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Revision as of 23:19, 3 September 2006
This page documents an English Wikipedia project content guideline. Editors should generally follow it, though exceptions may apply. Substantive edits to this page should reflect consensus. When in doubt, discuss first on this guideline's talk page. |
The following guidelines apply equally to all user templates (including any userbox or userbox-like markup), regardless of where the code resides; and regardless of whether they have been transcluded, substituted, or written from scratch. Such templates which fail to meet these guidelines may be subject to deletion. |
A guide to the userbox galleries |
An alphabetical list of all userbox galleries |
A userbox (commonly abbreviated as UBX) is a small colored box (see examples to the right) designed to appear only on a Wikipedian's user page as a communicative notice about the user, in order to directly or indirectly help Wikipedians collaborate more effectively on articles.
The first userboxes were introduced to support the Babel inter-language effort by indicating the skills of users in other languages.
Be mindful that, like anything else you add to Wikipedia, userboxes you add will likely be public forever, even if you later have your user page deleted. (Like other Wikipedia pages, your user page will be regularly archived in the database dumps and may be archived by third parties, such as the Internet Archive.)
Using existing userboxes
Userboxes belong on their users' pages. In some cases, it may be considered uncivil to place userboxes on other users' pages without their permission (especially in a mean-spirited way—such as accusing a user of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc.). However, userboxes may be placed on non-mainspace talk pages by anyone. (See also Wikipedia:Talk page.)
The {{clear}}
template can be placed after the plain userbox if text is added on a new line immediately after it.
A gallery of existing userboxes can be found at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries.
Syntax
The standard syntax for adding a userbox to your user page (also known as transclusion) is: {{user name_of_box}}
.
If you do not have any userboxes on your user page yet, you want to begin using them, and you want to add them down the right side of your user page starting at the top, then edit your user page and, at or near the top of the source for your user page, add {{Userboxtop |}}
, add the transclusion(s) for the userbox(es) you wish to include, and add {{userboxbottom}}
just after the last userbox transclusion. Please see the #Grouping_userboxes section for other ways of grouping and placing userboxes.
Optional substitution
You may decide to substitute the template code onto your user page using the syntax {{subst:user name_of_box}}
. 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.
Creating a new userbox
- If you wish to offer an idea for a userbox, do so on the 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 New Userboxes talk page for community comment.
Namespace
The namespace you place your userbox in matters. Userboxes may only be created or displayed in the User, Project (Wikipedia), or Template namespaces.
So which prefix is best for your userbox: User:
, Wikipedia:
, or Template:
?
Since content in User:
space represents individual editors more than the community, they are traditionally given more leeway than in other namespaces. Thus, userboxes in User:
space may not be as directly collaborative in nature as those in Template:
or Wikipedia:
namespaces, which are expected to adhere more tightly with certain policies and guidelines, especially Neutral point of view and What Wikipedia is not. This should also be considered before moving a userbox from userspace to any other namespace.
User:
- To host a userbox in the user namespace, create a subpage of your own user page or User:UBX.
Wikipedia:
- Userboxes in the project namespace are generally for WikiProject or task force usage. Simply create it as a subpage of the WikiProject (e.g.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Userbox
). Template:
- In the template namespace, userbox names must begin with "
User
" (e.g.Template:User Brazil
orTemplate:User en
). - Please remember to add
nocat = true
and wrap the category inincludeonly
tags (see this example diff) when using theTemplate
namespace. Otherwise, your userbox will automatically be categorized, causing inconvenience to WikiElves.
If you are uncertain if your userbox is in the correct namespace, consider presenting the userbox at the New Userboxes talk page for community comment.
Userboxes and category use
A userbox can be coded to autocategorise any user pages which transclude the userbox into one or more user categories. However, do not use autocategorisation without good reason.
- Most userboxes refer to a single isolated characteristic of the user; unless the characteristic directly relates to the user's ability or willingness to collaborate on certain areas of or topics within Wikipedia, a user category should not exist for it and the userbox should not be used for categorisation.
- Users of the userbox can be located using the Special:WhatLinksHere tool from the userbox template. Networking between editors with similar interests or views is best done using a projectspace essay with a signup section for editors interested in networking.
- If there is a good reason for the user category, first create the category pages and include a description that explains its purpose and scope.
- User categories must be sub-categories of Category:Wikipedians.
- Names and descriptions of user categories are subject to the same rules and restrictions as userbox content.
