Template:W-basic/doc

This is a documentation subpage for Template:W-basic. It may contain usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page.

This template should always be substituted – use {{subst:W-basic}}. Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot.

To greet a user with this template just as it appears above (your signature will automatically replace the ~~~~), place the following wikicode on the user's talk page:

{{subst:W-basic}}

• To add a message in an additional paragraph before the last sentence, use:

{{subst:W-basic|message}}

Replace message with your desired message. It will be inserted into the greeting before "Again, welcome!"

• To add an additional message specific to anonymous users which recommends creating an account, use:

{{subst:W-basic|anon=true}}

• To add an additional message about Wikipedia's NPOV policy, use:

{{subst:W-basic|npov=true}}

• To link to a specific article in regards to the NPOV problem, use:

{{subst:W-basic|npov=true|article=article}}

• To add a border, use:

{{subst:W-basic|border=color}}

Replace color with the name or code of the color you'd like to use. This can be in either named (e.g., DarkOrchid) or hexadecimal (e.g., #9932CC) format. For a list of colors, see web colors.

• To add a picture of a plate of cookies, use:

{{subst:W-basic|cookies=true}}

• To add icons next to each of the bulleted links, use:

{{subst:W-basic|icons=true}}

• To add a heading to the greeting (changes "Welcome..." to a level-2 heading), use:

{{subst:W-basic|heading=true}}

• To change the wording of the heading, use:

{{subst:W-basic|headtext=your text}}

Replace your text with type in the text you want to replace "Welcome..." with.

• To follow this template with another message, use:

{{subst:W-basic|nosig=true}}

This option takes out "Again, welcome!" and your signature.

• The above options can be combined:

{{subst:W-basic|Wikipedia is cool.|border=DarkOrchid|heading=true|headtext=Bienvenido}}

• Template:Welcome
• Wikipedia:Welcome templates

Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.^{[2026; 2025; 2024]} (Patience; this may take a while.)