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For the WikiProject collaboration on userboxes, see Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes.
A userbox is a small rectangular box that looks like this. More examples below.
Userboxes can come in many different styles and colors.
Userboxes can have one or two sideboxes.

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

Shortcuts
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

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See also: Wikipedia:Userbox migration

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 or Template:User en).
red-outlined triangle containing exclamation point Please remember to add nocat = true and wrap the category in includeonly tags (see this example diff) when using the Template 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

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Main page: Wikipedia:User categories
See also: Wikipedia:Overcategorization/User categories and Wikipedia:User categories § Syntax for including a user category in a userbox

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

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  • All userboxes are governed by the civility policy.
  • 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:

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

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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
Userbox sampling templates

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 }}
UBX This is a Userbox.

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

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

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:

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.

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:

example 6
This user enjoys jazz-rock fusion.
This user is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force.
This user helps out newcomers.
This user prefers warm weather.

To center one userbox use this coding: 

{| style="margin: 1em auto;"
|+ example 7
|-
| {{User:Saoshyant/Userboxes/User oops}}
|}

which produces:

example 7
This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.

See also


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.

Archive
Archives

1 July 2006

Moved from Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Ideas

Here's a userbox for people that listen to the band Mindless Self Indulgence

MSI
This user listens to Mindless
Daikenkai 08:53, 11 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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))[reply]

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)[reply]

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)[reply]


I'd use both of those. -- ~PinkDeoxys~ 20:45, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

' 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)[reply]

Ooh, didn't realize about that policy. Sorry about that! -Hop Along Pickle 01:42, 9 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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

Yellow lab This user loves Yellow Labrador Retrievers

They aren't mine User:Atenea26, 15:15, 21 July (UTC)


RRLThis 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?

Yellow lab This user owns a Yellow Labrador Retriever in Nintendogs

Yes,but I don't like dogs User:Atenea26 15:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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:

This user thinks you smell... Just kidding!
--huntersquid 16:25, 17 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
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
Scottandrewhutchins 04:52, 18 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

18 July 2006

Because I could...

pf This user believes that the people's flag is palest pink.
David Mestel(Talk)

19 July 2006

BAL This user is a fan of the Baltimore Blast
Wildthing61476 15:50, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
TU This user is a fan of the Towson University Tigers
Wildthing61476 17:09, 19 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]

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)[reply]

I created three new Userboxes, for people interested in hellenic religion

This user is interested in Greek Mythology.

{{User Greek Mythology}}

This user is interested in Hellenic Reconstrutionism.

{{User Greek recon}}

This user is Hellenic Reconstrutionist.

{{User Greek recon2}}

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)[reply]

21 July 2006

One for my friends in the town of Bawlmer:

HON This user is proud to speak Baltimorese, hon!
Wildthing61476 21:50, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]
This is a userbox I request to be created for WikiProject Cetaceans. --Gray Porpoise 13:06, 20 July 2006 (UTC).[reply]
Created at Wikipedia:WikiProject Cetaceans/Userbox. —Mira 05:51, 21 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

22 July 2006

Beck This user is a loser.
--S-man 12:03, 22 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

25 July 2006

This is a userbox for Serbian people.

StevanMD 23:31, 24 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You should have said userbox like this: userbox. lol 'FLaRN' (talk) 21:05, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]


This is a userbox for tabla Ustads (in case you don't know what that is, click on this).

This user is a tabla Ustad.
Guille Tin

26 July 2006

Beck This user doesn't know where it's at.
TB This user lives on a yellow submarine.
More music userboxes. --S-man 02:04, 27 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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 }}
--Chuck Marean 02:04, 29 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]


' 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)[reply]


This user enjoys smoking Cannabis.

This is if the user enjoys smoking cannabis sativa. - Vozz 21:05, 30 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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)[reply]

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)[reply]
This user is interested in aviation

For those interested in aviation. Phil 02:43, 1 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]

2 August 2006

My first userbox

[as] This user watches adult swim

Wormy 10:48, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
Q4 This user plays Quake 4.

{{User:BlueSquadronRaven/Userboxes/Quake4}}

My first graphic-using userbox. --BlueSquadronRaven 18:52, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]
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)[reply]

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)[reply]

{{User:BlueSquadronRaven/Userboxes/AllYourBase}}

There is already an AYB userbox.--Mac Lover Talk 03:15, 12 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I couldn't help myself... For Great Justice! --BlueSquadronRaven 20:53, 4 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
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)[reply]

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)[reply]

File:Hammerhead-shark.jpg This user is fascinated by Sharks!
Looks better. BigNate37T·C 16:36, 5 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]

11 August 2006

This user likes free stock icons.
I just created this one to express my own views.--File:Nuvola apps kcmmemory.pngMac Lover Talk 18:16, 11 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I just made a couple:

Carabiner
Carabiner
 		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)[reply]

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)[reply]

This user comes from Kiribati.

