Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing/Templates

What are templates?

Templates can be used to perform outreach as well as show participation on WikiProject Writing. Here are a few you can utilize yourself (on your user page) or place on other's talk pages to invite or welcome them to WikiProject Writing. You will need to copy and paste these in source editor for them to show up.

WikiProject Writing templates

What to type What it makes What it's for

Writing Unassessed

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The project notice is designed to be placed in the talk page of any article that has been or should be edited as part of this WikiProject. Please see the assessment page for parameters to use in rating articles.

Invitation templates

Hello!

WikiProject Writing is looking for editors to help build and maintain comprehensive, informative, balanced articles on Wikipedia related to the fields of rhetoric, composition, technical communication, literacy, and language studies. We hope that you will join and help to shape this new WikiProject.

Thanks!

Click here to visit the project page

This project invitation should be placed on any user's talk page who you believe may be interested in participating in WikiProject Writing.

Greetings!

WikiProject Writing is looking for editors to help build and maintain comprehensive, informative, balanced articles on Wikipedia related to the fields of rhetoric, composition, technical communication, literacy, and language studies.

As a current or past participant in the CCCC Wikipedia Initiative, we hope that you will join and help to shape this new WikiProject.

Thanks!

Click here to visit the project page

This project invitation should be placed on any CCCC participant's user talk page who you believe may be interested in participating in WikiProject Writing.

Userbox & welcome templates

{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Writing/Userbox}}

This user is a member of
WikiProject Writing

The userbox template shows your participation in WikiProject Writing. Place it on your user page in whatever space works best for you.

Greetings!

Thank you for joining WikiProject Writing, a group of editors focused on developing content related to the fields of rhetoric, composition, technical communication, literacy, and language studies.

Looking for a place to start? Check out our open tasks to start participating.

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, feel free to leave a message on our talk page. Happy editing!

Click here to visit the project page

Add the welcome template to a new participant's user talk page to welcome them to the project.

Barnstars

Barnstars are used to show gratitude to other Wikipedians when you notice them doing great work. They are a great way to show an editor your appreciation for their edits and build community. We have listed several barnstars below that are particularly relevant to the goals of WikiProject Writing. If you notice a participant making excellent contributions to WikiProject Writing, please select an appropriate barnstar and add it to their user talk page to show your gratitude.

As with other templates, you will need to copy and paste these in source editor for them to show up. You can find instructions and a complete list of options at Barnstars.

What to type	What it makes	What it's for
`{{subst:The Original Barnstar\|1=message ~~~~}}`	The Original Barnstar	The Original Barnstar, the first on Wikipedia, is given to recognize particularly fine contributions to Wikipedia, to let people know that their hard work is seen and appreciated.
`{{subst:Scholarly Barnstar\|1=message ~~~~}}`	Scholarly Barnstar	The Scholarly Barnstar is awarded in recognition of contributions based on high-quality academic sources.
`{{subst:The Barnstar of Diligence\|1=message ~~~~}}`	Barnstar of Diligence	The Barnstar of Diligence may be awarded in recognition of a combination of extraordinary scrutiny, precision and community service.
`{{subst:The Rosetta Barnstar\|1=message ~~~~}}`	The Rosetta Barnstar	The Rosetta Barnstar may be given to any editor who exhibits outstanding translation efforts on Wikipedia.
`{{subst:The Copyeditor's Barnstar\|1=message ~~~~}}`	The Copyeditor's Barnstar	The Copyeditor's Barnstar is awarded for excellence in copyediting.
`{{subst:The Citation Barnstar\|1=message ~~~~}}`	The Citation Barnstar	The Citation Barnstar is awarded to users who provide references and in-line citations to previously unsourced articles.
`{{subst:The Wikilink Barnstar\|1=message ~~~~}}`	The WikiLink Barnstar	The Wikilink Barnstar may be awarded to users who either add useful links or remove unnecessary links in articles.
`{{subst:The Teamwork Barnstar\|1=message ~~~~}}`	The Teamwork Barnstar	The Teamwork Barnstar may be awarded when several editors work together to improve an article.
`{{subst:The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar\|1=message ~~~~}}`	The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar	The Excellent New Editor's Barnstar is awarded as part of editor retention efforts to new Wikipedians using best practices from the very beginning!

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