Wikipedia:Standard user greeting

Below are some sample greetings that you can cut-and-paste onto new users' talk pages. Replace any $VARIABLES with the correct text. Be sure to place greetings on each user's talk page, and not the user's user page, so that the user will get the "You have new messages" alert notice.

One can also use templates for the same purpose.

To use this standard message

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The former allows you to tailor the message before saving it, but if all you want is the standard message then you can use by cut and pasting:

Text without a section heading:

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Text with a section heading:

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Request for introduction:

If you need editing help, visit . For format questions, visit our manual of style. If you have any other questions about the project then check out or add a question to the Village pump. your signature

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Anonymous users:

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See also (the standard welcome with an extra paragraph for anon users):

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But don't get discouraged – try writing your own $SUBJECT articles! For help on writing articles, you can check out the FAQs, especially on contributing and editing. There's a lot to know, but one of the is that others will edit your contributions to make them better!

Yours,your signature

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Yours, ~~~~

This is a list of suggested tips that can be added to any of the above messages:

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