{{User Kiribati}}

This user supports Kiribati.

{{User Kiribati Supporter}}

Oh, and how come the categories for the templates don't work? Axeman89 05:26, 13 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

14 August 2006

Feel free to improve... --Slyder PilotE@ 10:57, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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!
LightningEdge 14:35, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Another userbox! U-M-D UH! --Slyder PilotE@ 21:23, 14 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

UMD This user is either a student at or alumnus of the University of Minnesota Duluth





Asthma This user has asthma.
Rkolsen 00:50, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

15 August 2006

For firearms enthusiasts. Kriegaffe 11:59, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This user is a firearms enthusiast

{{User:Kriegaffe/Userboxes/Firearms}}

For conductors:

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.
--Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 17:46, 15 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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)[reply]

16 August 2006

For Futurama fans:

OP8 This user is from Omicron Persei VIII

Ido50 01:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]
I hope it's OK with you guys, but I've created a template myself - {{User OP8}}. Ido50 00:44, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Update: I have created it in userspace - {{User:Ido50/Userboxes/User OP8}}. --Ido50 15:45, 22 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]



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[reply]

16 August 2006

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)[reply]


17 August 2006

ZINEThis 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)[reply]

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 		!
This user is glad that 1 Ceres is not a planet.
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.
XXX/YYY 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.
Yellow cardYellow cardYellow card 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)[reply]

Yeah, if someone says magic really exists it would be a lie...lol 'FLaRN' (talk) 21:08, 26 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]


time for a Metalocalypse userbox:

DKLOK
This user likes coffee.
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)[reply]

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)[reply]


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)[reply]


This user is a member of the Pirate Party.




Here's another -- Boot 'N Rally | talk 13:12, 19 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User:Kriegaffe/Userboxes/USArmy {{User:Kriegaffe/Userboxes/USArmy}}

For those interested in the WW2 era US Army. Kriegaffe 00:59, 20 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

20 August 2006

User:Ig0r/uncertainbox Ig0r 01:47, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

21 August 2006

XXX This user enjoys adult films, and is not ashamed to admit it.

New User 08:10, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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)[reply]

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)[reply]

The fotolog of this user is username

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)[reply]

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)[reply]



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)[reply]



27 August 2006

This user is of Ethiopian ancestry.



{{User ethiopian}}

They didn't have THIS one!


Atruea 05:51, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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)[reply]


{{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}}

[code] This user has an understanding of BBCode on various forums.




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)[reply]


{{User:Llamallama/Quidditch}}

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)[reply]


{{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

ΦΣΠThis person is a brother of Phi Sigma Pi


is produced by {{User:Cmd3187/Greek/Phi Sigma Pi}}
--Cmd3187 15:06, 1 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]


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)[reply]

3 September 2006

This user enjoys drum and bass.

Lzb 23:19, 3 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

4 September 2006

For fans of Married... with Children:

MWC A fat woman came into this user's shoe store today.


is produced with {{User:Ido50/Userboxes/User Al Bundy}}.


is produced with {{User:Ido50/Userboxes/User No Maam}}.

For fans of Jay and Silent Bob:


is produced with {{User:Ido50/Userboxes/User Jay}}.

For fans of Simpsons:

ABEThis user is not a communist! They may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a communist, but they are not a porn star!


is produced with {{User:Ido50/Userboxes/User not Communist}}.
# Ido50 (talk to me), at 15:00, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

For fans of Cars:

Template:User Cars

95This user supports Lightning McQueen.
43This user supports The King.


Template:User Chick Hicks

51This user supports the Fabulous Hudson Hornet.
LuigiThis user follows only the Ferraris.




What do you think? RMS Oceanic 19:13, 4 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

5 September 2006

A userbox for users that are crazy about squash (can't believe one has not been added yet!!)

Squash‎This user is a fanatical squash player




Matthew Shalorne 19:42, 5 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not bad. I like it. RMS Oceanic 13:20, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

6 September 2006

I blog way to often.

LJThis User has a LiveJournal and a GreatestJournal account.GJ

KaoBear(talk) 20:28, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

8 September 2006

This user enjoys overcast weather.

{{user Overcast}}

Lzb 02:10, 9 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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