Template:Welcome-anon-suboptimal
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Purpose
[edit]This template is similar to Template:Welcome-anon-unconstructive, in that it's there to welcome IP users whose (non-vandalism) edits have been reverted. However, this template is oriented towards contributions that were clearly intended to be constructive, but were removed.
Examples:
- An IP user adds information to an article, but the same information is already present (in different wording) elsewhere in the article.
- An IP user makes a contribution that violates policy or convention in a minor way, and is clearly just a flawed attempt to improve the article.
Usage
[edit]To use this template, add {{subst:Welcome-anon-suboptimal}} to the user's talk page.
Parameters:
- The relevant page:
{{subst:Welcome-anon-suboptimal|Article}}identifies the article where the suboptimal contribution occurred. - Your user name:
{{subst:Welcome-anon-suboptimal|Article|Username}}adds a link to your talk page in the welcome message. - If notitle is set, for example notitle=yes, then the "Welcome" title is not displayed.
See also
[edit]- {{Thanks}}
- {{Welcome-anon}} – encourages getting a username
- {{Welcome-anon-constructive}} – have helped in vandal fighting and have made constructive edits
- {{Welcome-anon-npov}}
- {{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-t-anon}} – like {{Welcome-anon}} with a link to the Teahouse
- {{Welcome-anon-t}} – alternate version of {{welcome-t-anon}}
- {{W-graphical-anon}}encourages getting a username, based on graphical welcome template
- Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates