User:ACupOfCoffee/welcome texts

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These are so I don't have to type anything other than an edit summary when welcoming new users. I just come here, copy one of the two, and paste it onto the talk page(s) of the aforementioned new user(s).

== Welcome ==
Hey there, {{subst:PAGENAME}}, this is [[User:ACupOfCoffee]], and on behalf of myself and the rest of the Welcoming Committee I'd like to welcome you to the Homestar Runner Wiki. If you've never contributed to a wiki-based project before, then it'd be worth your while to check out the [[Meta:Help:Contents|MediaWiki User's Guide]] and our own [[Help:Editing]] page. I need to let you know that before you start contributing substantially, you really ought to read our [[HRWiki:Standards]] page so you don't waste your time adding content that will just wind up deleted or worse, get you blocked from editing. If you have any questions, try the [[HRWiki:FAQ]], and if your question isn't answered there, post it at [[HRWiki talk:FAQ]].

You've got your own user page, and you can put basically anything you want on it as long as it follows our [[HRWiki:User space]] policies. Another page you'll probably visit a lot is our community portal: [[HRWiki:The Stick|The Stick]]. Remember, our goal here is a comprehensive Homestar Runner knowledge base. Oh, and don't forget to sign your posts on talk pages. Typing a string of 4 tildes (these little guys: "~") is all it takes. The system'll do the rest. I'm going to quit talking your ear off now and go do something productive.

Hope to see you around!<br />

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== Welcome! ==
Hey, {{subst:PAGENAME}}, welcome to the Homestar Runner Wiki! We can always use new registered users around here, so I'm glad you're on. A word of warning, though: Before you do any major editing, you'll want to read up on [[HRWiki:Standards|our editing standards]]. And if this is the first [[Wikipedia:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] based wiki (or first wiki, for that matter) you've used check out  the [[Meta:Help:Index|MediaWiki User's Guide]], or for quick reference, our [[Help:Editing]] page. If you have any questions that aren't answered on [[HRWiki:FAQ|our FAQ]], post them on [[HRWiki talk:FAQ|its talk page]], or you can [[User talk:ACupOfCoffee|ask me directly]]. Most people here are pretty good about [[Meatball:AssumeStupidityNotMalice|assuming stupidity [read: ignorance] rather than malice]] One last thing — always sign posts on talk pages with this: ~&126;~~ (it's an automatic signature and timestamp). 
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