Template:Welcome mentee/doc

This is a welcome template that Growth team mentors may use to welcome their mentees.

Watching the mentee's talk page is considered a best practice and is strongly recommended.

Usage

{{subst:Welcome mentee}} ~~~~
{{subst:Welcome mentee|Article name}} ~~~~
{{subst:welcome mentee|image=token|project=WikiProject|headtext=New heading|customend=Final words}} ~~~~

Parameters

There is one positional parameter and seven named parameters, all optional:

• |1= – name of an article or draft to which the user has contributed positively (a thank-you is emitted linking it)
• |project= – adds a suggestion that they consider joining a WikiProject; e.g., Aviation, France, Geography, Women in Red, etc.; it is placed after the words "Task center" (find a WikiProject) (default: value of param 'image')
• |image= – id of a right-floated image or collage to include (see image values below); default: no image
• |caption= – captioning is automatic if param |image= is provided; use |caption= to override the default (see below)
• |wikied=yes – for Wiki Ed students, alters the messaging to talk about their assigned course; see § Wiki Ed students; (default: no).
• |heading=no – suppresses the automatic heading
• |headtext= – alters the heading to your choice (default: Welcome! )
• |customend= – Adds a custom ending to replace the default, Once again, welcome to Wikipedia!

Images

The following images and collages are available, using the |image= value shown below each one:

• 
  cookies
• 
  fruit
• 
  globe
• 
  kitten
• 
  library
• 
  tea

Collages – click the |image= value below each collage for a larger view:

biography

history

music

screen (film & tv)

sports

Default captions – override these defaults via |caption=Your caption text here :

|image=cookies – Have a plate of cookies!

|image=fruit – Although some prefer welcoming newcomers with cookies, I find fruit to be a healthier alternative.

|image=globe – (none; image of Wikipedia puzzle globe only)

|image=kitten – Welcome!

|image=library – When adding information, please try to WP:CITE a source for each statement whenever possible!

|image=tea – A cup of hot tea to welcome you!

The default caption for all collages (except screen) is an invitation to join the corresponding WikiProject. For example, for sports it is:

|image=sports – Consider joining WikiProject Sports.

The default caption for |image=screen is – Consider joining WikiProjects Film and Television.

Wiki Ed students

For Wiki Ed students, that is, users that are enrolled in a university course associated with the Wikipedia Education program, the paragraph that normally would direct them to the Task center to find work to do makes no sense; they must follow their university-assigned coursework, including the Wikipedia articles assigned to them. Parameter |wikied=yes enables this change in messaging. It replaces the Suggested edits/Task center statement with a brief paragraph as follows:

I see that you are a Wiki Education program student. Good luck in your course! Feel free to contact your Wiki Ed expert, Sage (Wiki Ed) for questions about your assigned article, the training modules, or general questions about Wikipedia.

The course link and Wiki Ed expert in the message will change automatically, depending on their enrolled course and who the assigned expert is.

In addition, if you use template parameter |project= on the Talk page of a Wiki Ed student, the introductory text "Based on your contributions..." before the WikiProject link changes to "Based on your course". Use of the |project= parameter is recommended, if there is a WP:WikiProject that corresponds with the subject of their course. You can click (or mouse over) the 'your course' link when previewing the template on their Talk page to see what course they are enrolled in.

A planned enhancement will automatically detect if a newly registered user is a Wiki Ed student and will adjust the template message accordingly without needing to use the parameter any longer.

Notes

• Find subst count and examples of this template on User talk pages using this advanced search.^{[2026; 2025; 2024]}

See also

• {{welcome mentee brief}}, a brief welcome with mentor info, when the user has already received a standard welcome
• {{mentor welcome}}
• Wikipedia:Growth Team features
• Wikipedia:Mentorship
• Wikipedia:Welcome templates

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Welcome mentee in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Welcome mentee

A welcome template from a mentor to a registered user/mentee. Must be substituted.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Pagename	1	Name of an article or draft to which the user has contributed positively	Page name	suggested
WikiProject	project	Name of a WikiProject; will add a suggestion to join the WikiProject to the message Suggested values Aviation France Military history Television	String	optional
Image	image	A token to identify one of six images or four collages to display Suggested values cookies fruit globe kitten library tea biography film history music screen sports television	String	optional
Image caption	caption	Text that overrides the automatic caption that appears with any chosen image	String	optional
Wiki Ed student	wikied	Use messaging appropriate for Wiki Education students Suggested values yes no Default no	String	optional
Heading	headtext	Changes the contents of the heading above the message Default Welcome!	String	optional
Suppress heading	heading	Suppress the heading automatically generated by the template Suggested values yes no y n Default no	String	optional
Additional text	customend	Additional text at the end of the message that replaces the default Default Once again, welcome!	String	optional