HRWiki:Welcoming committee

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Welcome to the Welcoming Committee of the Homestar Runner Wiki.

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Who We Are

The welcoming committee is a group of people who kindly greet new users and help them get started (if needed). If you want to help out, the most obvious thing you can do is post welcome messages and be friendly and helpful with new users you meet. The easiest way to identify new users is from the recent changes list. The new user's username or talk page will be red because they haven't been created, yet. Once you're on the user page, you can click "User contributions" on the sidebar to see how many edits they've done. Also be sure to check the history of the talk page to verify that no one has already welcomed them (they may have deleted the first welcome message).

Note that joining the committee confers neither responsibilities nor privileges, but members are expected to do some welcoming — we don't want to simply clutter up this page with member names.

You should also have a basic technical understanding of the wiki so that you can answer any questions an inexperienced user might have.

Don't Bite

"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity." -Hanlon's Razor

The Wikipedia Welcoming Committee, in their "Please do not bite the newcomers" page, wrote:

...Behavior that may appear malicious to experienced Wikipedians is more likely due to ignorance of our expectations and rules. Even if you're 100% sure that someone is a worthless, no-good, low-down scum-sucking Internet troll, vandal, or worse; comport yourself as if they're not. By being forgiving, instructive, and respectful, you come away with much more dignity, and you reflect well on our project.

Basically, just don't get frustrated if a newcomer or some IP makes a mistake- let it slide and give him a friendly note telling them what they did.

Standards for Welcoming

A good welcome message should be around the lines of this template:


Welcome!

Welcome to the Homestar Runner Wiki! We're glad to have you as a member. If you need any help, feel free to ask anyone on the welcoming committee. You can also post questions on the FAQ talk page.

Here are some tips to get you started:

  • If you need general information, editing tips, or answers to frequently asked questions, check out the help page.
  • Before you do any significant editing, be sure to familiarize yourself with our wiki standards.
  • Read up on the rules and guidelines for your user space.
  • If you're not sure what you can do to help out, head over to The Stick.
  • To practice editing, go over to the sandbox.
  • If you're looking for more community interaction, you can also register over at our forum.
  • If you see an update on homestarrunner.com that isn't listed on the Main Page, put it up here.
  • To sign and timestamp a post on a talk page, type four tildes (~~~~).
  • Above all, be sure to be bold and have fun!

Feel free to delete this message when you're done reading it. After all, your user space belongs to you. I hope this information is helpful, and that you'll have a good experience contributing to our knowledge-base and our community.

Sincerely,
(your signature), and "The Homestar Runner Wiki Welcoming Committee", (timestamp)


To use the template, type "{{subst:welcome|~~~|~~~~~}}", which will automatically include your signature and a timestamp. (Typing subst before the name of the template tells the system to copy a static version of the template to the page.)


Be as kind and welcoming as possible and answer any questions they might have.

When creating your own personal template, you don't have to follow the original layout exactly. You can rearrange it and reword it, but please include the MediaWiki User's Guide, HRWiki:Standards, HRWiki:FAQ and Help:Editing pages within the text. Like the general welcome template, be sure to use the subst: command to substitute, rather than link, your template on a user's talk page.

Members

(Please remember only to join if you plan to do some Welcoming)

  1. FireBird 03:08, 8 October 2004 (UTC)
  2. Kilroy 03:26, 8 October 2004 (UTC)
  3. The Paper 09:15, 8 October 2004 (UTC)
  4. AgentSeethroo 21:26, 8 October 2004 (UTC)
  5. JoeyDay 20:09, 11 October 2004 (UTC)
  6. Thunderbird L17 07:19, 22 October 2004 (UTC)
  7. fahooglewitz1077 20:36, 27 October 2004 (UTC)
  8. Homsar999 07:01, 10 November 2004 (UTC)
  9. Ooy 07:46, 14 November 2004 (UTC)
  10. Happy 14:16, 21 November 2004 (UTC)
  11. woddfellow2 21:41, 9 January 2005 (UTC)
  12. Lucas 00:56, 15 January 2005 (UTC)
  13. evin290 17:46, 20 February 2005 (UTC)
  14. HomestarrunnerGO 02:11, 30 March 2005 (UTC)
  15. Pertmywert 04:32, 30 March 2005 (UTC)
  16. BurninatorBoombox&Markie 00:17, 23 April 2005 (UTC)
  17. DMurphy 02:31, 3 May 2005 (UTC)
  18. Rob 12:26, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
  19. mitchell00 12:29, 6 May 2005 (UTC)
  20. acekirby13 16:45, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
  21. FireCow 03:02, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
  22. kerrek slaya 16:00, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
  23. The Mu 01:22, 21 May 2005 (UTC)
  24. Cheatachu72 12:51, 13 June 2005 (UTC)
  25. single deuce 03:10, 6 July 2005 (UTC)
  26. Darklinkskywalker 21:14, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
  27. BazookaJoe 04:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
  28. Thecheat1234 23:13, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
  29. RJMT 21:38, 3 August 2005 (UTC)
  30. It's dot com 03:16, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
  31. Rogue Leader 15:25, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
  32. Undabite 01:42, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
  33. Bubsty 01:42, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
  34. Strong Bad57 16:40, 30 August 2005 (UTC)
  35. Homestramy20 06:15, 31 August 2005 (UTC)
  36. Nathand42 03:46, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
  37. Bkmlb 18:48, 25 September 2005 (UTC)
  38. AbdiViklas 04:13, 8 October 2005 (UTC)
  39. Lunar Jesters 09:59, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  1. gwr2004 23:43, 12 October 2005 (UTC)
  2. The Coachsmith 15:21, 23 October 2005 (UTC)
  3. Lapper 21:59, 29 October 2005 (UTC)
  4. Stephen923 23:41, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
  5. DBK 03:51, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
  6. ACupOfCoffee 03:38, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
  7. KieferSkunk 18:43, 17 November 2005 (UTC)
  8. Teh Frossty One 22:11, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
  9. SparkPlug 03:01, 24 November 2005 (UTC)
  10. Kookykman 14:37, 25 November 2005 (UTC)
  11. The 386 22:28, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
  12. NOT Billy Bob Bob 15:45, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
  13. Salty 16:27, 10 December 2005 (UTC)
  14. Homsarroks 21:40, 17 December 2005 (UTC)
  15. Has Matt? 20:13, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
  16. Heimstern Läufer 23:44, 23 December 2005 (UTC)
  17. Tampo 15:46, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
  18. Seriously 19:14, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
  19. The thing 23:08, 7 January 2006 (UTC)
  20. Gnome of Fury 14:19, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
  21. Bluebry muffin 01:50, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
  22. Thekillerdynamo 14:44, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
  23. Apology 22:43, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
  24. Riley 12:16, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
  25. LePorello 12:42, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
  26. Dacheatbot 04:37, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
  27. Ookelaylay 22:10, 11 March 2006 (UTC)
  28. Ju Ju Master 23:39, 20 March 2006 (UTC)
  29. Nckinfn04 01:52, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
  30. Homsar7 03:48, 14 April 2006 (UTC)
  31. Einstein runner 22:54, 18 April 2006 (UTC)
  32. Ten Ten 14:44, 27 April 2006 (UTC)
  33. Bassbone 23:52, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
  34. Whopper 22:22, 3 June 2006 (UTC)
  35. x-Spider2 07:40, 5 June 2006 (UTC)
  36. CheetSpeek 01:46, 27 June 2006 (UTC)
  37. Bleed0range 10:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
  38. Super Martyo 08:11, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
  39. Cutepetsrus 17:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
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