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This page documents an English Misplaced Pages 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.

Shortcuts WP:UBX WP:USBX WP:USERBOX

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 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 Misplaced Pages, userboxes you add will likely be public forever, even if you later have your user page deleted. (Like other Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages: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 Misplaced Pages: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

• WP:CREATEUBX
• WP:CREATEUSERBOX
• WP:UBXCREATE
• WP:USERBOXCREATE

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

• WP:UBXNS

The namespace you place your userbox in matters. Userboxes may only be created or displayed in the User, Project (Misplaced Pages), or Template namespaces.

So which prefix is best for your userbox: User:, Misplaced Pages:, 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 Misplaced Pages:namespaces, which are expected to adhere more tightly with certain policies and guidelines, especially Neutral point of view and What Misplaced Pages 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.

Misplaced Pages:

Userboxes in the project namespace are generally for WikiProject or task force usage. Simply create it as a subpage of the WikiProject (e.g. Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Spaceflight/Userbox).

Template:

In the template namespace, userbox names must begin with "User " (e.g. Template:User Brazil or Template:User en).

 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

• WP:USERBOXCAT

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 Misplaced Pages, 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

• WP:UBCR

• All userboxes are governed by the civility policy.
  • Userboxes must not include incivility or personal attacks.
  • Userboxes must not be inflammatory or substantially divisive.
• Misplaced Pages 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 Misplaced Pages's non-free content use policy. This is interpreted strictly and without exception. See Misplaced Pages'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

• WP:UBDIVISIVE

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.

The id label and info content area can include text, links, and/or images, using the usual Misplaced Pages 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

The factual accuracy of parts of this Misplaced Pages page (those related to {{Userbox sample compact}}) may be compromised due to out-of-date information. Please help update this Misplaced Pages 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 ''']'''.}}

Produces:

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 This user is a participant in WikiProject Userboxes. This user is interested in ancient Rome. This user wants to be your friend.

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 My yellow userboxes Sample userbox #1. Sample userbox #2. Sample userbox #3. My purple userboxes Sample userbox #4. Sample userbox #5. Sample userbox #6.

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. Misplaced Pages'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:

Misplaced Pages:Babel
sv Den här användaren talar svenska som modersmål. no-4 Denne brukeren/brukaren behersker/meistrar norsk på morsmålsnivå. This user lives in Rome
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.

Misplaced Pages:Babel
fr-4 Cet utilisateur parle français à un niveau comparable à la langue maternelle. ja-2 この利用者は中級の日本語ができます。 - This user likes to translate articles from French to English.
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:

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

• Misplaced Pages:Jimbo on Userboxes
• Misplaced Pages:List of userbox deletion nominations
• Misplaced Pages:User page design center
• Misplaced Pages:Userbox Maker
• Misplaced Pages:Userbox migration
• Misplaced Pages:Userboxes/Galleries
• Misplaced Pages:Userboxes/Galleries/alphabetical
• Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Userboxes

Got an idea for a userbox? Post it here! Remember to sign off your name using four tildes (~~~~).

Moved from Misplaced Pages talk:Userboxes:

Userboxes Ideas

To do

Have some ideas:

• Userboxes either for or against corporal punishment
• Userboxes either supporting or against the Makah tribe's right to hunt whales
• Userbox supporting indigenous rights
• Userbox against imperialism
• Userbox against missionary work
• Userboxes for Scots-Irish ancestry and African-American ancestry. Since there are already Cherokee and Taino ones, how about userboxes for Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Seminole, Navajo, and Lakota ancestries. As well as Hawaiian, Filipino, Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Romani ancestries.

-- WiccaIrish 23:09, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

For the Sports section:

• Archery.

