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Welcome "to Bharatpedia" (For IPs) or "Example" (For User:Example)!

Hello "IP user" (For IP's) or "Example" (For User:Example). Welcome to Bharatpedia and thank you for your contributions!

I'm Your Username, one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge. Message advising IP's to create an account. Any additional message placed here if added.

Some pages of helpful information to get you started:

Introduction to Bharatpedia

The five pillars of Bharatpedia

Editing tutorial

How to edit a page

Simplified Manual of Style

The basics of Wikicode

How to develop an article

How to create an article

Help pages

What Bharatpedia is not

Some common sense Dos and Don'ts:

Do be bold

Do assume good faith

Do be civil

Do keep cool!

Do maintain a neutral point of view

Don't spam

Don't infringe copyright

Don't edit where you have a conflict of interest

Don't commit vandalism

Don't get blocked

If you need further help, you can:

Ask a question

or you can:

Get help at the Teahouse

or even:

Ask an experienced editor to "adopt" you

Alternatively, leave me a message at my talk page or type {{Help me}} here on your talk page and someone will try to help.

There are many ways you can contribute to Bharatpedia. Here are a few ideas:

Fight vandalism

Be a WikiFairy or a WikiGnome

Help contribute to articles

Perform maintenance tasks

Become a member of a project that interests you

Help design new templates

Subscribe and contribute to The Signpost

Translate articles from Bharatpedias in other languages

To get some practice editing you can use a sandbox. You can Different message for users and IP's on users creating their own sandbox for use any time. It's perfect for working on bigger projects. Then for easy access in the future, you can put a link to it on your user page. Message to encourage users to create their own user page..

Please remember to:

Always sign your posts on talk pages. You can do this either by typing four tildes ~~~~ at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your "IP address" (For IP's) or "signature" (For users), a link to "this IP's" (For IP's) or "your" (For users) talk page, and a timestamp.
Leave descriptive edit summaries for your edits. Doing so helps other editors understand what changes you have made and why you made them.

The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to have some fun!

Sincerely, ~~~~

Template documentation[view] [edit] [history] [purge]

Usage

This template is used to welcome new editors to Bharatpedia on their talk pages.

Basic usage

To welcome a user with the default message, add the following code at the top of the user's talk page:

{{subst:Welcome1}}

Adding a custom message

You can add an optional custom message after the main greeting:

{{subst:Welcome1|Your custom note or advice here.}}

Important notes

Always substitute: This template must be substituted using subst: (i.e., {{subst:Welcome1}}). Do not transclude it directly, otherwise the automatic signature, revision username, and IP/user detection logic will not work properly.

Features

Automatically detects whether the recipient is a registered user or an IP user.
Automatically appends your user signature in the footer upon substitution.
Provides quick navigation links to important Bharatpedia policies, help pages, and other language subdomains in the footer.

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 I'm [[User:{{{{{|safesubst:}}}REVISIONUSER}}|<noinclude><span style="color:#a00;">Your Username</span></noinclude><includeonly>{{{{{|safesubst:}}}REVISIONUSER}}</includeonly>]], one of the other editors here, and I hope you decide to stay and help contribute to this amazing repository of knowledge. {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|Although you're free to perform most tasks on Bharatpedia without registering, it's highly recommended you [[Special:CreateAccount|create an account]] as there are [[Bharatpedia:Why create an account?|many added benefits]]. It's private and secure and it's also free, simple, and quick to do.}} {{{1|}}} <noinclude><span style="color:#a00;">''Message advising IP's to create an account. Any additional message placed here if added.''</span></noinclude>
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 Please remember to:
-*Always [[Bharatpedia:Signatures|sign your posts]] on talk pages. You can do this either by clicking on the {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Usig|i}} button on the [[Help:Edit toolbar|edit toolbar]] or by typing four [[tilde]]s <code>&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;</code> at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|[[IP address]] linked to [[Special:Contributions/{{{{{|safesubst:}}}PAGENAME}}|your contributions page]] (however, if you create an account, your IP address will be hidden and you will be able to build a custom signature that can link to your own user page)|[[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal|signature]]}}<noinclude><span style="color:#a00;">"IP address" (For IP's) or "signature" (For users)</span></noinclude>, a link to {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|this IP's|your}}<noinclude><span style="color:#a00;">"this IP's" (For IP's) or "your" (For users)</span></noinclude> talk page, and a [[timestamp]].
+*Always [[Bharatpedia:Signatures|sign your posts]] on talk pages. You can do this either by typing four [[tilde]]s <code>&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;</code> at the end of your post. This will automatically insert your {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|[[IP address]] linked to [[Special:Contributions/{{{{{|safesubst:}}}PAGENAME}}|your contributions page]] (however, if you create an account, your IP address will be hidden and you will be able to build a custom signature that can link to your own user page)|[[Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-personal|signature]]}}<noinclude><span style="color:#a00;">"IP address" (For IP's) or "signature" (For users)</span></noinclude>, a link to {{{{{|safesubst:}}}Ipt|this IP's|your}}<noinclude><span style="color:#a00;">"this IP's" (For IP's) or "your" (For users)</span></noinclude> talk page, and a [[Help:Timestamp|timestamp]].
 *Leave descriptive [[Help:Edit summary|edit summaries]] for your edits. Doing so helps other editors understand what changes you have made and why you made them.<br/>
 The best way to learn about something is to experience it. Explore, learn, contribute, and don't forget to [[Bharatpedia:Department of Fun|have some fun!]]</div>
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