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Welcome to Wikipedia!

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

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

I'm Your Username, your mentor here on Wikipedia, 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 Wikipedia

The five pillars of Wikipedia

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 Wikipedia 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 me a question on your homepage

or you can:

Get help at the Teahouse

There are many ways you can contribute to Wikipedia. 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 Wikipedias 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 clicking on the button on the edit toolbar or 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, ~~~~