Jonhansen 22:07, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

• Three ideas:
  • Diabetes. I have it and I know a lot of people who do.
  • Orson Scott Card http://www.hatrack.com/ Mostly well-known as the author of Ender's Game.
  • St. Louis

Amalas 22:29, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

• We have lawyer, actuary, etc. user boxes. Why don't we have "The user is an accountant" user box? User:Theorb March 13, 2006
• Levels of (non)-notability of wikipedians (babel-style), including wikipedians who do not wish to be notable, those who are indifferent, those who'd like to be notable, those who are almost notable, and those who are notable. Andjam 02:13, 14 January 2006 (UTC) (never mind Andjam 06:23, 14 February 2006 (UTC))

  With a variable to pipe in the reason why perhaps? Eg {{User notable|Scientist}} -- Francs2000 12:05, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

• Userboxes for users who are fans of teams from the German Bundesliga Stolilv87 19:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
• I have some requests for userboxes:
  • the Diablo computer games
  • various types of swords
  • martial arts, particularly Bagua, and Shaolin kung fu
    • I'd like one for Judo (

      This user is a Judoka

      , maybe?) CoderGnome 21:49, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
    • the states that don't already have userboxes

Thanks! Willbyr 14:42, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

• Tzar Nicholas II should not have been murdered

--Z.Spy 20:52, 4 February 2006 (UTC)

• Gentlemen, I think that it would quite interesting if there was an anti-Masonic 'user-box.'--Anglius 20:18, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
• I request userboxes for more national rugby union teams, especially Scotland, Japan, Fiji, and Samoa not yet extant. Thanks in advance to anyone kind enough to do this. --Historian 13:01, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
• "This user awaits the Second Coming of the Great Prophet Zarquon" --PetteriH 14:06, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
• On the location page, some US states are left out. As an Arkansas native (now an expat), i'd like to be able to get an appropriate label! The chavi 21:59, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
• Number of ideas...
  • "This user owns a droid army", a version of "This user has a private clone army" for those who like the CIS.
  • For Weird Al fans, possibilities could include "This user owns a wonder hampster" (in referance to Harvey the Wonder Hampster), "This user owns U52 stock." (In referance to UHF), "This user lives in an Amish Paradise", "This user wants you to 'Eat it'".
  • For those who like Indiana Jones, "This user owns a magic fedora", "This user has a habit of loosing his revolver", "This user is known to carry a bull whip."

Dr. B 04:13, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

• I like combining wrestling and boxing but could'nt find a userbox about mixed martial arts/ultimate fighting/NHB/Vale Tudo etcetera.Would anyone create one each for guys who like the sport,like to learn it(this user is learning martial arts ,that kind of thing) etc.Thank you guys Freedom skies 13:33, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
• I've created a memorial userbox for Hurricane Katrina for my user page. Would anyone disapprove of me uploading it onto a template like the one for 9/11? It looks like this:

Hurricane Katrina May we never forget…

-- §HurricaneERIC§archive 01:01, 22 February 2006 (UTC) Done. -- §HurricaneERIC§archive 20:02, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

• • Go ahead - • The Giant Puffin • 16:01, 22 February 2006 (UTC)
    • What category should I put it under? -- §HurricaneERIC§archive 20:02, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Seasonal, under December - • The Giant Puffin • 21:17, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
      • Done. -- §HurricaneERIC§archive 00:27, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
• I've created a template for those with Seasonal Affective Disorder, but I'm not sure how to upload it if they allow that now. Help or thoughts?

• I have a few ideas...
  • Some Jhonen Vasquez boxes: "I've got dookie blood all over me!" (Squee), "This user loves Cherry Fiz-Wiz." (Johnny the Homicidal Maniac), "I don't like myself much." (Johnny the Homicidal Maniac), "EVERYTHING can be beaten!" (Everything Can Be Beaten), "Huh? Wow, a werid meaver moose Godzilla thing? For me?" (Fillerbunny), "The pain! It's... hurtful somehow! Shoot me!! Just shoot meeeee!!" (Fillerbunny).
  • Some humor stuff: "This user exists!!", "This user may or may not know about Misplaced Pages.", "Let the power of the platypus fulfill you!"
  • One bit for music: "This user is part of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."

Red Alien| 20:54, March 2 2006

• A box for strong supporters of European integration, i also have no idea how to upload it.