Userbox content
Content restrictions
- All userboxes are governed by the civility policy.
- Userboxes must not include incivility or personal attacks.
- Userboxes must not be inflammatory or substantially divisive.
- Wikipedia is not an appropriate place for:
- Propaganda, advocacy, or recruitment of any kind (commercial, political, religious, or otherwise)
- Opinion pieces, particularly on current affairs or politics
- Self-promotion or advertising
Simply: If content is not appropriate on other parts of a user page, it is not appropriate within userboxes.
Caution about image use
Wikimedia Commons has a large range of icons for use within boxes. However, if you select an image from somewhere else, make certain the image has a free license. Templates (which includes userboxes and topicons) on user pages may not contain any copyrighted content not under free license; so, for example, "non-free" images are explicitly forbidden per non-free content use criterion #9 of Wikipedia's non-free content use policy. This is interpreted strictly and without exception. See Wikipedia's non-free use policy guidelines for more details.
Caution about colours
Please be mindful of the colour contrast guidelines at WP:COLOUR – low-contrast colours present accessibility barriers to people with colour-blindness or other visual disabilities.
Content examples
- The following section is not to be considered all-inclusive. As such, other word combinations (both appropriate and inappropriate) are obviously possible.
Typical userbox content:
- This user <verb phrase> <noun phrase>.
- This user <verb phrase> <noun phrase> <prepositional phrase>.
Typical verbs:
- verbs of action: contributes (to), drives, eats, edits, plays, uses, watches
- verbs of comprehension: reads, speaks, understands
- verbs of preference: enjoys, likes, loves
Additional examples, using the linking verb is:
- This user is <noun phrase>.
- This user is a fan of <noun phrase>.
- This user is a member of <noun phrase>.
- This user is interested in <noun phrase>.
Another option is to allow changing the verb phrase using a template parameter. This is especially useful in location userboxes:
- This user {{{1|lives in}}} <location>.
To avoid the awkward third-person phrasing ("This user"), you can use "{{#titleparts: {{PAGENAME}} | 1 | 1 }}
" (without the quotes) to insert the name of the user that includes it on their page (e.g. "{{#titleparts: {{PAGENAME}} | 1 | 1 }} uses second-person phrasing
" produces "WikiProject Userboxes uses second-person phrasing").
Potentially divisive words
Avoid verbs (often followed by the word "that") which may be used to suggest negative comparison and would thus be potentially divisive, such as:
- believes, considers, finds, knows, prefers, thinks, wishes
Avoid negative verb phrases which can be potentially divisive, such as:
- dislikes, despises, hates, loathes
Also avoid compound sentences which are positive and negative, such as:
- This user likes <noun phrase>, but does not like <another noun phrase>.
Essentially: Express what you do like, rather than what you don't like. Express what you comprehend, rather than what you don't comprehend. Express what you do, rather than what you don't. Express who you are, rather than who you aren't.
Design: How to construct the box
There are a number of box types to select from when deciding to make a userbox. The most commonly used design is the "Standard box". It has one square shaped area on the left ("id label") and a larger rectangular space on the right ("info area").
For ease of use, userboxes are typically made using maker-templates that have a number of parameters.
Parameter | Applies to | Syntax and Comments on Value Types |
---|---|---|
border-c | Border color for the overall userbox. | CSS color string as in #hex or a CSS named color. (E.g. #f00 or red or #ff0000). |
border-s | Border line thickness for the overall userbox. | Unit-less numerical value for border size/width, equivalent to pixels, but do not append 'px' to the number. E.g. border-s = 3 . |
id-c | Background color for the id label area of the userbox.
|
CSS color string (hex or name) |
id-s | Text size for the id label area. | Unit-less numerical value for font-size (do not append 'px') |
id-fc | Text color for the id label. | CSS color string (hex or name) |
id-p | Space/padding Between the id content and the userbox border. |
This cell padding uses a CSS length value. Unlike the other unit-less values, this must have a CSS length unit such as px or pt. (E.g. id-p = 8px ). |
id-lh | Vertical distance between id text lines (line-height). | It is recommended to use unit-less numerical values for line-height. Optionally, CSS length units can be used for this parameter. |
info-c | Background color for the info area of the userbox.
