Wikipedia:Userboxes/Programming

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Below is a list of all the programming-related userboxes on Wikipedia. Placing one of these on your userpage automatically lists you in Wikipedia's category system under the corresponding category so that other users may find you based on your skills. The available programming userboxes are:

Contents 1 Specific languages 1.1 Programming languages 1.2 Markup, Query, and Scripting languages 2 Missing languages 2.1 General 2.2 Userbox system overview

[edit] Specific languages

Often skill levels -1 up to -4 are supported by corresponding templates. Sometimes -0 and -N (derived from native ) are also offered. A typical example is the programming language C:

Code	Result
{{user c-0}}	c-0 This person does not understand C (or does not want to program in C).
{{user c-1}}	c-1 This user is a beginning C programmer.
{{user c-2}}	c-2 This user is an intermediate C programmer.
{{user c-3}}	c-3 This user is an advanced C programmer.
{{user c-4}}	c-4 This user is an expert C programmer.
{{user c-N}}	c-N This user has written C compilers, or tweaked C runtime libraries in Assembly language.

[edit] Programming languages

² indicates that the 

language has some, but not all, of the levels.

¹ indicates that the 

language has levels 1 through 4. For example {{user ada}} ¹ indicates that levels {{user ada-1}}, {{user ada-2}}, etc. can be used.

⁰ indicates that the 

plain template without skill level is obsolete, as noted by {{user babelcode}}.

[edit] Markup, Query, and Scripting languages

Code	Result
{{user ada}} 1	ada This user can program in Ada.
{{user asm}} 1	asm This user can program in assembly language.
{{user apl}} 1	APL This user likes APL.
{{user asp}} 1	asp This user can code in ASP.
{{user bas}} 1	bas This user can program in BASIC.
{{user c}} 0	C This user can program in C.
{{User:UserBox/AS400-CL}} 0	CL This user can program in AS/400 Control Language.
{{user cobol}} 0	cobol This user can program in COBOL.
{{user coldfusion}} 1	CF This user can code in ColdFusion.
{{user cpp}} 1	C++ This user can program in C++.
{{user csharp}}	C# This user is a C# programmer.
{{user for}} 1	for This user can program in Fortran.
{{user fth}} 1	fth This user can program in Forth.
{{user fpml}} 0	<FpML> This user can swap Assets with FpML.
{{user haskell}} 0	hs This user can program in Haskell.
{{user java}} 0	java This user can program in Java.
{{User LabVIEW}}	LV This user is a LabVIEW wireworker.
{{User LabVIEW-0}}	LV This user is a reluctant LabVIEW wireworker.
{{user lisp}} 2	Lisp (lambda (user)     (setf (lisp-p user) t) ).
{{user lua}}	lua This user can program in Lua.
{{user mathematica}} 1	M This user can program in Mathematica.
{{user MOO}} 2	MOO This user can code in MOO.
{{user nwscript}} 1	NWscript This user is a NWscript programmer.
{{user objc}} 1	objc This user can program in Objective-C.
{{user ocaml}} 2	OCaml This user is an OCaml programmer.
{{user pas}} 4	pas This user can program in Pascal.
{{user perl}} 0	perl This user is a perl hacker.
{{user php}} 0	php This user can program in PHP.
{{user pro}} 2	pro This user is a Prolog programmer.
{{user py}} 1	py This user can program in Python.
{{user rexx-N}} 2	rexx This user is a REXX programming language geek.
{{User:UserBox/AS400-RPG}} 0	RPG This user can program in AS/400 Report Program Generator.
{{user ruby}} 1	ruby This user is a Rubyist.
{{user scheme}}	This user can program in Scheme.
{{user tcl}}	Tcl This user is a Tcl scripter.
{{user tcltk}}	TclTk This user is a Tcl/Tk scripter.
{{user vb}} 1	vb This user is a Visual Basic programmer.
{{user vb.net}} 1	vb.net This user is a Visual Basic .NET programmer.
Code	Result
{{user ActionScript}}	as This user knows ActionScript.
{{user Ascript-n}}	ascript tell Wikipedia this_user has AppleScripting terminology.
{{user bash}} 2	bash This user is a bash scripter.
{{user batch-1}} 0	batch-1 This user is an occasional Batch programmer.
{{user css}} 0	.css This user can write Cascading Style Sheets.
{{user gml}} 0	GML This user can program in Game Maker Language.
{{user html}} 0	<html> This user can write HTML.
{{user js}} 1	js This user can program in JavaScript.
{{user kon}}	kon This user can write widgets for the Yahoo! Widget Engine.
{{user latex}} 2	This user can code in LATEX.
{{user mircs}} 1	mircs This user is a mIRC scripter.
{{user mysql}}	mysql This user writes programs that access MySQL.
{{user re}} 1	re This user is a regular expression programmer.
{{user SmallTalk}} 2	ST This user can program in Smalltalk.
{{user sql-N}}	sql This user uses SQL queries to locate car keys.
{{user TeX}}	TEX This Wikipedian is a TEX user.
{{user vbs}}	vbs This user can program in VBScript.
{{user wiki lang}}	{{Wiki}} This user can write in the Wikipedia language
{{user wikimarkup enthusiast}}	w:) This user is a wiki markup enthusiast.
{{user xml}} 0	xml This user can write XML.
{{user xhtml}} 0	xhtml This user can write XHTML.
{{user xslt}}	xslt This user is an XSL Transformations programmer.
{{user xul}}	XUL This user can code in XUL.

[edit] Missing languages

If your language doesn't have a specific level userbox and you don't want to create it yourself, you can use a generic programming language userbox. Pages with these templates show the specified language skill, and belong to the corresponding general programming skill category:

Code	Result
{{user programming-!1|foo+}}	foo+-1 This user is a beginner foo+ programmer.
{{user programming-!2|MATLAB}}	MATLAB-2 This user is an intermediate MATLAB programmer.
{{user programming-!3|FORTRAN}}	FORTRAN-3 This user is an advanced FORTRAN programmer.
{{user programming-!4|Foo90}}	Foo90-4 This user is an expert Foo90 programmer.
{{user programming-!N|Unlambda}}	Unlambda-N This user is a native Unlambda programmer.

Note that e.g. {{user programming-!3|FORTRAN}} won't add you to Category:User for-3, but you can add existing categories manually to the end of your page:

[[Category:User for-3|{{PAGENAME}}]]

On a user page the {{PAGENAME}} is simply the user name, used as sort key for the category, otherwise the entry would be sorted under U = User.

[edit] General

You can also use one of the general programming language skill level templates:

Code	Result
{{user programming-0}}	prog-0 This user doesn't program, but knows that writing XHTML is not programming.
{{user programming-1}}	prog-1 This user is a beginner programmer.
{{user programming-2}}	prog-2 This user is an intermediate programmer.
{{user programming-3}}	prog-3 This user is an advanced programmer.
{{user programming-4}}	prog-4 This user is an expert programmer.
{{user programming-N}}	prog-N This user is a native programmer.
{{user programming-x}}	prog-x This user is merely a humble programmer.

The latter doesn't fit into the babelcode scheme; it might be deprecated in the future.

[edit] Userbox system overview

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