This user supports the European Union

Grioghair 16:20, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

• Instead of all of the personality userboxes, the specific types could be replaced by This user's ] type is {{{1}}}. ~ Ghelæ _contribs 12:40, 4 March 2006 (UTC)
• boxes for WikiProjects that don't have them yet. WikiProject:Medicine is one of them. --Eilu 03:17, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Please add new ideas to the bottom of this list

• I created a Pearl Harbor userbox:

--myselfalso 14:30, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

• I have two suggestions:
  • a userbox that indicates that the user is a fan of the show "House". Maybe it could say something like "This user watches House every Hughsday (Tuesday)" or something equally funny
  • a userbox that indicates that the user has diabetes (they can specify if they have Type 1 of Type 2)

KittyConnolly 20:50, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

• Hi everyone, just checking whether anyone has any objection to Cricket-related userboxes that I'm going to be working on in the future. The first I have created is:
  • Template:User Support 2020
  • Template:User Support 2020 No
  • Template:User Cricket Manager
  • Template:User ICC over BCCI
  • Template:User BCCI over ICC
• Nobleeagle 06:53, 9 March 2006 (UTC)
• Created a template for if a user knows who another user is in real life: Template:User knows but can't figure out how make it so it displays the right user. Kind of new to this.--Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 17:39, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
  • Same thing with this one for a user's ICQ Number:

    This user's ICQ number is

    {{{1}}}

    --Someoneinmyheadbutit'snotme 20:01, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

• This user does '''not''' want these links to turn blue: ] and ]. ~ Ghelæ _contribs 16:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Done

Archive 1 (26th Dec 05 - 28th Jan 06)
Archive 2 (29th Jan 06 - 15th Feb 06)

• How about an OCD medical box? Here's the one I have on my user page. --Scorpios 23:03, 13 February 2006 (UTC) -- DONE here
• A userbox for Kathy Griffin fans -Fallout boy 04:12, 14 February 2006 (UTC) -- DONE here

*This user's birthday is Today. - Ghelae_contribs 15:00, 17 February 2006 (UTC) Done, added the category too. The userbox is Template:User Birthday2Dtm142 18:05, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

• A box for White Stripes fans? Please?--S-man 03:00, 26 February 2006 (UTC) -- No point, specific band userboxes are always getting deleted. Use User band-2 instead
• I added the box all ready but came across this so i wanted to post it here
  

for the Misplaced Pages:Userboxes/Computing Added Textpad.com user box

Hope users like it and use it and it stays(is approved) I wouldnt use any other editor myself

Johnny 23:30, 3 March 2006 (UTC)
Just created a Hug userbox. Where do I submit it? ComputerSherpa 00:24, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

• I made my own version (because I don't like yellow) here. I like to give people choices. - File:Ottawa flag.png nathanrdotcom 01:30, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
• There should be a Userbox for Gamecube/PS2 fans and Gamecube/XBox fans in the same vein that there is one for PS2/XBox fans. -Rmzy717 AT SCHOOL 01:36, 8 March 2006 (UTC)
• {{User Mood Disorder}} for those with mood disorders that don't have their own userbox. If anyone wishes to prettify it, please do : Template:User Mood Disorder - File:Ottawa flag.png nathanrdotcom 05:28, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure how to do this, but want to suggest a user box for alums of Johns Hopkins University. Feedback/help requested... Arjuna 02:05, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

See {{User JHU}} - File:Ottawa flag.png nathanrdotcom 04:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

This user lives in Hawaii.

Thanks for your consideration. Arjuna 11:48, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

• You're welcome. — natha(?)nrdotcom 03:06, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

See {{User Hawaii}} - File:Ottawa flag.png nathanrdotcom 19:10, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

{{user Gizmo Project|yourscreenname}} Template:User Gizmo Project

{{user ISP Primus Canada}} Template:User ISP Primus Canada

{{user Hopeless Romantic}} Template:User Hopeless Romantic

— natha(?)nrdotcom 02:41, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

This user prefers jumping out of a plane to landing in one.

I feel this should be listed right next to the Pilot userboxes. :D Any comments, improvements appreciated. Superdix 14:44, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

You can go to a new line after a userbox by typing {{clear}}.

