This is a documentation subpage for Template:Thanks. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{ subst:Thanks}}). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot.

Usage

This template is primarily intended as a substitute for the built-in "Thank" feature for use with unregistered editors. To use it, add {{ subst:thanks}} ~~~~ to the user's talk page.

To link to a specific page that the user edited, use the parameter page. To link to a specific diff at that page, use the parameter diff. Note that diff will be ignored if page is not specified.

{{ subst: thanks|page=Main Page}} produces

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Main Page! If you are interested in editing more often, I suggest you create an account to gain additional privileges. Happy editing!

{{ subst: thanks|page=Main Page|diff=139992}} produces

Hello, and thank you for your contributions to Main Page! If you are interested in editing more often, I suggest you create an account to gain additional privileges. Happy editing!

To exclude the green box image add no as an unnamed parameter, e.g. {{ subst:Thanks|no}} or {{ subst: thanks|no|page=Main Page|diff=139992}}. Note there is no happy face to the right of this paragraph.

Wrapper

Use {{ subst:Thanks-autosign}} to invoke this template with an automatic signature.

TemplateData

See also

• {{ Welcome-anon}} – encourages anonymous user to get a username
• {{ Welcome}} – standard template for registered users
• Wikipedia:Welcome templates