User:FULBERT/sandbox2

Visual Welcome in Process

Interested in any suggestions to simplify or otherwise help newbies; Wikipedia can be a challenge to learn so this is an attempt to help those who join and have little else to go on besides a Welcome message.

I am hoping to call this Visual Welcome and hope to get help separating some of the coding from the original welcome template and then test this.

Welcome "to Wikipedia" FOR IPs or THE REGISTERED USER'S NAME!

MESSAGE FOR REGISTERED USERS - "Now that you've joined Wikipedia, there are 48,243,430 registered editors!"

Hello, REGISTERED USER'S NAME. Welcome to Wikipedia!

I'm YOUR NAME, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge. IP's ADVISED TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT. EXTRA MESSAGE IF ADDED.

To help get you started, you may find these useful: The Five Pillars (fundamental principles) of Wikipedia A Primer for Newcomers Introduction to Wikipedia Wikipedia Training Modules Simplified Manual of Style Creating a new article via the Article Wizard

When editing, follow the 3 Core Content Policies: Neutral point of view: represent significant views fairly Verifiability: claims should cite reliable, published sources No original research: no originality; reference published sources Brochures: Editing Wikipedia & Illustrating Wikipedia Ask a Question about How to Use Wikipedia Help

Remember to always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the button on the edit toolbar or by typing four tildes ~~~~ at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your EITHER "signature" OR "IP address", a link to this (EITHER "this IP's" OR "your" talk) page, and a timestamp.

Sincerely, ~~~ ~~~~~   (Leave me a message)