Template:Contentious topics/welcome
Welcome and introduction to contentious topics
Hi Contentious topics! I noticed your contributions and wanted to welcome you to the Wikipedia community. I hope you like it here and decide to stay.
Any edits you make contrary to the contentious topic procedures are likely to be reverted, and repeated violations can lead to your being blocked from editing. If you have any questions about the contentious topic procedure, you can ask for help!
As you get started, you may find this short tutorial helpful:
If you have any questions, we have a friendly space where experienced editors can help you:
If you are not sure where to help out, try the "Suggested edits" module top left on your homepage, or you can always find a task here:
Happy editing!
 | This is a customized wrapper for the {{welcome}} template, which means it is built upon the other template's code. Parameters from {{welcome}} will only work here if they have been added to this template. |
 | This template should always be substituted – use {{subst:Contentious topics/welcome}}. Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot. |
Usage
[edit]{{subst:ct/welcome|<code>}}
Codes
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TemplateData
[edit]TemplateData for Contentious topics
A template to welcome new editors and explain the contentious topics procedure to them.
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topic code | topic t 1 | Contentious topic code. See [[Template:Contentious topics/welcome#Codes]] for possible values.
| Line | required |
| heading | heading | If true, suppresses the automatic heading | Boolean | optional |
| Heading text | headtext | Changes the contents of the heading
| String | optional |
| border | border | Adds a border around the message in a specified color or hex triplet
| Line | optional |
| Border radius | borderradius | Specifies the rounding of the border
| Line | optional |
| image | image | Adds an image to go with the welcome (no need for brackets)
| File | optional |
| Image caption | imagecaption | Specifies a caption to go with the image
| String | optional |
| New user | newuser | Uses alternate text not linking to the editor's contributions
| Boolean | optional |
| Article | art article | Mentions and links to an article the editor has contributed to | Page name | suggested |
| Custom start | customstart | Adds a custom message at the end of the first paragraph
| String | suggested |
| Custom end | customend | Adds a custom ending to the message
| String | suggested |
| Demonstration | demo | If given any content, hides the "this template must be substituted" warning. This should *only* be used for demonstration and testing. | Boolean | optional |