{{TemplateDoc|pages=User talk pages|purpose=To provide a welcome message.}}
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{{Parms|
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{{Parm|1|yes|The user name|The page name}}
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{{Parm|sig|yes|The signature of the editor posting the welcome ("<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>") will do|blank}}
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Parameter 1 is effectively obsolete, as the default is the page name. It can still be used if (a) the template is not placed on a user's talk page (or user's page) (when would that happen?) or (b) if there is a need to use a different name than the user's actual page name (e.g. a user name might be fredp but his signature is set to read FredP).