These are some useful templates I use when messaging others
Standard greeting for new users:
- Hello there <name>, [[Wikipedia:Welcome, newcomers|welcome]] to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|stay]]. If you ever need editing help visit [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How to edit a page]] and experiment at the [[Wikipedia:Sandbox|sandbox]]. If you need pointers on how we title pages see the [[Wikipedia:Naming conventions|naming conventions]]. If you have any other questions about the project then check out the [[Wikipedia:Help|help pages]] or add a question to the [[Wikipedia:Village pump|village pump]]. Cheers! -- ~~~~
For anonymous users who leave comments but don't edit:
- Hi, I noticed you left a number of comments about different articles. If you really want to see the articles improve as you wish, I suggest you should just go and edit them! (if you have the time, of course). [[Wikipedia:be bold in updating pages|Being bold in updating pages]] is a very important prinicipal for making articles improve, this is what this encyclopedia is built upon!
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