Template:W-informal

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Hello, W-informal, and welcome to Wikipedia! This is one of the most popular websites in the world, and it's only through the contributions of editors like you. And Wikipedia is not just a collection of articles, it's an active community. The real fun here is contributing to Wikipedia, but don't feel hurt if some of your first few edits get removed, as there are some central guidelines you may not be familiar with.

Some good advice: be bold in your editing, and use the talk pages to discuss with other editors. Be kind to others, because there's a lot you can learn from them, and there's lots they can help you with.

There's lots of resources to help you become a great editor, from our basic introduction to our in-depth manual. But if you have any questions or problems, no matter what they are, leave me a message on my talk page or place {{helpme}} on this page to get any help you need. If you haven't done so, tell us a bit about yourself. Oh, and please sign your name on talk pages and votes by typing ~~~~; our software automatically converts it to your username and the date.

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Article quality assessments

One of the most common methods used by WikiProject contributors to monitor and prioritize their work is that of assessing the articles within their scope. The de facto standard for these assessments is the Version 1.0 Editorial Team's assessment scale (shown below).

FA	– The article has attained featured article status by passing an official review.
A	– The article is well organized and essentially complete, having been reviewed by impartial reviewers from this WikiProject or elsewhere. Good article status is not a requirement for A-Class.
GA	– The article has attained good article status by passing an official review.
B	– The article is mostly complete and without major problems, but requires some further work to reach good article standards.
C	– The article is substantial, but is still missing important content or contains much irrelevant material. The article should have some references to reliable sources, but may still have significant problems or require substantial cleanup.
Start	– An article that is developing, but which is quite incomplete. It might or might not cite adequate reliable sources.
Stub	– A very basic description of the topic. However, all very-bad-quality articles will fall into this category.

For a basic overview of article assessment, please see the Assessment FAQ.

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To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}

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Instructions

• 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-informal}}

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

{{subst:W-informal|message}}

Replace message with your desired message. It will be inserted into the greeting before "We're so glad you're here!"

• To add a border, use:

{{subst:W-informal|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 change the opening to a (level-2) heading, use:

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

• To change the wording of the heading, use:

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

Replace your text with the text you want to appear in the heading.

• The above options can be combined:

{{subst:W-informal|Wikipedia is far better than Britannica.|border=DarkOrchid|heading=true|headtext=Welcome to Wikipedia}}

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