Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Userboxes/Archive 2007

Sub-group

Recently I have noticed alot of complaints about userbox migration and how users must constantly update their userboxes. So I came up with an idea for a subgroup which is devoted entirely to updating the addresses. I haven't figured out a name for this group yet. Whether this group gets off the ground or not is dependant on support (I really don't know how this process works). If you're interested in the group the add

{{User:The Dark Side/Original userboxes/Helpful}}

User:The Dark Side/Original userboxes/Helpful

to you page or leave your name. If you just want to say something about this, then say it. A list of users needing this kind of help can be found here. A list of moved userboxes can be found here Thank you for your time. --The Dark Side 03:06, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

user box deleted

i created this user box,and put it here Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia

This user is considering giving up on Wikipedia and moving to Citizendium because of the fair use debate..

and an admin deleted it promtly.Yes the quality is not top,the isue is disturbing yada yada.Do i have the right to put it in Wikipedia:Userboxes/Wikipedia .yes or no?--Pierson's Puppeteer 20:29, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Why don't you just put it in userspace like Zoe keeps telling you? What difference does it make to you what namespace it's in? —Chowbok ☠ 22:18, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Deleted as per Wikipedia:Userboxes#Userbox submissions. User:Zoe|(talk) 21:36, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

Some display help

I've received some feed back that my userboxes bleed into the wiki "user page" template ... even though as best I can tell I am using the same Mozilla Firefox browser as the viewer who pointed this out to me. I am not certain whether the problem is coming from here or here. Thanks in advance for your help! Keesiewonder 18:16, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

What happens to ideas

I created userboxes but I never heard anything, I placed them on the ideas page but they are now in archive (so the images don't work now).

Wikipedia_talk:Userboxes/Ideas/Archive_3#Userboxes_for_RT.C3.89.2C_TV3_and_TG4

Was there anything wrong with these?

pjb007 14:00, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

Try putting them on the Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/New Userboxes page. - Aerobird ^{Target locked - Fox One!} 16:25, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

People don't always respond unless you're asking them to make one. If you want to see who's using your userbox add

<includeonly>[[Category:Name here|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>

to the userbox template page. The just check the category and whoever is listed there uses your userbox. --The Dark Side 18:46, 25 January 2007 (UTC)

This user (comes from / lives in / lived in)

Something that I just noticed on the German wiki that might be useful here. To overcome the need for separate "This user lives in" and "This user comes from" userboxes, many userboxes contain extra functionality that covers all of these possiblities. For example, when the German userbox de:Benutzer:Vorlage/aus Deutschland is used without giving any parameters, it is the same as {{User Germany}} (This user comes from Germany), but if you say {{Benutzer:Vorlage/aus Deutschland|alt=2}} it is the same as {{User Germany res}} (This user lives in Germany). Saying alt=3 says "This user once lived in Germany". Other options are there for gender (Benutzer/Benutzerin) and even an option for what image you want to show (the flag or the coat of arms). Definitely worth considering here. - 52 Pickup 17:30, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Here's what I came up with:

{{User:The Dark Side/Original userboxes/Malta}}

This user {{{1}}} Malta.

You can change the {{{1}}} to something meanginful by adding |{{User:The Dark Side/1}} to the end of the address. Note the |. This would create the following:

{{User:The Dark Side/Original userboxes/Malta|{{User:The Dark Side/1}}}}

This user was born in Malta.

This is a list of the current option:

Number	Result
User:The Dark Side/1	was born in
User:The Dark Side/2	comes from
User:The Dark Side/3	lives in
User:The Dark Side/4	lived in

If this is what you were thinking of, then I will just create {{1}},{{2}},{{3}}, and {{4}} to use instead of {{User:The Dark Side/1}}, {{User:The Dark Side/2}} etc. I will also move the templates to wikispace. --The Dark Side 22:17, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, something like that. My only suggested change would be to have option 2 (comes from) as the default setting, so anyone already using the userbox is not adversely effected. The different settings can also be linked to different categories ("Wikipedians from Malta" and "Maltese Wikipedians"). - 52 Pickup 07:23, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I figured out what they had going on in the German wiki. Most of the key words are in English so I was able to copy their idea. This is my second try at it.

{{User:The Dark Side/Original userboxes/Malta test}}

This user comes from Malta.

Here's where the difference lays.
{{User:The Dark Side/Original userboxes/Malta test|alt=1}}

This user lives in Malta.

{{User:The Dark Side/Original userboxes/Malta test|alt=2}}

This user was born in Malta.

