Template:Bigwelcome
Wikibooks is for collaborative development of free textbooks.
You do not need technical skills to contribute. You can easily change most books. Please introduce yourself, and let us know what interests you.
If you already contribute at other Wikimedia projects, our Wikimedia Orientation should quickly get you started.
- Read the Using Wikibooks book for a friendly introduction to the project, or our help pages for more information.
- You can get friendly help from the community in the user assistance room or our IRC channel.
- Upload freely licensed files to Wikimedia Commons. You may request permission to upload fair use files locally. Please include author and source {{information}} and a {{non-free use rationale}} for non-free files.
- You can restore a previously saved version.
- Pages should follow the
Book Title/Chapter Title
naming convention. - Need to rename a page? Use the move tab (is available once your account is 4 days old - until then, ask for help).
- To request a page be deleted, add
{{delete|your reason}}
to the top of the page. - Was a page you made deleted? Please read the deletion policy, and check the deletion log to find out why. Also check the RFD archives if applicable. You can request undeletion at WB:RFU, or ask the administrator who deleted the page.
- Please fill in the edit summary and preview your edits before saving.
- Sign your name on discussion pages by typing ~~~~
- User scripts can make many tasks easier. Look at the Gadgets tab of my preferences; check off the boxes for the scripts you want, and hit save!
This template should always be substituted – use {{subst:Bigwelcome}} . |
Given the value of the Wikibooks community, it is encouraged for seasoned Wikibookians to welcome new users with this template, which lists some useful links and conventions that are often helpful to new users.
Usage
Place {{subst:bigwelcome|~~~~}}
on the user's talk page (not the user page itself) to sign it.
There are no rules as to when to welcome new users. Generally, they should have some valid edits (not just their own user- or talk page). At the same time, welcoming users who have been with the project for a while could be taken as a disrespectful hint that they don't understand the project.