|
CSS color string (hex or name) |
info-s | Text size for the info area. | Unit-less numerical value for font-size (do not append 'px'). |
info-fc | Text color for the info area. | CSS color string (hex or name) |
info-a | ⇦ Horizontal text alignment for info area only. ⇨
|
A text string of, one of: left, right, or center. Do not enclose the key word in quotes. (E.g. info-a = center ). |
info-lh | Vertical distance between info text lines (line-height). | It is recommended to use unit-less numerical values for line-height. Optionally, CSS length units can be used for this parameter. |
id | Specify content for the the id label. | Free-form text (E.g. id = Co ) |
info | Specify content for the info area. | Free-form text (E.g. info = Cobalt is Very Blue ) |
The id label and info content area can include text, links, and/or images, using the usual Wikipedia syntax. Typically, the info box will contain a sentence with a link or two, while the id box will contain a few letters, a symbol, or a 43px image.
Userbox types
Types of Userboxes | ||||
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Code | Appearance | |||
Standard box | ||||
{{Userbox |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#FFF |id-s=12 |id-fc=#000 |info-c=#039 |info-s=8 |info-fc=#FFF |id=ID |info=Content}}
or {{Userbox |side-box colour |main box colour |side-box content |main box content}} |
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Reverse box | ||||
{{Userbox-r |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#FFF |id-s=12 |id-fc=#000 |info-c=#039 |info-s=8 |info-fc=#FFF |id=ID |info=Content}}
or {{Userbox-r |side-box colour |main box colour |side-box content |main box content}} |
| |||
Double box | ||||
{{Userbox-2 |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id1-c=#FFF |id1-s=12 |id1-fc=#000 |id2-c=#000 |id2-s=12 |id2-fc=#FFF |info-c=#039 |info-s=8 |info-fc=#FFF |id1=ID 1 |id2=ID 2 |info=Content}}
or {{Userbox-2 |side-box 1 colour |main box colour |side-box 1 content |message |side-box 2 content |border colour |side-box 2 colour |main box font-colour |box border thickness}}
|
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Mini box | ||||
{{Userbox-m |border-c=#000 |border-s=1 |id-c=#FFF |id-s=12 |id-fc=#000 |id=ID}}
or {{Userbox-m |box colour |box content}} |
|
Userbox sampling templates
The factual accuracy of parts of this Wikipedia page (those related to {{Userbox sample compact}} ) may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please help update this Wikipedia page to reflect recent events or newly available information. Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page. |
To make it easier to quote the generation code for a userbox in a uniform format, a template {{Userbox sample compact}} has been made available, which produces a picture of the userbox along with the code necessary to create it. To use it, just give it exactly the same parameters you would give the {{Userbox}} template. You must use subst:, or the template will not work properly. An example is shown below:
- {{subst:Userbox sample compact|id=UBX|id-c=red|info=This is a '''[[WP:UBX|Userbox]]'''.}}
Produces:
{{Userbox | border-c = #999 | border-s = 1 | id-c = red | id-s = 14 | id-fc = black | info-c = #EEE | info-s = 8 | info-fc = black | id = UBX | info = This is a '''[[WP:UBX|Userbox]]'''. | float = left }} |
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There are not yet any similar templates available for userboxes created by the templates Userbox-r, Userbox-2 and Userbox-m.
Grouping userboxes
Using the Userboxtop template
Example 1
|
As with the Babel box, there is a box to group userboxes together. Just make a list of userboxes with {{Userboxtop|box-name}} at the top, followed by your list of userboxes, and {{Userboxbottom}} at the bottom. For example, the box to the right is created using the following list:
{{Userboxtop}} {{User WikiProject Userboxes}} {{User:UBX/Rome}} {{User:Nihiltres/Userboxes/Friendly}} {{Userboxbottom}}
Using collapsible tables
Example 2
|
If you wish to group your userboxes into expandable lists in the {{Userboxtop}}
template, one way of doing this is by using collapsible tables with certain classes. Wikipedia's Mediawiki configuration attempts to make this happen through a combination of ECMAScript and CSS. This method is accessible to users with ECMAScript (jScript/JavaScript) disabled, and should work in most modern browsers (it is the method used by {{Navbox}}
).
- Using the codes in Help:Collapsing works much better and simpler using normal wiki table markup!
{{Userboxtop|Example 2}}
<table class="collapsible collapsed" style="width: 100%; background: transparent; color: inherit;">
<tr><th style="background:lavender;">(Caption)</th></tr>
<tr><td>
(Place your userboxes here...)