{{User:The Dark Side/Original userboxes/Malta test|alt=3}}

This user used to live in Malta.

Unfortunately I'm not able to put the coat of arms as an alterate option as most seem to be copyright protected. --The Dark Side 02:36, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Yep, that's it. The alternate image feature is not so important, you've got the important areas covered. - 52 Pickup 09:16, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Political userboxes

Where is the list of political userboxes or userboxes related to beliefs?--Sefringle 06:57, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

See Category:Wikipedians by politics and Category:Wikipedians by philosophy. Cheers!--24.20.69.240 22:57, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

James Bond userbox

I made this very "usefull" userbox but I don't know how to make it public!

{{User:DimTsi/userboxes/Bond}}

007	This user's got a Licence to Kill.

If you like it please place it there where it has to go!

I would appreciate it if you could reply here!

Cheers
DimTsi 22:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

In The News?

A fact from the article name, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

How about a version of this for those who have contributed to Template:In the news? Ekantik ^talk 03:20, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

Wii

Took me awhile to find you guys.

{{Template:Wiiwant}}

{{Template:Wiihave}}

--Darkest Hour 01:29, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

I need Help

I am new to wikipedia & dont no much about it! But I wanna ask you a question that how to make a new user template since it is a community of making user boxes & templates.Plesae tell me how to makw it? Reply soon

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Welcome to Wikipædia. To make a user template you simply copy the codes from this page, and fill in the variable slots with your own information. You then plce the customized codework into a blank page in the right namespace and save it. THen do with it as you would any other template. Leave a message on my talk page if you need any elaboration or assitance.--Whytecypress 02:12, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia Userboxes

I've already posted this on the talk page of Wikipedia Userboxes, but shouldn't the userboxes user BASEPAGENAME instead of PAGENAME? There are people who place their userboxes on a subpage. --The preceding comment was signed by User:Sp3000 (talk•contribs) 05:42, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Rassa Frassa Userboxes

Hi, I am attempting to group userboxes using the Userboxtop and Userboxbottom commands, but am screwing it up somewhere. If anyone could go have a look at my userpage and see what I am doing wrong (with the exception of having waaaaaaay to many userboxes) that would be absotively GREAT!!! WookMuff 08:01, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

I checked out... and got carried away. I made it easier to read which boxes you're using and grouped them too. --The Dark Side 00:15, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

My userbox creations.

I made these userboxes.

KOThis user plays Kal Online. This user has been hacked on Habbo Hotel. This user has been hacked on Habbo Hotel twice. {{User:Destructo_087/Userboxes/KalOnline}} {{User:Destructo_087/Userboxes/HabboHack}} {{User:Destructo_087/Userboxes/HabboHack2}}

--Destructo 087 03:59, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

help

for this userbox:

0YThis Wikipedian was born on 23 May 2024 and is 0 years, 0 months, and 0 days old.

How do I set it to my age?? I cant figure it out. My birthday is February, 28th 1991, and for some reason, it can't configure my birthday. "THROUGH FIRE, JUSTICE IS SERVED!" 02:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

You can set your age through this:

{{User current age|day=28|month=02|year=1991}}

Which appears as this:

33YThis Wikipedian was born on 28 February 1991 and is 33 years, 2 months, and 26 days old.

Hope you can learn something today. this is iaN (talk) 06:45, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Userboxes/Profession

I suggest the removal of all non-professionals (ie. podcastors, beach bums) to another page. A lot of the categories are nothing close for being professional.--Cahk 19:23, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Or just rename that page so it avoids using an overloaded word... —Quarl ^(talk) 2007-03-21 07:35Z

Notice of fair-use images on userboxes

Hey guys. I created this temporary template to post on editor talk pages for those who use fair images in userboxes (it's against policy). I think this message is pretty self-explanatory and eases any disruptiveness caused by simply deleting the image. I tried to find a similar notice but couldn't find one. What do you guys think? - Mtmelendez ^{(TALK|UB|HOME)} 21:09, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Rather cool. At least it tells people why and shows you have good reasons. Make use of it I say... Ian¹³/t 22:06, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Done! I created the new template here: {{Images on userboxes}}. - Mtmelendez ^{(TALK|UB|HOME)} 16:49, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

Userbox disclaimer

I recently made a userbox disclaimer for inclusion in a user's userbox gallery subpage(s). Check it out at User:Mtmelendez/Userboxes/Disclaimer. Any comments on how to improve it are appreciated. Thanks! - Mtmelendez ^{(TALK|UB|HOME)} 16:16, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Broken WP:UB banner

