As promised, here's the canned Welcome Wagon message:
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Welcome!
Hello, Notafly/archive1, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:
I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your name on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Where to ask a question, ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and someone will show up shortly to answer your questions. Again, welcome!
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I also took a moment to create a (very basic) user page for you; of course, you can change it to say whatever you want.
I'm also looking into the protocol for getting all your contributions made as an anonymous user credited to your registered account.