Template:Welcome-t-anon

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To use this template, add

{{subst:Welcome-t-anon}} ~~~~

to the user's talk page.

Redirects

Alternative names for this template (redirects) include {{Anon}}, {{Anonymous}} and (many variants of) {{Create an account}}, {{Welcome-ip}}, etc.

For related templates, see #See also below.

Parameters

All of these parameters are optional:

|cookie=y – adds an image of cookies: {{subst:Welcome|cookie=y}}
|heading=no – Suppress the automatic heading: {{subst:Welcome|heading=no}}
|headtext=Greetings! – Change the contents of the heading: {{subst:Welcome|headtext=Greetings!}}
|1= for a custom additional message to replace "Happy editing!":
{{subst:Welcome-t-anon|1=I enjoy your work. Keep it up!}} ~~~~
|ipname= for the name of the IP's collective audience:
{{subst:Welcome-t-anon|ipname=Australians}} ~~~~
|art= name an article to which the anon user contributed in a positive way:
{{subst:Welcome-t-anon|art=Radar detector}} ~~~~

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Welcome-t-anon in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Welcome-t-anon

A generic welcome template for anonymous users (IP addresses). Must be substituted.

Template parameters[Edit template data]
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Additional message	`1`	Additional message that replaces the default test Default Happy editing!	String	optional
Name of IP user	`ipname`	The name of the person/audience behind the IP address, if known.	String	optional
Linked article	`art`	Article at which the user has made positive contributions	Page name	suggested
Do not thank	`nothanks`	Do not thank for edits that are not helpful (though well-intentioned) Example y	Boolean	deprecated
Do not link to poster's talk	`notalk`	Do not link back to poster's talk page Example y	Boolean	deprecated
heading	`heading`	Suppresses the automatic heading	Unknown	optional
heading text	`headtext`	Changes the contents of the heading Example Greetings! Auto value `Welcome!`	String	optional
cookie	`cookie`	Adds a picture of cookies Example y	Unknown	optional
new user	`newuser`	Uses alternate text not linking to the editor's contributions Example y	Unknown	optional

Notes

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