User talk:Zippedmartin/Thanks for the welcome

Mildly refactored log of welcomes

(Welcome #1)
Welcome to Wikipedia! Thanks for your contributions to the coolest online encyclopedia I know of =). I sure hope you stick around; we're always in need of more people to create new articles and improve the ones we already have.  You'll probably find it easiest to start with a tutorial of how the wikipedia works, and you can test stuff for yourself in the sandbox.  When you're contributing, you'll probably find the manual of style to be helpful, and you'll also want to remember a couple important guidelines.  First, write from a neutral point of view, second, be bold in editing pages, and third, use wikiquette.  Those are probably the most important ones, and you can take a look at some others at the policies and guidelines page. You might also be interested in how to write a great article and possibly adding some images to your articles.

Be sure to get involved in the community – you can contact me at my talk page if you have any questions, and you can check out the village pump, where lots of wikipedians hang out and discuss things. If you're looking for something to do, check out the community portal. And whenever you ask a question or post something on a talk page, be sure to sign your name by typing &#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;.

Again, welcome! It's great to have you. Happy editing! --Spangineer (háblame)  14:11, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Late Welcome
Thanks for the message on my talk page, but as this account has edits going back a year or so, seems a bit redundant. What edit prompted you to give me the noob welcome, out of interest? ;) --zippedmartin 14:17, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * Haha. Well, I did it because you didn't have a talk page.  I think that in the vast majority of cases, people without talk pages are relatively new and might like to know a few things about wikipedia.  You were an exception.  Actually, so was I -- I was never officially welcomed to wikipedia (with a message like the one above), so for a few months I didn't have a talk page until someone responded to one of my questions.  But anyway, you can now consider yourself officially welcomed. =) And look at that, two entries on your talk page in 10 15 minutes! --Spangineer  (háblame)  14:26, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Ditto all that from me too --jazzle 10:40, 10 Jun 2005 (GMT)

Welcome!
Hello,, Welcome  to Wikipedia! '''I hope you like working here and want to continue. Check out the Simplified Ruleset. If you need help on how to name new articles, look at the Guide to layout, and for help on formatting the pages visit the Manual of Style. If you need general help, look at Help and the FAQ, and if you can't find your answer there, check the Village pump (for Wikipedia related questions) or the Reference Desk (for general questions). There's still more help at the Tutorial and the Policy Library. Also, don't forget to visit the Community Portal &mdash; if you have any questions, or just want to say hello, feel free to contact me on my Talk Page.'''

Additional tips:
 * Here are some extra tips to help you get around Wikipedia:
 * Always use wikiquette
 * Write from a neutral point of view
 * If you want to play around with your new Wiki skills, try the Sandbox.
 * Click on the Edit button on a page, and look at how other editors did what they did.
 * You can sign your name using three tildes, like this: &#126;&#126;&#126;. If you use four, you can add a datestamp too. Always sign comments on Talk pages, never sign Articles.
 * You might want to add yourself to the New User Log
 * If your first language isn't English, try Contributing to articles outside your native language
 * Full details on Wikipedia style can be found in the Manual of Style.

Happy editing! --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91 ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  14:40, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Welcomin'
Thanks for the welcome, though I've been around long enough *really* not to need one any more. I guess I'll have to write something on my user page to show that. --zippedmartin 16:19, 31 July 2005 (UTC)


 * I'm sorry. I didn't know that you're an old user, but after seeing the page's history, I realize my mistake. By the way, I don't think you should remove content from your talk page, otherwise others might make the same mistake. --May the Force be with you! Shreshth91  ($ |-| r 3 $ |-| t |-|)  16:26, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

= Welcomes from round the globe =

Sign up to wikipedias in other languages! See what welcome templates they have! Fun for all the family!

ウィキペディアにようこそ！ (Japan)
こんにちはラルさん、はじめまして！Suisuiと申します. ウィキペディアへようこそ！

あなたが実り多き活動をされることを楽しみにしております.
 * ウィキペディアで活動する際にはガイドブックを是非ご一読ください. きっとご参考になるものと思います.
 * よろしければ自己紹介してみてください.
 * お隣の利用者ページは、ご自身の自己紹介の他、作業用のスペースなどとして利用することができます.
 * 執筆の際には中立的な観点および著作権にご留意ください.
 * 何か疑問点がありましたらja:Wikipedia:井戸端で質問することができます.

Welcome to Japanese Wikipedia. If you are not a Japanese-speaker and expect further information, visit ja:Wikipedia:Chatsubo for non-japanese-speakers. Enjoy!

なお、このメッセージは主に利用者‐会話ページに何も記入されていない方に投稿しておりますので、すでに活動を開始されてから期間が経っていらっしゃるのでしたら、お詫びいたします. --Suisui 2005年5月15日 (日) 15:28 (UTC)
 * ありがとう. I'll mostly just be adding the odd  xxx  to the bottom of articles. ^_^ ラル 2005年5月16日 (月) 11:54 (UTC)

(France)
fr:Image:WikiLettreMini.png Bienvenue sur fr:Wikipédia, Rar !

N'hésite pas à consulter les premières indications pour modifier et rédiger des pages dans Wikipédia. Tu peux également consulter la Foire Aux Questions (FAQ) et faire tes essais dans le bac à sable.

Pour compléter la présentation, je te conseille un petit tour par les recommandations à suivre (règle de neutralité, d'admissibilité des articles, copyright...), les pages projets où il y a sans doute un sujet qui t'intéressera ou encore les pages d'aide.

Pour signer tes messages (uniquement sur les pages de discussion), tu peux taper &#126;&#126;&#126; ; Avec un quatrième tilde, en plus de ta « signature », seront affichées la date et l'heure (&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;). Il ne faut pas signer les articles encyclopédiques. Il est possible de retrouver la liste des auteurs en visitant leur historique.

Nous utilisons des sigles parfois mystérieux : tu pourras trouver leur explication sur la page jargon.

Si tu le désires, tu peux aussi nous dire d'où tu viens et tes centres d'intérêt. Tu peux pour cela modifier ta page personnelle. Si tu viens d'une autre Wikipédia, n'oublie pas de mettre les liens vers tes autres pages perso.

Pour faciliter la communication interlinguistique entre utilisateurs, tu peux indiquer les langues que tu pratiques — et à quel niveau — en incluant dans ta page personnelle un des modèles que tu trouveras sur fr:Wikipédia:Babel.

Et si tu as des questions à poser, n'hésite surtout pas à me contacter, à les poser dans le bistro local ou à venir discuter sur IRC.

Bonne continuation parmi nous ! Darkoneko (♬) 21 juillet 2005 à 22:59 (CEST)