Template:Welcome mentee
Welcome!
Hello, Mentee, and welcome to Wikipedia! I am Example1 and I've volunteered to be your Wikipedia mentor. I am here for you whenever you need help with Wikipedia. It is great to have you on board to help create this online encyclopedia. See your homepage for a brief tutorial. Here are a few links you might find helpful:
Need some ideas about what kind of things need doing? Try the "Suggested edits" module top left on your homepage, or the Task Center.
Help is available: as your Mentor, you can always find me listed in the "Your mentor" module bottom right on your homepage; there are also additional help links there. You can also ask me questions directly on my talk page, or try the Wikipedia:Teahouse to get help designed especially for new users from a team of experienced volunteers. So go ahead and ask questions—we are here to help!
Once again, welcome to Wikipedia!
 | This template should always be substituted – use {{subst:Welcome mentee}}. Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. |
This is a welcome template that Growth team mentors may use to welcome their mentees.
Watching the mentee's talk page is considered a best practice and is strongly recommended.
Usage
[edit source]{{subst:Welcome mentee}} ~~~~
{{subst:Welcome mentee|Article name}} ~~~~
{{subst:welcome mentee|image=token|project=WikiProject|headtext=New heading|customend=Final words}} ~~~~
Parameters
[edit source]There is one positional parameter and six named parameters, all optional:
|1=– name of an article or draft to which the user has contributed positively (a thank-you is emitted linking it)|project=– adds a suggestion that they consider joining a WikiProject; e.g.,Aviation,France,Geography,Women in Red, etc.; it is placed after the words "Task center" (find a WikiProject) (default: value of param 'image')|image=– id of a right-floated image or collage to include (see § Image values below); default: no image|caption=– captioning is automatic if param|image=is provided; use|caption=to override the default (see below)|heading=no– suppresses the automatic heading|headtext=– alters the heading to your choice (default:Welcome!)|customend=– Adds a custom ending to replace the default,Once again, welcome to Wikipedia!
Notes
[edit source]- Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.[2026; 2025; 2024]
Wiki Ed students
[edit source]For Wiki Ed students, that is, users that are enrolled in a university course associated with the Wikipedia:Education program, the paragraph that normally would direct them to the Task center makes no sense; students must follow their university-assigned coursework, including the Wikipedia articles assigned to them.
Wiki Ed students are detected automatically by the template, and the Suggested edits/Task center statement is replaced with a brief paragraph as follows:
- I see that you are a Wiki Education program student. Good luck in your course! Feel free to contact your Wiki Ed expert, Example (Wiki Ed) for questions about your assigned article, the training modules, or general questions about Wikipedia.
The course and Wiki Ed expert links in the message will be adjusted automatically, depending on the student's enrolled course and the assigned Wiki ed expert for that course. The link to the Wiki Ed expert is a no-ping link.
In addition, if you use template parameter |project= on the Talk page of a Wiki Ed student, the introductory text "Based on your contributions..." before the WikiProject link changes to "Based on your course". Use of the |project= parameter is recommended, if there is a WP:WikiProject that corresponds with the subject of their course. You can click (or mouse over) the 'your course' link when previewing the template on their Talk page to see what course they are enrolled in.
Image values
[edit source]For parameter |image=, the following images and collages are available, using the |image= value shown below each one:
cookies
fruit
globe
kitten
library
tea
Collages – click the |image= value below each collage for a larger view:
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
_(14797387963).jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
.jpg){kind=small}
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Default captions – override these defaults via |caption=Your caption text here :
|image=cookies– Have a plate of cookies!|image=fruit– Although some prefer welcoming newcomers with cookies, I find fruit to be a healthier alternative.
|image=globe– (none; image of Wikipedia puzzle globe only)|image=kitten– Welcome!|image=library– When adding information, please try to WP:CITE a source for each statement whenever possible!|image=tea– A cup of hot tea to welcome you!
The default caption for all collages (except screen) is an invitation to join the corresponding WikiProject. For example, for sports it is:
|image=sports– Consider joining WikiProject Sports.
The default caption for |image=screen is – Consider joining WikiProjects Film and Television.
See also
[edit source]- {{welcome mentee brief}}, a brief welcome with mentor info, when the user has already received a standard welcome
- {{mentor welcome}}
- {{welcome pivot}}, if your mentee already has a vandalism warning or two, you might try this one
- {{welcome pivot brief}}, shorter version; both will automatically detect if you are their mentor and mention it
- Wikipedia:Growth Team features
- Wikipedia:Mentorship
- Wikipedia:Welcome templates
TemplateData
[edit source]TemplateData for Welcome mentee
A welcome template from a mentor to a registered user/mentee. Must be substituted.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pagename | 1 | Name of an article or draft to which the user has contributed positively | Page name | suggested |
| WikiProject | project | Name of a WikiProject; will add a suggestion to join the WikiProject to the message
| String | optional |
| Image | image | A token to identify one of six images or four collages to display
| String | optional |
| Image caption | caption | Text that overrides the automatic caption that appears with any chosen image | String | optional |
| Heading | headtext | Changes the contents of the heading above the message
| String | optional |
| Suppress heading | heading | Suppress the heading automatically generated by the template
| String | optional |
| Additional text | customend | Additional text at the end of the message that replaces the default
| String | optional |