I can template-ify it whenever, just let me know. — nathanrdotcom 02:48, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :)

Do you need some sort of special rights to make or edit templates here on WP? Also, do you know how I can modify the hover style in the box? I'd like it to underline the text in white. :) Superdix 12:10, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

To answer your questions in order:

1. No, anyone can edit templates. You can now find this userbox at {{User Skydiving}}.
2. What you would need to use is a:hover { text-decoration: underline; } but there's no way to do this except to declate it a custom css stylesheet or inside the <head></head> tags of a webpage (in other words, not easily possible). — nathanrdotcom 02:02, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Please paste completed template ideas to the bottom of this list

Comments on Userbox Ideas

• Maybe someone could archive most of the "Done" section, as it's getting very long now - • | Đܧ§§Ť | • 16:41, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
  • The USA Police state idea is the 50th request to be completed (as Comic books were completed earlier but i forgot to move them to done) Hazar! - • | Đܧ§§Ť | • 17:00, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

• Thanks for making the archive RaptorX. I propose that new archives be made once 30 ideas are listed as completed in the Done section. That way we keep the archives are small enough to actually read - • | Đܧ§§Ť | • 12:28, 29 January 2006 (UTC)
• Please don't make the talk page look a mess & If you have a userbox and you don't know to do something, please post in main Userboxes talk page. --RaptorX 18:45, 5 February 2006 (UTC)
• I think I'm going to slow down on the template creation in the coming week, as dictators keep speedying everything that gets made halfway through a TfD discussion - • | Đܧ§§Ť | • 10:25, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Some more ideas

This one is created as an alternative to {{User Irish}}, as a friend mentioned he didn't like the green:

User:Nathanrdotcom/Userboxes/Irish

I created another one but it would be best kept in my userspace (because it would likely be deleted for the same reason the Sinn Fein one was. I'm not complaining, he wanted a userbox with Gerry Adams on it).

Another idea is: Why not make a userbox for users with mood disorders (not specifically bipolar, SAD, etc, just one that says 'This user has a mood disorder')?

Anyway, please let me know what you think. - File:Ottawa flag.png nathanrdotcom 03:56, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

• I also made:

User:Nathanrdotcom/Userboxes/ABF

...as a parody of Assume good faith. If anyone likes this enough to convert them into proper templates, please do. - File:Ottawa flag.png nathanrdotcom 04:59, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Missouri Userbox

For some reason, there are userboxes of most of the 50 states and other US territories, except--Missouri! Though I see (many, many) reasons why there isn't a userbox for the state, we should at least try to have one for the sake of saying that there is one for every state.

I propose this one:

This user lives in the U.S. State of Missouri.

Stoa 20:44, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Sentences per line

Could somebody make userboxes for the two positions on Misplaced Pages:Don't use line breaks? --Error 03:48, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

New to this

I'm really new to this and this is realy only my second try at making a userbox. My first attempt was making the air guitar userbox. But anyhoooo..

this is what I propose: Template:User Headbang

ONEder Boy 01:32, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

My proposals

I propose this as another Socilaist userbox: Template:User Socialist3

This as a "I support Israel's right to exist" userbox: Template:User Israel support B.D.Will 10:36, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Another proposal

I propose this as yet another Socialist userbox: Template:User Socialist4 B.D.Will 10:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Snopester proposal

I propose this as a Snopester userbox, I will also make another if permission is granted to use a image from the website. Template:User Snopester B.D.Will 11:14, 14 March 2006 (UTC)

Colombian proposal

I have made a proposal for a User box for use by Wikipedians of Colombian Heritage.

This user is of Colombian heritage.

Based on

This user comes from COLOMBIA.

B.D.Will 08:17, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Colour userboxes

I'm amused by the range of "favourite colour" userboxes available; why not have one that you can just pipe in a standard colour code (#RRGGBB or whatever) that will produce a box saying "This user likes the colour #RRGGBB", mainly in that colour, with some contrasting text color?

Conspiracy Userbox Ideas

This user is a conspiracy theorist.

(Above) User conspiracy theorist (Below) User conspiracy theory

This user believes in the ].

I was thinking about making them in my own userspace. Any comments on userboxes like these?
~ Ghelae_contribs 08:33, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Six Userboxes I Just Finished

Here are six userboxes I've made. I'm new at making Userboxes, so they're not great or anything, and they don't have borders...

File:Bloodygir.png This user found a Bloody Gir.

File:Pepper's.jpg This user is a member of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

File:Ornithorhynchidae-00.jpg Let the power of the platypus fulfill you!

This user lives in Buffalo.

File:Cat ML.jpg Ha, ha, ha. You make this user laugh, little man.

