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Dear {{{Name}}}
Dear {{{Name}}}
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Welcome to the {{SITENAME}}, your membership of which has now been approved. The Wiki is the product of thousands of hours of work by dedicated cruising yachtsmen all over the world, but the task is so huge and ever-changing that your help is needed to keep it up to date. As the Wiki hopefully assists you in your own cruising plans, so you have the opportunity to help future generations of cruisers by improving and adding to the information whenever you can.
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'''Welcome to ''CruisersWiki''!'''<br />
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To get you started please read  the '''Wiki Editor's Guide''' <http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Wiki_Editors_Guide>. Read this along with the '''Wiki help page''' <http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Help:Contents>, where you will find more detailed guidance on editing the Wiki and creating new pages. You may also want to take a look of the '''Style Guide''' <http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/Style_Guide> with a list of suggested "do's and don'ts" to help you avoid some of the common pitfalls of new Wiki editors. Please '''DO NOT''' use the "Rich Editor" until further notice. It has been causing many spurious edits.
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We look forward to your valued contributions to the Cruising Wiki to help it grow as a useful, free resource for cruisers around the world. Now you are registered, you can set your personal preferences in "My Preferences" (link at top R/H of page when logged in). You can now also edit pages on the Wiki or, if you prefer, add your comments using the 'Comments' tab of the pages you visit. Please add what you can - even correcting grammar and spelling errors in articles is a great help.  
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{{{Msg|We hope that you will contribute in any area where you have cruised}}}. If you need any assistance, do not hesitate to contact me by either '''making an entry into my talk page''' <http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/User_talk:{{{Me}}}> or '''e-mailing me''' <http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/User:{{{Me}}}>.
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Spend a little time reading the [[Wiki Editor's Guide]] and the [[Style Guide]] if you wish to gain a better understanding of the Wiki formatting and how to edit articles. It is easy to see if you are going wrong, since you cannot save your changes to a page without previewing them first. Finally, please read the [[CruisersWiki:Copyrights|Cruiserswiki Copyrights]] notice, as well as the [[CruisersWiki:General_disclaimer|General Disclaimers]] (links at bottom of pages) before starting to edit. <br>
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Please note that massive changes by a new editor will be considered spam and the editor will be blocked. Try at the beginning making changes to pages describing places that you have actually visited.
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{{{Msg|We hope that you will contribute in any area where you have cruised}}}. If you need any assistance, do not hesitate to contact me by either '''making an entry into my talk page''' <http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/User_talk:{{{Me}}}> or '''e-mailing me''' <http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/User:{{{Me}}}>.  
On behalf of the Wiki Administrators, may I welcome you again to the World Cruising Wiki and look forward to your future contributions to the project.
On behalf of the Wiki Administrators, may I welcome you again to the World Cruising Wiki and look forward to your future contributions to the project.

Latest revision as of 14:43, 21 February 2016

Dear {{{Name}}}

Welcome to CruisersWiki!

We look forward to your valued contributions to the Cruising Wiki to help it grow as a useful, free resource for cruisers around the world. Now you are registered, you can set your personal preferences in "My Preferences" (link at top R/H of page when logged in). You can now also edit pages on the Wiki or, if you prefer, add your comments using the 'Comments' tab of the pages you visit. Please add what you can - even correcting grammar and spelling errors in articles is a great help.

Spend a little time reading the Wiki Editor's Guide and the Style Guide if you wish to gain a better understanding of the Wiki formatting and how to edit articles. It is easy to see if you are going wrong, since you cannot save your changes to a page without previewing them first. Finally, please read the Cruiserswiki Copyrights notice, as well as the General Disclaimers (links at bottom of pages) before starting to edit.

We hope that you will contribute in any area where you have cruised. If you need any assistance, do not hesitate to contact me by either making an entry into my talk page <http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/User_talk:{{{Me}}}> or e-mailing me <http://www.cruiserswiki.org/wiki/User:{{{Me}}}>.

On behalf of the Wiki Administrators, may I welcome you again to the World Cruising Wiki and look forward to your future contributions to the project.


This template welcomes a new user.

Usage

{{WelcomeNewUser|Name=name|Me=username|Msg=message}}
name - the name of the applicant (required)
username - your user name (required) Note: ~~~ does not work here
message - a message to be sent (optional); if not used the message will be "We hope that you will contribute in any area where you have cruised"

Examples

{{WelcomeNewUser|Name=SoSO|Me=Istioploos}}
{{WelcomeNewUser|Name=SoSO|Me=Istioploos|Msg=We particularly need information on the Red Sea area where you have cruised}}
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