Wiki143:WikiProject California/Templates

File:Template icon.svg	These are the template messages and userboxes for California related pages.		File:Flag of California.svg
		For the navigation boxes, see Category:California navigational boxes. For the portal, use For all WikiProject California templates, see Category:Template-Class California articles

Article talk pages

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Template:Template link with bold

Inviting/welcoming users

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Welcome box for new participants' talk pages, contains logic which automatically detects which of the two templates below to display, depending on whether the editor is registered or not. ⇗ ⇘	==Welcome!== Hello, WikiProject California, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: The five pillars of Wikipedia Tutorial How to edit a page How to write a great article Manual of Style I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your messages on discussion pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically insert your username and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or . File:Flag of California.svg If you are interested in California-related themes, you may want to check out the California Portal. If you are interested in contributing more to California related articles you may want to join WikiProject California (signup here). Again, welcome!   §  Welcome! Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages you might like to see: The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Help pages Tutorial How to write a great article Manual of Style You are welcome to continue editing articles without logging in, but you may wish to create an account. Doing so is free, requires no personal information, and provides several benefits. If you edit without a username, your IP address (WikiProject California) is used to identify you instead. In any case, I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! Please sign your comments on talk pages using four tildes (~~~~); this will automatically produce your IP address (or username if you're logged in) and the date. If you need help, check out Wikipedia:Questions, ask me on my talk page, or . File:Flag of California.svg If you are interested in California-related themes, you may want to check out the California Portal. If you are interested in contributing more to California related articles you may want to join WikiProject California (signup here). Again, welcome!
Invitation for an editor to join the project. Using the |article= parameter thusly offers an easy way to add a more personal touch...	The state flag of California: a grizzly bear facing left, walking upon a grass plat, centered in a field of white above the words CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC, with a red stripe below and a single red star above near the hoist Hi! I've noticed some of your work on California-related articles and think it shows that you're exactly the kind of editor we need at WikiProject California. Please consider this your personal invitation to join us; if you're interested, joining is as simple as adding yourself to . The project currently tracks 0 California-related articles on English Wikipedia, with the long-term goal of getting them all awarded the Good Article badge Icon of green plus sign inside green circle, the English Wikipedia Good Article badge or better (we've got 7 there so far!), and we'd be truly grateful for any assistance, large or small, you are able to lend. WikiProject California logo P.S. Did I mention we're in charge of the Template:Portal-inline too? Have any ideas on how it could be better? We're all ears. ~~~~  §  The state flag of California: a grizzly bear facing left, walking upon a grass plat, centered in a field of white above the words CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC, with a red stripe below and a single red star above near the hoist Hi! I've noticed some of your work on California-related articleslike San Francisco, and think it shows that you're exactly the kind of editor we need at WikiProject California. Please consider this your personal invitation to join us; if you're interested, joining is as simple as adding yourself to . The project currently tracks 0 California-related articles on English Wikipedia, with the long-term goal of getting them all awarded the Good Article badge Icon of green plus sign inside green circle, the English Wikipedia Good Article badge or better (we've got 7 there so far!), and we'd be truly grateful for any assistance, large or small, you are able to lend. WikiProject California logo P.S. Did I mention we're in charge of the Template:Portal-inline too? Have any ideas on how it could be better? We're all ears. ~~~~
Welcomes a user who has joined the project.	==Greetings from WikiProject California!== File:Flag of California.svg Welcome to WikiProject California! I noticed you recently added yourself to our Participants' list, and I wanted to welcome you to our project. Our goal is to facilitate collaboration on California-related articles, and everyone is welcome to join. Here are some suggested activities: Discuss with other members at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject California Cleanup some of the articles listed for cleanup Have a look at the Article alerts As a member it would be helpful if you would Add the project page to your watchlist Add yourself to the participant category, either by adding a userbox, or by adding [[Category:WikiProject California participants|{{PAGENAME}}]] to your userpage. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page, or feel free to ask me on my talk page. Again, welcome!

