (GMT)