File:Asteroids UFO.svg This user wants to be taken to your leader.

Red Alien 19:07, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

Trieste Ancestry Userbox

This one is brand new, as far as my knowledge goes. Here it is:

Stephanos1ko 21:05, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

Some Ideas....

I dont know how to make Userboxes so I will just give my ideas...

• "This user hopes you read each and every one of his/her userboxes! or else..."

• Boxes for the NLL and/or MLL Proffesional Lacrosse Leagues (the teams)

• (Vocal) there is Userboxes for the different skill level for vocals (just like all the Misplaced Pages:Instruments things), but I think there should also be some for like baratones, basses, tenors, etc.

• Donuts....Pretty self explanatory

• "This user created "

Thanks and THANK YOU if any of these ideas are used Yarnalgo 04:09, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

PS if you make any of these ideas, please tell me on my Talk Page thanks! Yarnalgo 00:24, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

UBX	This user hopes you read each and every one of their userboxes! or else...

{{user:B.D.Will/read or else|your gender}}

Perhaps this could become a Userbox in the Funny or Userboxes categories.

This user created the ] article.

{{user:B.D.Will/article created|]}}

You must include the brackets (]) while typing in the article name.

Perhaps that Userbox could go into the [[Misplaced Pages:Userboxes/Wikipedia#Personal statistics|Personal statistics sub category of the Misplaced Pages category.

Also, here is info on how to write Userboxes.

You're welcome.

BDWill Talk Contribs 14:10, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

This user loves donuts.

{{User:B.D.Will/donuts}}

This user loves doughnuts.

{{User:B.D.Will/doughnuts}}

Two different (rough draft) versions for the two different spellings.

BDWill Talk Contribs 18:42, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for taking my ideas to consideration! Yarnalgo 00:57, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Dysthymic proposal

As other mental conditions have Userboxes, and categories, why not Dysthymia?

Thus, I propose a Userbox for Dysthymic Wikipedians, and a category for us. With such a varied community, surely there are other Dysthymic Wikipedians.

Proposal:

This user has Dysthymia.

--BDWill Talk Contribs 12:22, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

I already use a modified version of the code (without the code to include pages with the Userbox in the proposed category) on my User Page.

--BDWill Talk Contribs 12:27, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

User Box requests

Silversword55 14:16, 1 April 2006 (UTC)

Then make them userboxes. For example, go to here and paste the Laker Hater userbox code in. Blammo. Instant userbox template. — nathanrdotcom 05:41, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Please, help me!

Hi! I'd like to use a userbox, but I don't know how to make it. I need an ID like this http://en.wikipedia.org/Image:Crystal_important.png or http://en.wikipedia.org/Image:Nuvola_apps_important.svg, but with "Ь" symbol (it's a cyrillic letter), not "!".

Real names

How about a box for users who edit under their real names? G Clark | Talk 22:01, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Proposal

I propose this for all who is currently attending or attended RCSI

see article RCSI

RCSIRCSIRCSI 21:24, 7 April 2006 (UTC)RCSIRCSIRCSI

Done. See {{User RCSI}}. — nathanrdotcom 00:49, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Actually, would you mind changing for me.... I messed up....

I meant: This user attends or attended RCSI.

Not attending (sorry and thanks) RCSIRCSIRCSI 02:28, 8 April 2006 (UTC)RCSIRCSIRCSI

"attends or has attended" would be more grammatically correct, and I changed to that. — nathanrdotcom 04:32, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Proposal

For stargate fans Template:User stargate RCSIRCSIRCSI 05:01, 8 April 2006 (UTC)RCSIRCSIRCSI

I really like it, but there are already Stargate userboxes in Misplaced Pages:Userboxes/Media#Sci-Fi. — nathanrdotcom 14:11, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Suggestions

We need userboxes like:

• "This user is a (link to article about an actor) fan"
• "This user is a non-smoker"
• "This user drinks occasionally"
• "This user supports the independence of (link to article of territory)"
• "This user hates (link to article of actor)"
• "This user loves curry"
• "This user is clean-shaven"
• "This user supports organic food"
• "This user supports (link to article of particular non-governmental organisation)"

We need standard measurements of width and height for userboxes to avoid a clumsy userpage.