</td></tr>
</table>
{{Userboxbottom}}
Include 'collapsed
' if you want the box to start closed, omit it if you want the box to start open. You can also use multiple tables to get separate collapsible parts like in the example to the right.
You can now use {{Userboxgroup}}
to create this kind of box.
Using the Babel grouping system
The Babel grouping system can also be used, e.g. {{Babel|sv|no-4|in Rome}}
, which generates:
Wikipedia:Babel | ||||
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Search user languages |
However, it only works for user boxes with the "User" prefix, which must then be dropped for the arguments.
Also, boxes that need arguments of their own (such as {{User:UBX/Monty Python}} or {{User Translator}}
) are difficult to use with the Babel system. They can be used by including parameters with magic word replacing the vertical bars and equals signs, e.g. {{Babel|fr-5|ja-2|Translator{{!}}fr{{!}}project{{=}}no}}
(result below), but this behavior is not officially supported by the template, and may not work in all contexts and break at some point in the future.
Wikipedia:Babel | ||||
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Search user languages |
Using tables
Another alternative would be to table your userboxes:
{| style="margin: 1em auto;" |+ example 6 |- | {{User:AusTerrapin/Box:Jazz Fusion}} {{User_USAFo5}} |- | {{User helper}} {{User:The Raven's Apprentice/Userboxes/User Warm}} |}
would produce the following:
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To center one userbox use this coding:
{| style="margin: 1em auto;" |+ example 7 |- | {{User:Saoshyant/Userboxes/User oops}} |}
which produces:
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See also
- Wikipedia:Jimbo on Userboxes
- Wikipedia:List of userbox deletion nominations
- Wikipedia:User page design center
- Wikipedia:Userbox Maker
- Wikipedia:Userbox migration
- Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries
- Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries/alphabetical
- Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes
If you recently created a userbox, please put it on this page. Ideas or requests for new userboxes should go to Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Ideas.
Archives |
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1 July 2006
Moved from Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Ideas
Here's a userbox for people that listen to the band Mindless Self Indulgence
CGS | this user uses the CGS system of measurement |
- Here's an userbox for those scientists who do not use the SI but the CGS...
For all you bleeding and angry Socceroos fans out there...
This user believes the Socceroos were robbed when they played Italy in the 2006 World Cup. |
{{User Socceroos1}}
4 July 2006
Created a Silent Hill userbox. (Cipher Destiny 01:33, 4 July 2006 (UTC))
SH | This user plays Silent Hill. |
{{user Silent Hill}}
BF2 | This user dreams of being promoted to General in Battlefield 2 |
{{subst:Userbox |border-c = #FF3 |border-s = 3 |id-c = #000 |id-s = 12 |id-fc = #F00 |info-c = #222 |info-s = 8 |info-fc = #FF3 |id = BF2 |info = This user dreams of being promoted to General in [[Battlefield 2]] }}
- Created a Battlefield 2 userbox. Hopefully it can be called initiated using "user battlefield 2" - not sure how you actually make it into a proper userbox though, is someone meant to review this? --Rambutaan 07:27, 4 July 2006 (UTC)
5 July 2006
This user uses way too many Userboxes. |
{{User:M Clarke/customuserbox1}}
This user expects you to know everything about him from his Userboxes. |
{{User:M Clarke/customuserbox2}}
--M Clarke 13:58, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
I'd use both of those. -- ~PinkDeoxys~ 20:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
8 July 2006
If any fans of The Daily Show want a userbox, here's a little one I put together. -Hop Along Pickle 02:04, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
' | This user trusts the most trusted name in fake news. |
Hi, I just want you to know that fair use images are not allowed outside of articles. You may also be interested in Template:User TDS, which is basically the same thing as this userbox. —Mira 04:26, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
- Ooh, didn't realize about that policy. Sorry about that! -Hop Along Pickle 01:42, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
15 July 2006
I'd like to suggest a few userboxes:
For users who prefer Associated Press style:
AP | This user prefers Associated Press style. |
For users of Honda Civics
CIV | This user drives a Honda Civic. |
For yellow lab lovers
This user loves Yellow Labrador Retrievers |
They aren't mine User:Atenea26, 15:15, 21 July (UTC)
RRL | This user is Religious Relativist. |
{{User Religious Relativist}} From User:Atenea26
The main page for these is User:BigNate37/Templates. I suggest not subst'ing them, but if you want to change probably then subst & edit is the way to go.
|
This user is probably online. |
{{User:BigNate37/User Status-online}}
|
This user is probably offline. |
{{User:BigNate37/User Status-offline}}
16 July 2006
Hey Atenea26 like this box?
