Template talk:Welcome

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Auto sign

Maybe add "--~~<includeonly></includeonly>~~" to the end so it will sign automatically when subst'ed. --Remi (talk) 23:43, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

I've personally never been a fan of auto signing. I always find it confusing if some templates sign and some not, and generally end up accidentally signing my name twice. (but thats just my opinion). user:Bawolff 04:01, 18 May 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.65.78.101 (talk)

We also sometimes add short messages after the hello template and autosigning would not allow that. --Cspurrier (talk) 15:18, 18 May 2008 (UTC)

Possible Grammar error

I noticed it says "Here a few pointers to help you get to know Wikinews", when it may be intended to say "Here are a few..." A little input? Thx! ESanchez013 (talk) 11:06, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

• Done --Brian McNeil / ^talk 11:12, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Subst or ney?

In the wikitext, it instructs bot to use subst:, and not to use subst:. Which is it and why? OrangeDog (talk) 20:13, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

The previous welcome template included an L2 heading ("==" either side of the text). What this meant was that when you just put the template on the page, there was an edit link that brought up the template to be edited - subst was preferred to avoid this. The new template does not include a heading, so subst is not needed. --Brian McNeil / ^talk 20:38, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikinews:Deletion requests link

Is the Articles for deletion link really necessary? Wouldn't it be better to put something else (maybe a link to IRC?) instead? --Yair rand (talk) 11:16, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

Interwiki update

Please put [[ko:틀:환영]], Korean Wikinews welcome template. Thanks. — 레비Revi✉_{SUL Info} 13:12, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Thank you. (You might use {{editprotected}} for such tasks, but asking around also appears to work.) Done. Gryllida 13:27, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

interwiki

{{editprotected}} Remove interwiki. now at wikidata.--MSClaudiu (talk) 15:09, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Just because it is there at Wikidata is not a sufficient reason to remove iwls, @MSClaudiu:.
103.254.128.134 (talk) 15:16, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Anon?

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Shouldn't we remove the "See Template:Welcome-anon for a welcome message for anons" line? {{Welcome-anon}} is simply a redirect to {{Howdy-anon}}, the content of which Brianmc replaced with == Welcome == in 2010. Heavy Water (talk) 16:31, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

Which was likely because people had already stopped welcoming anons. Heavy Water (talk) 16:34, 29 January 2023 (UTC)

@Heavy Water I would be in favour of welcoming anons who made their first edit. Would you agree with this? (I am following up on backlog of edit protected requests and am trying to understand what needs to be done.) Gryllida (talk) 07:15, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Gryllida: I'm not sure anyone needs to invest time in that. WN:INTRO is prominently linked from the Main Page, WN:Pillars of writing from the sidebar, etc. Heavy Water (talk) 00:18, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

What I meant is have a computer program that welcomes new anons who made their first edit. One of the objectives is to encourage them make a account (this is part of the Template:welcome-anon). Gryllida (talk) 22:34, 7 January 2025 (UTC)