Hpwiki:Welcome
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Welcoming new users
Feel free to welcome new users to this wiki. Simply paste the following welcome message into their user discussion area.
Hello!
Welcome to the [[project:HPWiki|Harry Potter Wiki]]. You can [[Special:preferences|edit your preferences]] to change how this wiki works for you. Please take a moment to review our copyright and our [[Hpwiki:General_disclaimer|policies]] and [[Help:Contents|guidelines]] before you [[Help:Reference|go forth and contribute]].
Like other wikis, we have our own styles for articles, which you should familiarise yourself with. You can also check out our [[help:contents|help pages]], for our available [[project:Templates|templates]] and other resources. Our [[Help:Reference|quick reference]] help page will have these links, and more, as a reference for users of all levels.
We use the [http://www.mediawiki.org MediaWiki] software to run our wiki, if you are unfamiliar with this software, the official manual can be found [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents here]. If you are more confident, you can take a peek at the [[Help:Cheat_sheets|cheat sheets]] for a quick reference on wiki [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup markup] and have a play in the [[project:Sandbox|sandbox]] to try it out before editing an article.
If you need help, remember to first check the main help page, and if you can't find what you want there, pop into the [[project:Three Broomsticks|Three Broomsticks pub]] and post a message. --~~~~
