Template:W-graphical/doc

Usage

• To greet an editor with this template just as it appears above (your signature will automatically replace the ~~~~), place the following wikicode on the editor's talk page:

{{subst:W-graphical}}

• To add a message in an additional paragraph before the last sentence, use:

{{subst:W-graphical|message}}

Replace message with your desired message. It will be inserted into the greeting before "Happy editing!"

• To add a message at the end of the second paragraph, usually for welcomes that point out problems, use:

{{subst:W-graphical||message}}

An example can be found at {{w-graphical-anon}}, which is a wrapper for this template that utilizes this parameter.

• To add a (level-2) heading above the greeting, use:

{{subst:W-graphical|heading=heading text}}

The heading will be what is typed in after "heading=".

• To add an article credit to the "Thank you" sentence:

{{subst:W-graphical|article=article title}}

Sentence will read: "Thank you for your contributions to article title and to this free encyclopedia."

• To change the color of the entire message, use:

{{subst:W-graphical|color=color}}

Replace color with one of the following choices (the default is navy blue and orange, shown above):

1. cyan
2. pink

• The above options can be combined:

{{subst:W-graphical|Wikipedia is amazing.|heading=Welcome to Wikipedia|article=Mitochondrion}}

See also

• Wikipedia:Welcoming committee

The best-looking and efficient welcome template out there

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
heading	heading	A heading to generate Default Nothing at all, i.e. blank.	String	suggested
color	color	The color of the background. Currently only supports two alternatives Suggested values cyan pink	Unknown	optional
article	article art	An article the user has contributed to	Page name	optional
Problem	2	A message to be put after "encyclopedia" and will have a paragraph break after itself	Unbalanced wikitext	optional
Message	1	A message to be put before "Happy" as a separate paragraph	Unbalanced wikitext	optional