For some reason the UBX banner is appearing in user's UB space. I'm trying to figure out what happend but a few extra pairs of eyes would be helpful. Check my user page for a example. I'll leave a note when I/someone fixes it. Check this cat for a complete list of user's that are getting put in the category. NeoFreak 18:09, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Fixed. NeoFreak 20:06, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Proposal

Hello Wikipeidians. I have made a proposal that would take care of the userbox issues and the general clutter of the Template namespace. Please see it here and make comments conserning it. Thank you for your time. SadanYagci 14:44, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Programming userboxes and userbox migration

Hi there. I'm having a dicussion with User:ZeroOne about moving Template:User php and friends into userspace. In my opinion, these particular programming userboxes should not be subject to userbox migration, since PHP is the language used to write MediaWiki and therefore has some potential relevance to building Wikipedia. I'd say the same thing for HTML, JavaScript, CSS, and SQL, since Wikipedia is implemented using all of those technologies. The utility of these userboxes to building the encyclopedia is in finding active contributors who can provide technical knowledge regarding proposed changes to the wiki software and insight into whether certain issues can be solved with existing technology on-wiki or if they require a bug report or enhancement request. I'd say that things like Template:User cobol are obviously not relevant to building the encyclopedia, but programming that is directly related to the software that runs the site is. Mike Dillon 20:08, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I'd put the emphasis on the words potential relevance. So they're not relevant, just potentially so. You could go to Category:User js-4 and post a question whether they want to help do something with MediaWiki to all users listed there but I just cannot see that being very effective. I think if people want to help Wikipedia in HTML/CSS/JS/any such thing they will find a way themselves. --ZeroOne (talk | @) 20:33, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Merging of userbox listings

I have noticed that there are three templates for userbox navigation, all at the bottom of User:UBX. If one is searching the directories for possible user boxes for his page, he would need to scour through about four pages for each topic. Multiple users and the wikiproject all have pages full of boxes that are rather redundant and unneeded. If one created a new box, he wouldn't want to add it to all of the pages, one is enough. I heard Rfrisbie is moving his boxes, but I think User:UBX should be deleted and it would be simplest if all userboxes are listed in the Wikiproject Userboxes directory. Thank you, Reywas92^Talk 22:56, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Look at my userboxes, please?

I've created a bunch of shoddy userboxes at User:ZachPG/Userboxes to add ranks to the Marine Corps' list, as all the other services have them.

Can anybody teach me how to make the sizes of the pictures uniform, how to darken the blue background and red border, and/or offer any other suggestions on how to make those good enough to add to their own pages and be listed under Wikipedia:Userboxes/Military? ZachPG 20:29, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Does this format of userbox grouping work?

On my user page User:MrMacMan I couldn't seem to find a way to get the Babel userbox to behave with the other boxes... so I tried moving it around. I looked at the templates and didn't see one that made the babel userbox format properly so I moved it to the right and made 3 boxes per row. Does that work or might it break in other users browsers... or does it just look bad? Thanks for your opinion. MrMacMan ^Talk 23:47, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Please? MrMacMan ^Talk 07:25, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

request from WikiProject HIM

i started WikiProject HIM yesterday and i would like to have a user box saying that this user is a member of WPHIH so members can place it on their user page.I have NO IDEA how to write code and i hate to be a bother but if someone can helpme i would be SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO thankful. if any one wants to help plz contact me at my user page.Razor romance 15:16, 18 April 2007 (UTC)

How is it?

I'm not part of the project but this the userbox I made

This user is happy. Very happy. Happier than you think.

The New Mikemoral

Add to collection please

I'm dishing these out like crazy when I'm board (and maybe some other times). Please add them to the UBX list (or something). here they are. Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 22:52, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Sorry, wrong talk page... I'll move the previous comment to the correct userbox talk page. Sir intellegent - smartr tahn eaver!!!! 19:18, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Unwanted(?) inclusion in user category pages

Including one of the Wikipedia:Userboxes/Location/Europe boxes leads to the userbox itself Wikipedia:Userboxes/Location/Europe page being listed in the user category page. But the box page isn't a user, of course... How do we fix this? Surrounding the category statement in each box with a <noinclude> clause? Please comment. --Wernher 21:30, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

I've seen this handled by making the category link the default value of a {{{category}}} parameter instead of just including the link directly. For example:

<includeonly>{{{category|[[Category:Wikipedians in Iceland|{{PAGENAME}}]]}}}</includeonly>

Instead of:

<includeonly>[[Category:Wikipedians in Iceland|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>

