Template:Welcome kitten

Welcome!

Hello, Welcome kitten, and welcome to Wikipedia! I hope you like the place and decide to stay and continue to contribute to Wikipedia. Below are some pages you might find helpful:

• Introduction
• The five pillars of Wikipedia
• How to edit a page
• How to write a great article
• Simplified Manual of Style
• Your first article
• Discover what's going on in the Wikimedia community
• Feel free to make test edits in the sandbox
• and check out the Task Center, for ideas about what to work on.

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, please see our help pages, and if you can't find what you are looking for there, please feel free to leave me a message or place {{Help me}} on this page and someone will drop by to help. We're so glad you're here! ~~~~

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How to add hidden editor notes in an article

Have you ever needed to post an important message to all editors about an article, on the article itself, but thought it would stick out like a sore thumb and ruin the article if you did? Are you reverting many edits on an article because editors just aren't seeing the important message or special instructions on the talk page?

The solution is that you can insert hidden text in the article! That way, only the people editing the page will see your message! Here is how to insert a hidden comment:

1. First, begin the comment by typing <!--
2. Once you have done that, type what you need the editors to read
3. Then, end the comment by typing -->

Once you have completed those 3 easy steps, you won't be reverting as many mistakes!

For example, the following hidden comment has been used in the Meaning of life article, in the Popular views section:

<!--Please do not add 42 in this section. It is covered under the section titled "Popular culture treatments". Thank you.-->

Some more examples of pages that have hidden messages include:

• Main page
• Community bulletin board
• English Mastiff

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Usage

This welcome template is the Welcoming committee's most warm and personable greeting.
To put this message on a new user's talk page, use:

{{subst:Welcome kitten}}

This template also supports |nosig=yes to suppress the automatic signature and |1= for a custom message.

See also

• {{Welcome}}
• {{Welcome-personal}}
• {{Welcome cookie}}
• {{Welcome kitty}} (which uses a different cat photo)
• Wikipedia:Welcoming committee

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