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Welcome
Hello, , and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers, and some key policies and guidelines:


 * Introduction
 * Wikipedia's Five Pillars
 * How to edit a page
 * Help
 * How to write a great article
 * Simplified Manual of Style
 * Citing sources
 * Copyrights
 * External links
 * Neutral point of view
 * No original research
 * Verifiability

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes ( ~ ); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Questions, ask me on my talk page, or place on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!

Usage: This template serves to welcome new users and orient them to key policies and guidelines that sometimes new users have some problems with at first. The template also allows you to personalize the message for the particular user, with an optional parameter which is the name of the article they are contributing to (preceded by a space).

See Welcome templates for alternative welcome templates.