This user owns a Yellow Labrador Retriever in Nintendogs |
Yes,but I don't like dogs User:Atenea26 15:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
I created this one for Digimon
| DI-DI-DI Digimon: Digital Monsters Digimon are the Champions! |
17 July 2006
Here is a userbox I created, It's also on my userpage:
- --huntersquid 16:25, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
- Well, this looks cute to me, but I have a feeling that some Wikipedians might be offended by this userbox. --Siva1979Talk to me 04:23, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
This user is a member of the Unity Church. |
This user considers Jean-Luc Godard to be the world's greatest living filmmaker. |
This user reads the work of L. Frank Baum under all his many names! |
Samuel Beckett, twingle-twangler comfort my days of roses days of beauty |
Mary Shelley, Modern Prometheus and Sibyl of the Last Man |
18 July 2006
Because I could...
pf | This user believes that the people's flag is palest pink. |
19 July 2006
BAL | This user is a fan of the Baltimore Blast |
TU | This user is a fan of the Towson University Tigers |
This user has a soprano vocal range. |
- My current design for vocal ranges; rather blah, I know. But I do have to test them.--Jitterro 00:36, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
20 July 2006
B | This User Attends or Attended Binghamton University |
- Binghamton Represent! The Should be a university category!!! Kennykane 04:17, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
I created three new Userboxes, for people interested in hellenic religion
This user is interested in Greek Mythology. |
This user is interested in Hellenic Reconstrutionism. |
{{User Greek recon}}
This user is Hellenic Reconstrutionist. |
- By User:Atenea26 20 July 2006
- Ummm... Typo in your last box, there. "Reconstrutionist." I'm not going to muck with it, though; I'm too new at this Userbox thing, and I'd be afraid of damaging something.
- Septegram 12:17, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
21 July 2006
One for my friends in the town of Bawlmer:
HON | This user is proud to speak Baltimorese, hon! |
File:Sperm Whale fluke.jpg | This user is a member of WikiProject Cetaceans. |
- This is a userbox I request to be created for WikiProject Cetaceans. --Gray Porpoise 13:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC).
22 July 2006
SOAD | This is the most loneliest day of this user's life. |
G&R | This user welcomes you to the jungle. |
Beck | This user is a loser. |
' | This user's gotta keep em' separated. |
25 July 2006
This is a userbox for Serbian people.
File:Grb-Srbija 2004.jpg |
StevanMD 23:31, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
- You should have said userbox like this: userbox. lol 'FLaRN' (talk) 21:05, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
This is a userbox for tabla Ustads (in case you don't know what that is, click on this).
26 July 2006
Beck | This user doesn't know where it's at. |
- More music userboxes. --S-man 02:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
28 July 2006
{{subst:Userbox | border-c = #c0c0c0 | border-s = 1 | id-c = #DDD | id-s = 14 | id-fc = #000000 | info-c = #ffffff | info-s = 8 | info-fc = #fff | id = [[Image:Simple English Wikipedia logo.png|40px]] | info = <center>[[w:simple:Main Page|Simple English Wikipedia]]</center> | float = left }} |
30 July 2006
File:YellowLabradorLooking wb.jpg | This user has one or more dogs. |
This is if the user owns a dog. Vozz 20:47, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
' | This user is a fan of the San Jose Sharks. |
This is if the user likes the San Jose Sharks. Vozz 20:59, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
This user enjoys smoking Cannabis. |
This is if the user enjoys smoking cannabis sativa. - Vozz 21:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
PM | This user is a PlayManiac. |
This is for users who enjoy watching (and playing) the GSN program PlayMania. - Chad1m 23:14, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
31 July 2006
This user lives in Hawaii. |
- I noticed that the State of Hawaii was missing in the United States Userboxes page. This is for users woho live in Hawaii. Leah 03:24, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
This user is interested in aviation |
For those interested in aviation. Phil 02:43, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
1 August 2006
RAH | This user enjoys the works of Robert A. Heinlein. |
{{User:BlueSquadronRaven/Userboxes/RAH}}
- My first userbox. I didn't see a similar one so apologies if one exists in someone else's userspace. --BlueSquadronRaven 20:34, 1 August 2006 (UTC)
FF | This user is a Firefighter. |
- I don't know how to post this as a regular box - can anyone help me? I tried to anyways - I was unsucessful... --FiftyOneWicked 02:32, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
