Template:welcomeip/documentation

Usage

Enter this on new anonymous IP's talk pages as {{welcomeip}} ~~~~, or if you want to use the current version that will remain independent of future changes to the template use it with the subst: parameter as {{subst:welcomeip}} ~~~~.

Additional uses

• Use of this template can be used to assist patrolling anonymous edits. When viewing Special:Recentchanges with "hideliu" (hide logged in users) the anonymous IPs that appear will have either red or blue Talk page links. When welcoming a new anon IP, do a cursory check on that user's "User contributions" link. Lazy sysops can then skip contributions on RecentChanges that have blue talk links. This technique will work better when we start actually deleting old user talk pages, which is mostly an uncommon practice, as of June 1st, 2006.

• If one does not wish to include the paragraph about how we are not Wikipedia, use it this way: {{welcomeip|wp=no}} .