That way, the category can be suppressed by doing {{User Iceland|category=}}, or similar. Mike Dillon 21:46, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Thanks for the quick response! Now, the logical followup question is whether the scheme you suggest will put a (significantly) heavier load on the WP servers? --Wernher 22:48, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Nope. Someone would just have to change the pages like Wikipedia:Userboxes/Location/Europe that aren't meant to be included in categories to pass "category=". Mike Dillon 00:20, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

I've made this change for all of the userboxes on that page. There is still inconsistency over whether the userboxes themselves are in the categories, but I tried not to change that since I'm not sure whether there is agreement about that. The ability to use "category=" shouldn't be controversial, since all that you have to do to keep a page in the category is to not use "category=". Adding this functionality also has the benefit of letting users choose different categories or override category sort keys embedded in the userbox templates (e.g. {{PAGENAME}}, which conflicts with the use of {{DEFAULTSORT}}). Mike Dillon 00:55, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

Naming conventions for userboxes in userspace

I was curious—are we endorsing moving all the User:UBX userboxes that aren't prefixed with 'User' so that they do? Blast ^{[improve me]} 28.04.07 2133 (UTC)

How can I help?

How can I help WikiProject Userboxes? --ISOLA'd ELBA 13:08, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Easy. Join and start making userboxes! The Userboxer^Complain/_ubx 15:46, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

I will!!! --ISOLA'd ELBA 00:47, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

My userbox creation

I made this userbox:

{{User:ISOLA'd ELBA/userboxing/No Democrat}}

--ISOLA'd ELBA 21:09, 7 May 2007 (UTC)

Putting a link to the userbox IN the userbox

I've been experimenting with putting a link in the userbox to the actual userbox page. The reason is that people often say to themselves "That's a great userbox... I got to get me one of those". And then they begin to edit another person's userpage trying to locate the exact userbox they want, occasionally forgetting to put "template" in front of certain ones. So I got myself thinking... why not put a link to the userbox page within the userbox itself? So, I've put a † at the end of the text, as follows:

This user wants ZERO net carbon emissions from human activity.^†

Of course, what this allows is a viewer to click on the link and immediately have the address for the userbox in question.

--One Salient Oversight 07:05, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Help?

I've made a userbox, but I don't know how to make its code look like the others do on the submission page, and like ISOLA'd ELBA's a little further up on this page. How is this done? Katharineamy 15:25, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Can you give us a link? What troubles are you having, exactly? Thanks! (: Blast ^{[improve me]} 06.06.07 0434 (UTC)

It's on my user talk page, the Hibernate one twelfth from the bottom. It shows the code I used to build it, but I want it to look like "{{User parental home:aspire to leave}} - those ones, so I can submit it to the userbox project.  :) Katharineamy 06:14, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I've got some code worked out here. Is that what you were thinking of having? Blast ^{[improve me]} 06.06.07 1759 (UTC)

That looks lovely. Thank you! But I still need to convert it to a template like the example above... Katharineamy 06:47, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Why not create a subpage of your userpage and store the box there? Blast ^{[improve me]} 20.06.07 1717 (UTC)

...oh, is that how you do it? I just didn't know. Thanks! Katharineamy 21:16, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Sure thing. :3 Blast ^{[improve me]} 21.06.07 0045 (UTC)

Standardizing the format UserBox list pages.

I really believe that all the UserBox list pages should be standardized with a single format. The format I propose uses the templatestemplate:Usbk and template:Usbkc. (template:Usbkc is used when parameters are in use in the Userbox) These are the same templates that are being used on the Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/New Userboxes page. I had made a whole page with this format at Wikipedia:Userboxes/WikiProjects. Before the change of format on that page, some of the userboxes appear to be corrupted. After the change in format those userboxes were corrected by the simplified templates. I know it would take work to standardize them, however I am up to the challenge of making these pages look right. I hope no one is against the idea of the new format as this I feel would the best one to use since it is being used to list new userboxes and it is a very simple template to use. If anyone has any comments on this please post here at: Wikipedia_talk:Userboxes#Standardizing_the_format_UserBox_list_pages. Sawblade05 05:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. Blast ^{[improve me]} 16.06.07 2301 (UTC)

Need some help with my userboxes

Hello, if you take a look at my user page, you'll see that when you expand "me," a little gray bar appears over the first userbox. How can I fix this? Also, how can I make my userboxes appear under the Babel box? Thanks, -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 21:33, 17 June 2007 (UTC)