2 August 2006
My first userbox
[as] | This user watches adult swim |
Wormy 10:48, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
AB | This user is reporting for duty! |
{{User:BlueSquadronRaven/Userboxes/AtomicBetty}}
- For anyone who watches the cartoon Atomic Betty, courtesy of a drooling fanboy of the show. --BlueSquadronRaven 16:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
Q4 | This user plays Quake 4. |
{{User:BlueSquadronRaven/Userboxes/Quake4}}
- My first graphic-using userbox. --BlueSquadronRaven 18:52, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
- I'm sorry, but fair use images are not allowed to be used outside of articles. You'll have to find either a non-fair use image or some form of text to use instead. —Mira 20:23, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
TU | This user attends the University of Tulsa. |
- I've never done this before, so I'm not sure how if this is a good one or not, but Tulsa didn't have a college userbox, so I put one together. matt91486 21:04, 2 August 2006 (UTC)
3 August 2006
This user is an orthodox Cracovian. |
{{User Cracovian}}
Zig | Move zig for great justice. |
{{User:BigNate37/TM/UBX/LMoM/Zig}}
- I've created some Laziest Men on Mars userboxes (full list of fivish at User:BigNate37/TM/UBX/LMoM). This one is my favourite.
4 August 2006
File:Large white shark.jpg | This user is fascinated by Sharks!. |
{{User Shark}}
- This is the first Userbox I made. I know it's not that good but can someone improve on it, once you have please contact me on my talkpage! Lenny 18:33, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
{{User:BlueSquadronRaven/Userboxes/AllYourBase}}
- There is already an AYB userbox.--Mac Lover Talk 03:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
- I couldn't help myself... For Great Justice! --BlueSquadronRaven 20:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
JC | This user has successfully passed their Junior Certificate exams. |
LC | This user has successfully passed their Leaving Certificate exams. |
LCA | This user has successfully passed their Leaving Certificate Applied exams. |
IC/GC | This user is so old, that they sat the Group/Intermediate Certifcate exams, which were replaced by the Junior Cert in 1992. |
- This my first set of userboxes. I know it's god awful, but what are your opinons? Jboyle4eva 23:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
5 August 2006
Here is my new version of the shark template from 4th august 2006 lead. Slightly different colour and with a picture of a hammerhead shark as the other wasn't very good and I cant find a better great white on wikipedia commons. Lenny 07:53, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
File:Hammerhead-shark.jpg | This user is fascinated by Sharks! |
- Looks better. BigNate37T·C 16:36, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
10 August 2006
I have been frustrated lately with people's insistence on in-line citations, when every other aspect of an article's content and quality can be superb without it - there are those who won't consider an article for certain levels of quality status if there are no citations. Thus, I have created this:
This user believes that inline citations are not essential to the quality of an article. |
I hope you like. LordAmeth 11:44, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
11 August 2006
- I just created this one to express my own views.--File:Nuvola apps kcmmemory.pngMac Lover Talk 18:16, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
I just made a couple:
This user enjoys Rock Climbing and doesn't believe that it is dangerous. |
{{User:Lewis1350/Userboxen/Rock Climber}}
- For climbers :)
MHS | This user is attending or has attended Munster High School |
{{User:Lewis1350/Userboxen/Munster High School}}
- The high school I'm attending
↔ | My userboxes are over there!! Look around for them! |
{{User:Lewis1350/Userboxen/Over there}}
- I made lots of variations of this one. and it allows you to make it says Userboxen instead
I made it for the userbox section of {{User infobox}} if you have lots ~Lewis1350 (talk) 18:30, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
These are two userboxes I created months ago, and put on the Wikipedia:Userboxes/Location/Oceania page. I have the feeling they almost made it into a recent New Yorker article. Axeman89 04:54, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
This user comes from Kiribati. |
{{User Kiribati}}
This user supports Kiribati. |
- Oh, and how come the categories for the templates don't work? Axeman89 05:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)
14 August 2006
Feel free to improve... --Slyder PilotE@ 10:57, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
Suggestion for 4channers everywhere. replace the /b/ in /b/ tard for your choice, such as /h/ or /cp/ lol...
