Template:Welcome-Mauritius
File:Flag of Mauritius.svg Since you've shown some interest in editing topics related to Mauritius, we hope you'll stay and add content to Mauritius related articles. Mauritian topics are generally under represented on Wikipedia and you can help counter this imbalance by becoming a regular contributor and by joining WikiProject Mauritius which is a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles relevant to Mauritius.
To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can REGISTERED USERS CAN CREATE OWN SANDBOX for use any time. Perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put a link to it on your user page. REGISTERED USERS WITH NO USER PAGE ENCOURAGED TO CREATE IT.
Remember to always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the File:OOUI JS signature icon LTR.png 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 (your talk) page, and a timestamp.
The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun!
Sincerely, ~~~~ (Leave me a message)| File:Information icon4.svg | This template should always be substituted – use {{subst:Welcome-Mauritius}}. Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. |
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Usage
[edit source]| File:Ambox warning yellow.svg | This template employs intricate features of template syntax.
You are encouraged to familiarise yourself with its setup and parser functions before editing the template. If your edit causes unexpected problems, please undo it quickly, as this template may appear on a large number of pages. You can conduct experiments, and should test all major changes, in either this template's sandbox, your own user sandbox, or the general template sandbox, before changing anything. |
| File:Information icon4.svg | This template should always be substituted. |
Without substitution of this template (or its short versions), features of the template will not work correctly.
- Use to welcome new editors and provide links to useful information spread out across Wikipedia.
- To add the default version to a user's talk page, write
{{subst:Welcome-Mauritius}}. To see how it works, transclude it in various forms to your own talk page or sandbox. - Can be given to IP or registered users. If given to an IP user, the content changes to advise the user to create an account, pointing out a few of the benefits.
- An extra message can be appended to the welcome message. If desired, include your message as the first parameter, using a pipe (
|) separator following the template name.- If your added message includes any equal signs (
=), each one must be wrapped in doubled braces, as in{{=}}. E.g., a diff should be written ashttps://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title{{=}}Template_talk:Welcome_to_Wikipedia&curid{{=}}32277318&diff{{=}}465230338&oldid{{=}}465229550. - If your added message includes one or more pipes (
|), replace each instance with{{!}}. This calls the template {{!}}, which adds a pipe in its place.
- If your added message includes any equal signs (
- There is no need to sign your addition as the template already contains code that does it for you. This will not work if you do not substitute the template.
Syntax simplified
[edit source]{{subst:Welcome-Mauritius
|Extra message appended to header message
}}
Examples
[edit source]{{subst:Welcome-Mauritius}}→ The standard version for registered or IP users. Auto detects whether IP or not.{{subst:Welcome-Mauritius|Thanks for correcting the spelling on [[Example{{!}}this page]].}}→ Adds an extra message to the header.
See also
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