Help:Welcome
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'''Here's how to welcome a new user:''' | '''Here's how to welcome a new user:''' | ||
| - | + | ==The Welcoming Committee== | |
| + | First, you may want to join the [[HRWiki:Welcoming committee|welcoming committee]] by adding ''<nowiki>#~~~</nowiki>'' to the bottom of the [[HRWiki:Welcoming committee#Members|members]] section. | ||
| - | + | ==Recent Changes== | |
| + | After that, you can patrol the [[Special:Recent changes|recent changes]] page for users with red user page or talk page links. Their edits will look something like this: | ||
:*([[Main Page|diff]]) ([[Main Page|hist]]) . . '''Nm<span style="color:red;">!</span>''' [[Main Page]]; 00:00 . . [[User:User|User]] ([[User talk:User|Talk]]) ''([[Main Page|→]]Created Main Page)'' | :*([[Main Page|diff]]) ([[Main Page|hist]]) . . '''Nm<span style="color:red;">!</span>''' [[Main Page]]; 00:00 . . [[User:User|User]] ([[User talk:User|Talk]]) ''([[Main Page|→]]Created Main Page)'' | ||
| - | + | ==Welcoming== | |
| + | Before welcoming this seemingly new user, first check his or her [[Special:Contributions/User|contributions]] page to make sure that this user really is new. | ||
| - | + | Now you're ready to welcome the user. Click on his or her talk page link and type ''<nowiki>{{subst:welcome|~~~|~~~~~}}</nowiki>'' in the edit box, ''Welcome'' in the summary, and save the page. | |
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Revision as of 01:32, 7 December 2005
Here's how to welcome a new user:
The Welcoming Committee
First, you may want to join the welcoming committee by adding #~~~ to the bottom of the members section.
Recent Changes
After that, you can patrol the recent changes page for users with red user page or talk page links. Their edits will look something like this:
Welcoming
Before welcoming this seemingly new user, first check his or her contributions page to make sure that this user really is new.
Now you're ready to welcome the user. Click on his or her talk page link and type {{subst:welcome|~~~|~~~~~}} in the edit box, Welcome in the summary, and save the page.
