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| This page gives information about the design, construction, and usage of userboxes, which are intended to be used only on userpages. Wikipedia is first and foremost an online encyclopedia, and its online community is a means to that end. Userboxes are tools which are intended for communication purposes, such as helping Wikipedians collaborate more effectively on articles.
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:''This page is about the Wikipedia policy on userboxes. For the WikiProject collaboration, see [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes]].''
:''WP:BOX redirects here. You may be looking for [[Wikipedia:Sandbox]]. For Navigation or "Click boxes", see [[Wikipedia:Navigational templates]].''

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|{{userbox|blue|aqua|[[Image:Crystal kthememgr.svg|40px]]|A userbox is a small box that looks like this. Below are more examples.}}
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|{{userbox-r|green|lightgreen|[[Image:Crystal package.png|40px]]|Userboxes can come in many different styles and colors.}}
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|{{userbox-2|#0000CD|#ADD8E6|[[Image:Crystal package favourite.png|40px]]|Userboxes can have one or two sideboxes.|[[Image:Crystal ark.png|40px]]}}
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'''Userboxes''' (commonly abbreviated as '''UBX''') are small colored boxes designed to appear on Wikipedians' [[Wikipedia:User page|user pages]]. They generally include one or two small graphics and a few short lines of text. Often they also include wiki markup that places the user in a [[Wikipedia:Categories|category]]. Userboxes are generally created as [[Wikipedia:Template messages|templates]] and [[Wikipedia:Transclusion|transcluded]] onto userpages, although their markup may be substituted  directly onto userpages instead. Userboxes should not be used in articles.  

The first Userboxes were designed to support the [[Wikipedia:Babel|Babel]] inter-language effort, which were designed to show skills in other languages.

'''Optional alternative:''' 
To use Userboxes is a personal option but not the only one. An alternative to Userboxes, for those who prefer to keep their user pages with a more simple layout, is found at [[wikipedia:WikiProject Keep It Simple|Keep It Simple]].

==Using existing userboxes==
Userboxes are for the use of users on their own user pages. It may be considered [[Wikipedia:Civility|uncivil]] to place any userboxes on any other user's page(s) without their permission. However, userboxes may be placed on talk/discussion pages by anyone. (See [[Wikipedia:Talk page]].)

===Syntax===
The standard syntax for adding a userbox to your user page (also known as [[Wikipedia:Transclusion|transclusion]]) is: <code><nowiki>{{user </nowiki>''name_of_box''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>. 

===Optional substitution===
You may decide to [[Wikipedia:Template substitution|substitute]] the template code onto your user page using the syntax <code><nowiki>{{subst:</nowiki>user ''name_of_box''<nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>. The use of "subst:" will ensure that the template is always displayed in its form when you add it to your user page, i.e. it will not reflect subsequent edits to the template. This method will lead to large amounts of code on your user page. After substituting, it is important to remove any <code>&lt;noinclude></code> tags as well as what's inside of them, and to remove <code>&lt;includeonly></code> tags keeping what is inside of them.

==Creating a new userbox==

:''For help with these instructions, ask a question at [[Wikipedia:Requested templates]]''.

If you wish to offer an idea for a userbox, do so on the [[Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Ideas|ideas page]].

If you have designed a userbox that you would like to make available to others, you may wish to first display it on the [[Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/New Userboxes|New Userboxes talk page]] for community comment.

;Which namespace?
Should your userbox be prefixed with <code>Template:</code>, <code>User:</code>, or <code>Wikipedia:</code>?

Userboxes may only be created or displayed in the [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|Template]], [[Wikipedia:User page|User]], or [[Wikipedia:Project namespace|Project]]  [[Wikipedia:Namespace|Namespace]]s. Userboxes in the Template and Project namespaces are expected to adhere more tightly with [[Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines|policies and guidelines]], such as [[Wikipedia:Neutral point of view|neutral point of view]] and  [[Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not|what Wikipedia is]].  Traditionally, content in User: space is given more leeway than in other namespaces, so userboxes in User: space might not be as encyclopedic in nature as those in Template: or Wikipedia: namespaces. 

; <code>Template:</code>: In the template namespace, userbox names must begin with "<code>User </code>" (e.g. <code>[[Template:User Brazil]]</code>)

; <code>User:</code>: In the user namespace, you may create a subpage of your own user page or [[User:UBX]].

; <code>Wikipedia:</code>: Userboxes in the project namespace are generally for [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]] or task force membership. Create it as a subpage to the WikiProject.

{{Wikipedia:Userboxes/Design and construct}} 

{{Wikipedia:Userboxes/Grouping}}

==Gallery==
{{Wikipedia:Userboxes/Gallery}}

==See also==
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes]]
*[[Wikipedia:Userbox Maker]]
*[[User:Java7837/userboxcreator|Userbox Creator with template]] - designed to easily generate Userboxes and has built-in template.

==External links==
*[http://www.yerich.net/test3/userbox-gen.php The Super-Simple Userbox Maker] - External tool that outputs userboxes in wiki markup. With built-in color schemes.

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