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I have for some years wondered quietly why this useful template doesn't mention our core policies right up front - yes, I know you can navigate down to them eventually, but that isn't the same at all.
I believe we should do everything practicable to guide new editors in the right way, rather than letting them go wrong and then malleting them. Naming these policies with a brief word about what they are and why they matter would be a useful step in the right direction. (Fixing the editor so that users get prompted to provide a ref when they try to add something without one would be a much bigger one.) Chiswick Chap ( talk) 13:28, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
I suggest a parameter be added about the user not having any contributions so the wording "thank you for your contributions" is removed. {{subst:welcome}} has said parameter, "|newuser=y". Thinker78 ( talk) 07:39, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Done by Pppery -- yesthanks=y (ping Thinker78) ~ Hydronium~Hydroxide~ (Talk)~ 09:35, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Will be reverting un discuss change that will cause use to lose new editors because of accessibility and I believe I'm adding some text... to make this a little bit more to the point. "You do not have to log in to read Wikipedia. You do not even have to log in to edit articles on Wikipedia. Just about anyone can edit almost any article at any given time, even without logging in. However, creating an account is free and has several benefits (for example, the ability to create pages, upload media and edit without one's IP address being visible to the public). To create an account in seconds, click Create account and fill out the few required fields. This will be logged, your account will be created, and you will be provided with a link back to this page. -- Moxy 🍁 21:07, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
You are welcome to edit anonymously, but there are many benefits of registering an account., seems perfectly succinct, whereas what you propose above is extremely wordy. Most new editors aren't going to want to spend more time reading about the benefits of creating an account than it would take to actually create one. The VPP discussion, while not about this template specifically, closed with clear consensus to streamline.
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Please change this sentence "Alternately, the contributing to Wikipedia page covers the same topics." to "Alternatively, the contributing to Wikipedia page covers the same topics.". Interstellarity ( talk) 14:02, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
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Please implement this change from the sandbox, which mirrors a change at Template:Welcome and fixes an accessibility issue. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 05:21, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
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template.Template:Welcome-anon-retro old version for mobile accessibility.-- Moxy 🍁 17:39, 25 April 2020 (UTC)
This is the
talk page for discussing improvements to the
Welcome-unregistered template. |
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Archives: 1Auto-archiving period: 30 days |
This template is in the collection of greetings templates maintained by the Welcoming Committee. For other templates in the collection, see Welcome templates. |
This template was considered for deletion on 2014 November 29. The result of the discussion was "merge". |
Wikipedia Help Template‑class | |||||||
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I have for some years wondered quietly why this useful template doesn't mention our core policies right up front - yes, I know you can navigate down to them eventually, but that isn't the same at all.
I believe we should do everything practicable to guide new editors in the right way, rather than letting them go wrong and then malleting them. Naming these policies with a brief word about what they are and why they matter would be a useful step in the right direction. (Fixing the editor so that users get prompted to provide a ref when they try to add something without one would be a much bigger one.) Chiswick Chap ( talk) 13:28, 2 February 2018 (UTC)
I suggest a parameter be added about the user not having any contributions so the wording "thank you for your contributions" is removed. {{subst:welcome}} has said parameter, "|newuser=y". Thinker78 ( talk) 07:39, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Done by Pppery -- yesthanks=y (ping Thinker78) ~ Hydronium~Hydroxide~ (Talk)~ 09:35, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
Will be reverting un discuss change that will cause use to lose new editors because of accessibility and I believe I'm adding some text... to make this a little bit more to the point. "You do not have to log in to read Wikipedia. You do not even have to log in to edit articles on Wikipedia. Just about anyone can edit almost any article at any given time, even without logging in. However, creating an account is free and has several benefits (for example, the ability to create pages, upload media and edit without one's IP address being visible to the public). To create an account in seconds, click Create account and fill out the few required fields. This will be logged, your account will be created, and you will be provided with a link back to this page. -- Moxy 🍁 21:07, 12 April 2020 (UTC)
You are welcome to edit anonymously, but there are many benefits of registering an account., seems perfectly succinct, whereas what you propose above is extremely wordy. Most new editors aren't going to want to spend more time reading about the benefits of creating an account than it would take to actually create one. The VPP discussion, while not about this template specifically, closed with clear consensus to streamline.
This
edit request to
Template:Welcome-anon has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
Please change this sentence "Alternately, the contributing to Wikipedia page covers the same topics." to "Alternatively, the contributing to Wikipedia page covers the same topics.". Interstellarity ( talk) 14:02, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
This
edit request to
Template:Welcome-anon has been answered. Set the |answered= or |ans= parameter to no to reactivate your request. |
Please implement this change from the sandbox, which mirrors a change at Template:Welcome and fixes an accessibility issue. {{u| Sdkb}} talk 05:21, 24 April 2020 (UTC)
{{
edit template-protected}}
template.Template:Welcome-anon-retro old version for mobile accessibility.-- Moxy 🍁 17:39, 25 April 2020 (UTC)