Can someone please help me? Someone must know how to do this. -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 20:36, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I tried, but it didn't work out so well. Sorry. :/ Don't let that discourage you; you might try taking a look at the participants' talk pages and adding a personal request for another active editor. Blast ^{[improve me]} 24.06.07 2226 (UTC)

I'll try that; thanks. -- Cielomobile ^{talk / contribs} 10:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)

Userboxes on userpage, via template

I have a question, and I'm wondering if someone can help me. I would like to add a couple of userboxes on my userpage. But instead of putting them all on the main page code, I'd like to create a seperate user subpage, which acts like the main template for my userboxes. So I put all my userboxes on the template, and just add the template to my userpage. The only thing I was wondering is, how I need to do this. I know how I can create seperate user subpages, but how can I make it work, the way I want :). Thanks in advance for any help --Jort227 21:45, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

If you have the subpage's name, just bracket it like you would for a page in the project or template namespace. (: Blast ^{[improve me]} 22.06.07 2328 (UTC)

New userbox creation straw poll.

This WikiProject might want to know that Wikipedia:Userboxes/Userbox location straw poll 2 was created to be a new version of Wikipedia:Userboxes/Userbox location straw poll. FunPika 20:18, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Need Help Creating Userbox

I go to Allegheny College in Pennsylvania, and I would love to have a userbox saying as much. I can't figure out how to do it, would someone help me? Thanks! Smkohnstamm 01:13, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

Have you read Wikipedia:Userboxes#Constructing_a_userbox? It explains how to make a basic userbox with the {{userbox}} template (template documentation here). Alternatively, you can make them manually using tables (that's how I do it). Link ^(t•c•m) 13:30, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

New Userboxes archiving

Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/New Userboxes has gotten quite large due to the fact that it hasn't been archived since April. Since no-one appears to maintain its archiving regularly, I suggest that it be automatically archived using a bot - e.g. Shadowbot3. --Link ^(t•c•m) 07:45, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Wikiproject members

I depopulated on of your redirects to your member banner ({{UB}} - which had 4 links) , replacing it with {{Ub}}, which had 40 or 50 links to it. This has been done to mave {{UB}} into a shortcut for {{Uw-ublock}}, which is very widely used (hopefully substed). This will make the task of blocking accounts with inappropriate usernames far far easier, not having to type out the long form of the template every time. The redirect will now be fully protected as a high risk template, which may be transcluded to hundreds of pages at any one time. Viridae^Talk 02:55, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Spelling Bees

Is there any userbox on Spelling/Spelling bees? I really want to have one on my user page! Limetolime 17:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Several Userboxes to be moved

• Template:Chicago WikiProject-Member
• Template:Used to live in West Virginia
• Template:Userbox User:COMPFUNK2/Userboxes/Userbox involved-miscegenation
• Template:Userbox User:COMPFUNK2/Userboxes/Userbox only-miscegenation
• Template:Userbox User:COMPFUNK2/Userboxes/Userbox support-miscegenation
• Template:WTF?

I think these boxes need to be moved, but I'm not sure where to. --Buxbaum666 08:20, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

For the minimalist

I was recently invited to take a look at, and help with a new project, that provides the function of Userboxes, but caters to "minimalists" who prefer a smaller box, without pictures. (Okay I'm a girl, so I can't imagine that, but I do understand those people are out there )

So, where would be a good place to announce the project, Wikipedia:WikiProject Keep It Simple? Would it be appropriate to put it somewhere in this project's space as an alternative? (Note that the project is very "young" and really does not have a great deal of boxes/labels yet, so it needs to grow quite a bit before it would have alternatives for most popular/major categories.) Thanks for any advice you can give! ^Ariel♥Gold 10:51, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Identifying userboxes in using CSS class names

Is anyone working on making sure that as many userboxes as possible share a CSS class name (wikipediauserbox)? I have noticed that a lot of templates do not contain this class name.

If most or all userboxes included this class name, then people who don’t care for them could add display: none to all userboxes in their personal stylesheet. It would also allow specialized software and bots to recognize userboxes in generated HTML.

If whether or not someone is already working on this, I will offer my assistance. — David Remahl (talk) 11:02, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

Userbanners?

Has anyone considered a similar project for Userbanners (e.x. {{Userpage}})? Considering the number of them, I'm actually surprised there doesn't seem to have been any work of the sort on them yet... --Dinoguy1000 18:06, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Question

Where do I post this?

???This user...this user uhh...um...this user will get back to you in a minute...

posted by typing

{{User:Gp75motorsports/Userboxes/Uhh...}} --Gp75motorsports ^{REV LIMITER} 19:29, 16 December 2007 (UTC)