Template:Welcome
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This documentation is transcluded from Template:Welcome/doc.
Use this template to greet new users
Usage
{{Welcome}}
Template parameters
Parameter | Description | Default | Status | |
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1 | Name to use in the greeting, if different from the username (usually not needed) | empty | optional |
Additional information
The template is intended to be used in the following namespaces: the User talk namespace
The template is intended to be used by the following user groups: no user group specified
Placement: At the top of the page
⧼Seealso⧽
{{Welcomeip}} for unregistered users
Localization
This template makes use of {{Autotranslate}} and the translate extension.