This user is a /B/ tard from 4chan. Beware! |
Another userbox! U-M-D UH! --Slyder PilotE@ 21:23, 14 August 2006 (UTC)
UMD | This user is either a student at or alumnus of the University of Minnesota Duluth |
Asthma | This user has asthma. |
15 August 2006
For firearms enthusiasts. Kriegaffe 11:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
This user is a firearms enthusiast |
{{User:Kriegaffe/Userboxes/Firearms}}
For conductors:
File:Conductingbaton.jpg | This user is a conductor. |
For Buster Keaton fans:
Keaton | This user thinks that Buster Keaton is the greatest silent comedian of them all. |
For Alfred Hitchcock fans:
File:Alfred Hitchcock 2.jpg | This user loves the films of Alfred Hitchcock. |
For William Carlos Williams fans:
5 | This user enjoys the poems of William Carlos Williams |
(The gold "5" on a red field is an allusion to his poem "The Great Figure", and the placement of the line breaks parody his style.) Andrew Levine 22:36, 15 August 2006 (UTC)
16 August 2006
For Futurama fans:
OP8 | This user is from Omicron Persei VIII |
Ido50 01:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- I have removed the image from this userbox because fair-use images are not allowed outside articles. Andrew Levine 09:37, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
- I hope it's OK with you guys, but I've created a template myself - {{User OP8}}. Ido50 00:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
- Update: I have created it in userspace - {{User:Ido50/Userboxes/User OP8}}. --Ido50 15:45, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
For those who, like me, can never find the things they want:
This user wishes real life had a search function. |
RandyWang (chat me up/fix me up) 10:33, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
rent | This user rents his/her accomodation. |
Landlord | This user is a landlord. |
House | This user can't afford/is too young to have their own home, thus they must still live with their parents. |
Holiday | This user can't contribute to Wikipedia because he/she is on holiday. |
Works | This user page is still under construction, sorry that it looks like a building site. |
Christhebull 20:45, 16 August 2006 (UTC) (Sorry I had to post them this way, but my knowledge of wikimarkup is rather limited.) See my userboxes here
16 August 2006
Proud to be a “Bureaucratic F**k”
File:Gavel icon.jpg | WP: Policies & guidelines This Wikipedian is proud to be a “Bureaucratic F**k”. |
Does anyone here think Wikipedia is ready to have this added to the Wikipedia:Userboxes/Humor section? -- Netsnipe (Talk) 10:53, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
17 August 2006
ZINE | This user has published a zine. |
In the vain of users who have published a book, etc, I've created a userbox for those who have published a zine. You can add this userbox to your userpage by inserting the following code at the bottom: {{User published zine}}. Alanlastufka 03:41, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
As I hardly see a lot of XBOX games around because of the XBOX 360 I made this userbox.
XBOX DEAD | This user is sad that the XBOX is dead. |
{{User:Droobey/userboxes/xbox_dead}}
I have loads, including:
! | In event of low userboxes, Click Here |
! |
ubx-r | This user thinks that userboxes will one day rule the universe. |
CN-X | This user has been to X countries. |
Magic Wand |
XXX/YYY | This user was born on the cusp. |
42 | This user agrees that 42 is the answer to the universe. |
This user does not care about the fact that they were born on the cusp. |
ubx LIE | The above userbox is a lie. |
100 | This is this user's 100th userbox. |
US-X | This user has been to X states of America. |
US-X +DC | This user has been to X states of America and the district of Columbia. |
This user thinks Graham Poll will never referee another World Cup. |
If I make any more they will be on User:Jamie C/Templates. Jamie|C 15:06, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
- Yeah, if someone says magic really exists it would be a lie...lol 'FLaRN' (talk) 21:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
time for a Metalocalypse userbox:
DKLOK | Real coffee from the hills of Columbia. |
{{User:Prophet15/userbox/Metalocalypse}}
bear with me here, I'm a beginner. cma 21:59, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
19 August 2006
This user is against adding spoiler tags to articles because Wikipedia is not censored. |
Concerning the current debate about spoiler tags going on at Wikipedia:Spoiler warning. Axem Titanium 04:33, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
G-3 | This user attended Université Stendhal. |
