Template:Welcome-unregistered/doc

To use this template, add

{{subst:Welcome-unregistered}} ~~~~

to the user's talk page.

Redirects

Alternative names for this template (redirects) include {{Anon}}, {{Anonymous}} and (many variants of) {{Create an account}}, {{Welcome-ip}}, etc.

For related templates, see #See Also below.

Parameters

All of these parameters are optional:

• |cookie=y – adds an image of cookies: {{subst:Welcome|cookie=y}}
• |heading=no – Suppress the automatic heading: {{subst:Welcome|heading=no}}
• |headtext=Greetings! – Change the contents of the heading: {{subst:Welcome|headtext=Greetings!}}
• |1= for a custom additional message to replace "Happy editing!":

  {{subst:Welcome-unregistered|1=I enjoy your work. Keep it up!}} ~~~~

• |ipname= for the name of the IP's collective audience:

  {{subst:Welcome-unregistered|ipname=Australians}} ~~~~

• |art= name an article to which the anon user contributed in a positive way:

  {{subst:Welcome-unregistered|art=Radar detector}} ~~~~

TemplateData

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TemplateData for Welcome-unregistered

A generic welcome template for anonymous users (IP addresses). Must be substituted.

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Additional message	1	Additional message that replaces the default test Default Happy editing!	String	optional
Name of IP user	ipname	The name of the person/audience behind the IP address, if known.	String	optional
Linked article	art	Article at which the user has made positive contributions	Page name	suggested
Do not thank	nothanks	Do not thank for edits that are not helpful (though well-intentioned) Example y	Boolean	deprecated
Do not link to poster's talk	notalk	Do not link back to poster's talk page Example y	Boolean	deprecated
heading	heading	Suppresses the automatic heading	Unknown	optional
heading text	headtext	Changes the contents of the heading Example Greetings! Auto value Welcome!	String	optional
cookie	cookie	Adds a picture of cookies Example y	Unknown	optional
new user	newuser	Uses alternate text not linking to the editor's contributions Example y	Unknown	optional

See also

• {{Thanks}}
• {{Welcome-anon-constructive}} – have helped in vandal fighting and have made constructive edits
• {{Welcome-anon-npov}}
• {{Welcome-anon-suboptimal}} – have made edits that were clearly intended to be constructive, but had to be reverted for some reason
• {{welcome-anon-summary}} – have made constructive edits, but forgot to use an edit summary
• {{Welcome-anon-test}} – seem to have made a test edit
• {{Welcome-anon-unconstructive}} – have vandalized a page or had their first edits reverted
• {{Welcome-anon-unsourced}}
• {{Welcome-anon-vandalism-fighter}}
• {{Welcome-anon-belated}}, have been around for a while, but haven't received a welcome
• {{W-graphical-anon}} – encourages getting a username, based on graphical welcome template
• Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates