Template talk:Welcome
Editing your JS to detect newbies without a talk page[edit]
Just a note, an easy way to find new users editing without a talk page is with recent changes. It can be easier too, if you load up a few hundred, and hide anons and yourself, and then load this CSS in your user css:
ul.special li a+a+a+a+a.new,
ul.special li span.newpage+a+a+a.new,
ul.special li a[title="Special:Log/upload"]+a+a.new,
ul.special li a[title="Special:Log/move"]+a+a.new { color:#00ff00;font-weight:bold }
...all logged in users in recent changes editing without talk pages should then have bright green links to their talk pages. How it works: If the 5th link in recent changes is class="never class=new as it is the contribs link), or if the 3rd link after class="newpage" (that N by new page creation) is class="new", or if the second link after an upload is class="new", or if the second link after a page move is class="new", then apply the above css style to that link. You can choose other colors, sizes, or even an accompanying image, eg { color: #00ff00; background: url(images/thumb/d/d5/Crown.gif/16px-Crown.gif) center left no-repeat; padding-left: 18px; }. --Splaka 03:49, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Update:
ul.special li a[title ^="User talk:"].new { color:#00ff00;font-weight:bold }
ul.special li a[title ="Special:Contributions"] + a[title ^="User talk:"].new { color:#CC2200;font-weight:normal }
Should do it in just 2 lines, and work even without hiding logged in users. Needs mozilla (or a good css browser at least). --Splaka 00:01, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
HEY[edit]
Better type an own welcome message, templates are for n00bs. Walter Humala - Emperor of West
Wikipedia
|wanna Talk? 02:08, 2 January 2007 (UTC)
Can We...[edit]
Put a link to the Adopt-a-N00b page on this template? Oli said he would, then he didn't. Damn Brits.-Sir Ljlego, GUN VFH FIYC WotM SG WHotM PWotM AotM EGAEDM ANotM + (Talk) 22:32, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
- Can We...make a category for new noobs, so it'll mesh with Uncyclopedia:List of New Users so we can
harasssay hi to new guys/gals who want to contribute freshness into our stale existence. Sir Severian
(Sprich mit mir!) 
{{Editprotected}}
--Sir Manforman 
14:18, 20 August 2007 (UTC)
- Also, where it says Thank you for your contributions, we should change it to Thank you for your contributions--Sir Manforman
15:44, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
Idea![edit]
Add the UnSignpost - if they subscribe, it'll help them feel a part of the community, even if they are just noobs! – Sir Skullthumper, MD (criticize • writings • SU&W) 00:26 May 10, 2008
- Done. ~
18:28, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
- That's the
handsomestsmartest idea you've ever had, Mordillo! • <May 11, 2008 [17:09]>
- That's the
- Done. ~
- That box was both ugly and cumbersome. Plus, I can't really see how this Signpost-buisness will make them feel part of the community. -- Brigadier General Sir Zombiebaron 20:49, 11 May 2008 (UTC)
- Well, how about you just try to make it nicer instead of removing it? But anyhow, I think our little campaign had run its course. ~ 07:15, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
- Well, how about you just try to make it nicer instead of removing it? But anyhow, I think our little campaign had run its course. ~
Dance like you've never danced before[edit]
Hey can some admin add a link to Uncyclopedia:Dance like you've never danced before in the welcome template? The page is funny, creates a positive atmosphere and makes the newbie feel more welcome! I think. --Mimo&Maxus (Talk) 22:55, March 22, 2014 (UTC)
Chatroom[edit]
Please remove the text 'or in the chatroom', as said chatroom belongs to another site and UN:CHAT now makes that clear. ❦ Llwy-ar-lawr • talk • contribs • 15:55 14 September 2014
Substitution[edit]
It's probably better to write {{subst:welcome}}, since if you just transclude the template, the [edit] link for the section header leads to the template page. ❦ Llwy-ar-lawr • talk • contribs • 16:34 4 July 2021
- I discussed substitution with DWWH (User talk:Spike#Template:Welcome).
- I'll tweak the documentation to mention this problem. It baffled several of us, many years ago. Whose problem is it? Why, when you section-edit a section that starts with a non-SUBST template, does MediaWiki think you want to edit the template? Spıke 🎙️00:54 5-Jul-21
- There's no "real" section on the page, so the link can't go anywhere else. It might be better to have no link at all, but MediaWiki adds one and provides no way to switch it off. __NOEDITSECTION__ suppresses all the edit links on the page with the template. This can be worked around by using <h2> tags instead of ==, which produces a section that isn't treated as editable. ❦ Llwy-ar-lawr • talk • contribs • 02:34 5 July 2021
- Nice catch, Llwy-ar-lawr; I hadn't noticed the bug before, but I am leaning toward substituting the template as a general practice now. I've implemented your workaround, using an idiom that unfortunately isn't self-evident (I'll update the documentation though). With this edit the behavior is now:
- It's not ideal, but it's less surprising than trying to reply to a welcome message and being taken to a different page. (talk) 03:50, 5 July 2021 (UTC)