PITT | This user attended the University of Pittsburgh. |
AMERKS | This user supports the Rochester Americans of the AHL. Go Amerks! |
MF | This user says Muck Fichigan. |
US | This user is a veteran of the United States Armed Forces. |
These are some I came up with tonight. The gallery is at User:BootNRally/Box3n. Hope that some others will find them useful. -- Boot 'N Rally | talk 12:59, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
This user is a member of the Pirate Party. |
Here's another -- Boot 'N Rally | talk 13:12, 19 August 2006 (UTC)
User:Kriegaffe/Userboxes/USArmy | {{User:Kriegaffe/Userboxes/USArmy}} |
For those interested in the WW2 era US Army. Kriegaffe 00:59, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
20 August 2006
User:Ig0r/uncertainbox Ig0r 01:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
21 August 2006
XXX | This user enjoys adult films, and is not ashamed to admit it. |
New User 08:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
File:Source Four ERS2.jpg | This user does something related to technical theatre and is probably a theatrical technican | Techie |
For all us theatreical technicians. --KeepOnTruckin 22:06, 21 August 2006 (UTC)
This user is one singular sensation | ' |
I recently noticed that the only musicals listed were Les Mis, Phantom of the Opera, Rent, and Wicked. So, I designed this. -Diabolos 00:30, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
25 August 2006
Here's my Chappelle's Show userbox:
CS | This user thinks he's Rick James, bitch... |
{{User Chappelle}}
And here's my Animaniacs userbox:
A | This user is zany to the max! |
{{User Animaniacs}}
Doodoobutter 20:57, 25 August 2006 (UTC)
Userbox_add_request
Hi, user nathanrdotcom recently got into a big fight with the admins, and a userbox that he created for me under his user space was deleted as well. Is there anyway that someone can just formalize this user box for me rather than using the "german user box solution"? If there is no way to formalize the submission, please someone, just add this for me in their space. Thanks! Also, please start the category by almater thing for RCSI as well. Thanks you so much!
RCSI | This user attends or attended RCSI. |
--RCSIRCSIRCSI 03:18, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
New Bird Flu Box
I didn't really like the old one out there so I made my own.
H5 | This user is infected with the H5N1 Bird Flu Virus. Beware. | N1 |
RyGuy17 17:59, 26 August 2006 (UTC)
27 August 2006
{{User ethiopian}}
They didn't have THIS one!
Atruea 05:51, 27 August 2006 (UTC)
30 August 2006
{{User:Limetom/sbfan}} User:Limetom/sbfan
A little something I created for Sinai Beach fans. Tom 10:06, 30 August 2006 (UTC)
{{User:Limetom/ksms1}} User:Limetom/ksms1
{{User:Limetom/ksms2}} User:Limetom/ksms2
Also, two userboxes I created for Kashimashi fans. (Note: There are two accepted romanizations for the name, I included both.)
31 August 2006
{{User:Phantom_hax0r/UBX/User_bbcode}}
Hey, I'm new to userboxes and this is my first attempt at one. I noticed a lack of a BBCode box so I made one myself. Comments are appreciated!
~ Phantom hax0r 08:39, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
Q | This user enjoys playing Quidditch. |
My first userbox 0_0 Yay! Hope all you Harry Potter fans like it. -llamallama 10:58, 31 Augest 2006 (UTC)
OTT | This user reminisces of the Ottawa Renegades |
{{User:BlueSquadronRaven/Userboxes/CFLRenegades}}
There wasn't a box for this CFL team previously, and unfortunately I have no idea if it will be needed again, but, here it is! --BlueSquadronRaven 19:55, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
{{User:Scumbag/ravboxes/Orzhov}}
B/W | This user is a member of the Orzhov Syndicate.
Hand over your tithe, breather. |
I did one of these for each of the ten Ravnica guilds, mainly out of boredeom. You can see the rest of 'em at User:Scumbag/ravboxes
1 September 2006
ΦΣΠ | This person is a brother of Phi Sigma Pi |
is produced by {{User:Cmd3187/Greek/Phi Sigma Pi}}
--Cmd3187 15:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
For fans of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly:
The Good | In this world, there's two kinds of users: Those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig. |
is produced with {{User:Ido50/Userboxes/User the Good}}.
The Bad | This user will see you soon, idiots. |
is produced with {{User:Ido50/Userboxes/User the Bad}}.
The Ugly | When this user has to shoot, he shoots. Doesn't talk. |
is produced with {{User:Ido50/Userboxes/User the Ugly}}.
-- Ido50 13:49, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
3 September 2006
This user enjoys drum and bass. |