Task force template variants

San Francisco Bay Area task force

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Invitation for user to join the task force.	Hi, I noticed your contributions and thought you might be interested in joining WikiProject California, including the San Francisco Bay Area Task Force. File:BayareaUSGS.jpg If you are interested in California-related themes, you may want to check out the California Portal. If you are interested in contributing more to California or Bay Area related articles you may want to join WikiProject California, especially the San Francisco Bay Area task force (signup here). ~~~~
Welcome box for new participants' talk pages.	File:BayareaUSGS.jpg Hi, WikiProject California, and welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area task force! We are a growing community of Wikipedia editors dedicated to identifying, categorizing, and improving articles relevant to the Bay Area. Here are some points that may be helpful: Our main aim is to help improve Bay Area-related articles, so if people ask for help with an article, please try your hardest to help them if you are able. Most important discussions take place on the project's main discussion page. It is highly recommended that you watchlist it. The project has several ongoing and developing activities, such as article quality assessment, which you are welcome to participate. If you have any questions, feel free to ask on the talk page, and we will be happy to help you. Again, welcome! We hope you enjoy working on this project. ~~~~

Los Angeles task force

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Invitation for user to join the task force.	Template:Cal Invitation/la

Southern California task force

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Invitation for user to join the task force.	Template:Cal Invitation/socal

Inland Empire task force

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Invitation for user to join the task force.	Template:Cal Invitation/ie

California State University task force

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Invitation for user to join the task force.

The state flag of California: a grizzly bear walking towards the hoist upon a grass plat centered in a field of white above the words CALIFORNIA REPUBLIC, with a red stripe below and a single red star above near the hoist Hi! I noticed your contributions and thought you would be a great addition to the California State University task force over at WikiProject California. Please consider this your personal invitation to join; if you're interested, you can signup here! We currently have -1 articles under our task force and would appreciate any assistance, large or small, with getting them to good article status. (We've got 0 there so far!) Whether you decide to join or not, thank you for everything you've already done to make Wikipedia better, and oh yeah...GO STATE! California State University task force logo ~~~~

Banners

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User and user talk page banner ad for recruitment.
User and user talk page banner ad for San Francisco Bay Area recruitment.

Roll call

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Roll call message to check active participants (last roll call was September 10, 2008).	==WikiProject California roll call== File:Flag of California.svg Hello from WikiProject California! As part of a recent update to our project main page we are conducting a roll call to check which members are still active and interested in working on California related content. If you are still interested in participating, simply move your username from the inactive section of the participant list to the active section. I hope you will find the redesigned project pages helpful, and I wanted to welcome you back to the project. If you want you can take a look at the newly redesigned: File:Crystal Clear app Community Help.pngMain Page File:Crystal Clear app Login Manager.svgTalk page File:Edit-clear.svgCleanup listing File:Template icon.svgTemplate list As well as the existing pages: File:Crystal Clear app clean.svgAssessment File:Crystal Clear app kedit.svgArticle Worklist File:Crystal Clear action editdelete.png Deletion sorting If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page, and add it to your watchlist, if it isn't already. Again, hi! ~~~~
There is also this variant for the San Francisco Bay Area task force, which was last used on August 17, 2008.	==WikiProject San Francisco Bay Area roll call== File:BayareaUSGS.jpg Hello from the San Francisco Bay Area task force! We are conducting a roll call to check which members are still active and interested in working on San Francisco Bay Area related content. There is still a lot of work to do, in particular the hard work of tracking down articles which are not categorized within Category:San Francisco Bay Area or not already included in the task force on their talk pages. If you are still interested in participating, simply move your username from the inactive section of the participant list to the active section. Please take the time to familiarize yourself with our resources: File:Crystal Clear app Community Help.pngMain Page File:Crystal Clear app Login Manager.svgTalk page File:Crystal Clear app clean.svgAssessment File:Crystal Clear action edit add.png New articles If you hadn't already noticed, Portal:San Francisco Bay Area has been revived, after years of inactivity. However, its not going to stay alive on its own. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask at the project talk page, and add it to your watchlist, if it isn't already. Thanks for your time!

WikiProject-related barnstars

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File:WPCF.svg The California Star Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

The California Star is awarded for excellence in editing California related articles. It is also the typical award given from WikiProject California, WikiProject California State Highways and WikiProject California County Routes, as well as the San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California, Santa Barbara County, Inland Empire and California State University task forces.

It was originally suggested by Ronbo76, designed by thuglas and first awarded on March 6, 2007.

Userboxes for project members

Userboxes are small, colored boxes designed to appear only on a Wikipedian's user page, as a communicative notice about the user, in order to promote more effectively collaboration on articles.

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Userboxes for California residents, past or present

If you're from California, these userboxes are also available:

For more potentially applicable userboxes, see:

• Userboxes/Location/U.S. states/California
• Userboxes/Education/United States/Pacific
• Userboxes/Non-ISO Languages/California English