Template:Welcome-unregistered-unconstructive
Welcome!
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Usage
To use this template, add {{subst:Welcome-unregistered-unconstructive}} to the user's talk page.
Parameters:
- The relevant page:
{{subst:Welcome-unregistered-unconstructive|Article}}identifies the article where the unconstructive editing occurred. - If notitle is set, for example notitle=yes, then the "Welcome" title is not displayed.
Notes
Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.[2026; 2025; 2024]
See also
- {{Thanks}}
- {{Welcome-unregistered}} – encourages getting a username
- {{Welcome-unconstructive}} – compare same message but for registered users
- {{Welcome-unregistered-constructive}} – have helped in vandal fighting and have made constructive edits
- {{Welcome-temp-npov}}
- {{Welcome-temp-suboptimal}} – have made edits that were clearly intended to be constructive, but had to be reverted for some reason
- {{welcome-temp-summary}} – have made constructive edits, but forgot to use an edit summary
- {{Welcome-unregistered-test}} – seem to have made a test edit
- {{Welcome-unregistered-unsourced}}
- {{Welcome-temp-vandalism-fighter}}
- {{Welcome-t-temp}} – like {{Welcome-anon}} with a link to the Teahouse
- {{Welcome-temp-t}} – alternate version of {{welcome-t-anon}}
- {{W-graphical-temp}} – encourages getting a username, based on graphical welcome template
- {{uw-vandalism1}}
- Wikipedia:Welcoming committee/Welcome templates