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== A belated welcome! ==

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Here's wishing you a belated welcome to Wikipedia, {{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />BASEPAGENAME}}! I see that you've already been around a while and wanted to thank you for [[Special:Contributions/{{SAFESUBST:<noinclude />BASEPAGENAME}}|your contributions]]{{safesubst:<noinclude />#if:{{{article|{{{art|}}}}}}|, including your edits to [[:{{{article|{{{art}}}}}}]]}}{{safesubst:<noinclude/>#invoke:MultiReplace|main|{{{article|{{{art}}}}}}|.*%.%s*$||.*|.}} Though you seem to have been successful in finding your way around, you may still benefit from following some of the links below, which help editors get the most out of Wikipedia:

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* [[Help:Introduction|Introductory tutorial]]
* [[Help:Your first article|Your first article]]
* [[Wikipedia:Contributing to Wikipedia|Contributing to Wikipedia]]
* [[Wikipedia:Five pillars|Five pillars of Wikipedia]]
* [[Wikipedia:Article development|Article development]]
* [[Wikipedia:Help desk|Help desk]]
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If you have questions,  '''{{edit|Special:MyTalk|just use this link to ask for help|section=new|preload=Help:Contents/helpmepreload|preloadtitle=Help me!}}'''; a volunteer will visit you here shortly!

Need some ideas of what kind of things need doing? Try the [[Wikipedia:Task Center|Task Center]].

{{safesubst:<noinclude />IP-talk|'''Do you know about the advantages of getting a free account?'''

You don't have to [[Special:Userlogin|log in]] to read or edit articles on Wikipedia, but if you wish to acquire [[Wikipedia:Why create an account?|additional privileges]], you can simply '''{{plainlinks|{{fullurl:Special:Userlogin|type=signup&campaign=anonwelcometemplate}}|create a named account}}'''.  It's free, requires no personal information, and lets you:
* '''[[Wikipedia:Your first article|Create new pages]]''' and '''[[Help:How to move a page|rename pages]]'''
* Edit '''[[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Semi-protection|semi-protected pages]]'''
* '''[[Help:Files#Uploading files|Upload images]]'''
* Have your own '''[[Help:Watchlist|watchlist]]''', which shows when articles you are interested in have changed

Note that in order for the first three features to be available, you must have [[WP:AUTOC|had an account for a minimum number of days and made a minimum number of edits]]. If you edit without using a named account, your [[IP address]] ({{ {{{|safesubst:}}}ROOTPAGENAME}}) is used to identify you instead.

}}I hope you enjoy editing here and being a [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedian]]! Again, welcome! ~~<noinclude />~~<!-- Template:Welcome-belated --><noinclude>
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