HRWiki:Welcoming committee
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Welcome to the Welcoming Committee of the Homestar Runner Wiki.
Who We Are
The welcoming committee is a group of people who kindly greet new users and help them get started (if needed). If you want to help out, the most obvious thing you can do is post welcome messages, and be friendly and helpful with new users you meet. You can find a list of all our users at Special:Listusers. There's no way to order it by join date, but if you glance at it from time to time you should be able to recognize who's new.
Note that joining the committee confers neither responsibilities nor privileges, but you would be expected to do some welcoming (we won't want to simply clutter up this page with member names). You should also have a basic technical understanding of the wiki so that you can answer any questions they might have. When welcoming, you should be careful not to bite the new members (don't "yell", etc.).
Below is a list to which you can sign your name if you want to join our group.
Standards for Welcoming
A good welcome message should be around the lines of
- "Welcome to the Homestar Runner Wiki! If you have any questions, feel free to ask me (you should probably link your user name to "me") or any other users. We're glad to have you as a member!"
or
- "Welcome to the Homestar Runner Wiki! We're glad to have you as a member! If you need any help, ask me or any others on the Welcoming Committee. Again, welcome to the Homestar Runner Wiki!"
or
- Hello and welcome to the Homestar Runner Wiki! Hope you like it here, and stick around.
- Here are some tips to help you get started:
- Have a look at the MediaWiki User's Guide.
- If you need help, post a question on the discussion page for the FAQ.
- Read the Standards of the Wiki.
- Remember that above all else, this is a collaborative knowledge-base dedicated to Homestar Runner.
- Explore, and be sure to have fun!
- Good luck!
You get the idea. Be as kind and welcoming as possible and answer any questions they might have. You may want to weave in the MediaWiki User's Guide, HRWiki:Standards, and/or HRWiki:FAQ.
Members
(Please remember only to join if you plan to do some Welcoming)
