Template:W-shout

Welcome! (We can't say that loudly enough!)

Hello, W-shout, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might find helpful:

• Be Bold!
• Learn from others
• Be kind to others
• Contribute, Contribute, Contribute!
• Tell us a bit about yourself
• Our great guide to Wikipedia
• Tutorials and editing suggestions

If you have any questions or problems, no matter what they are, leave me a message on my talk page. Or, please come to the Teahouse, where experienced Wikipedians can answer any queries you have! Or, you can just type {{Help me}} on your user talk page, and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions.

We're so glad you're here!

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Instructions

• To greet a user with this template just as it appears above (your signature will automatically replace the ~~~~), place the following wikicode on the user's talk page:

{{subst:W-shout}}

• To add a message in an additional paragraph before the last sentence, use:

{{subst:W-shout|message}}

Replace message with your desired message. It will be inserted into the greeting before "We're so glad you're here!"

• To add a border, use:

{{subst:W-shout|border=color}}

Replace color with the name or code of the color you'd like to use. This can be in either named (e.g., DarkOrchid) or hexadecimal (e.g., #9932CC) format. For a list of colors, see web colors.

• To change the opening to a (level-2) heading, use:

{{subst:W-shout|heading=true}}

• To change the wording of the heading, use:

{{subst:W-shout|headtext=your text}}

Replace your text with the text you want to appear in the heading.

• The above options can be combined:

{{subst:W-shout|Wikipedia is far better than Britannica.|border=DarkOrchid|heading=true|headtext=Welcome to Elite Dangerous Wiki}}

Notes

• Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.^{[2026; 2025; 2024]}