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Contents 1 Link generator template 2 Userbox "History Student" vs. "Student of History" 3 Bay Area Template 4 Userbox vs. Userboxes 5 Can we ban all frivolous user infoboxes? 6 A userbox bug? 7 Naming 8 New Userbox 9 Hairstyle userbox

[edit] Link generator template

I created a template for formatting links to user boxes in user namespace. See {{User:Will Pittenger/Create User Box Template Link}}. Will (Talk - contribs) 23:27, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox "History Student" vs. "Student of History"

Can someone please make the necessary corrections to the above, please!

• A "history student" is one who literally studies history.
  • But a "student of history" carries broader connotations, not just the idea of someone who is formally registered in an accredited institution or school.
    • Right now the User box on my User page says that I am a "history student." But I want to say that I am a "student of history."

Can someone modify the Userbox accordingly? Thanks. Ludvikus 20:29, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

That box isn't yours. So I can't just change it. However, you can host a new one. This in keeping with current policy anyway. First, create a page like User:Ludvikus/User Boxes/Student of History. Then copy the code in the box below to your new page. Save it. If you use the page above, put {{User:Ludvikus/User Boxes/Student of History}} onto your user page. I would then suggest listing your box at Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/New Userboxes and Wikipedia:Userboxes/History.

<div style="float: left; border:solid black 1px; margin: 1px;">
{| cellspacing="0" style="width: 238px; background: beige;"
| style="width: 45px; height: 45px; background: black; text-align: center; font-size: {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}pt; color: {{{id-fc|black}}};" | '''[[Image:David - Oath of the Horatii.JPG|45px]]'''
| style="font-size: {{{info-s|8}}}pt; padding: 4pt; line-height: 1.25em; color: {{{info-fc|black}}};" | This user is a '''[[historian|student of history]]'''. <includeonly>[[Category:Wikipedians interested in history|{{PAGENAME}}]]</includeonly>
|}</div>

Will (Talk - contribs) 02:12, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Bay Area Template

Is there a Bay Area Userbox because I'm proud of living in the bay area!! Derrty2033 04:02, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Userbox vs. Userboxes

I think there is no reason to prefer the plural over the singular as the heading to this article.

Why not have Wikipedia:Userbox instead??????????????????

Yours, etc. Ludvikus 00:12, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Can we ban all frivolous user infoboxes?

I notice there is a meteoric rise in the use of frivolous infoboxes (eg "this user likes cabbage"). I don't see why such infoboxes have any place whatsoever in a serious encyclopedic effort. I know they appear in user namespace rather than main wikipedia namespace but even so, I feel they are one of several factors leading to wikipedia being dragged into a "myspace.com" effort and away from serious scholarly effort. I'm not a killjoy, but all the effort put into finding daft userboxes could really be better spent elsewhere. Is there any possible reason for keeping frivolous user infoboxes? I propose an immediate policy of banning all such new creations and timescale for removal of existing ones. - PocklingtonDan 19:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

The archives have previous discussions about such proposals. Slambo (Speak) 20:12, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

The "energies could be better used" argument is a bit flawed, in my estimation. I've got 99 userboxes, but at the same time, I've got 12,407 edits (4,857 of those being mainspace). Having userboxes does not equate to not improving the encyclopedia. EVula // talk // ☯ // 21:22, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Sure, but that would be 12,408 if you hadn't stopped to let everyone know you were a "gray reef shark". Now times that by the number of registered wikipedia contributors. Plus, as I say, wikipedia is supposed to be a serious encycolpedia, why would I want to know one of its authors likes jam sandwiches or gray reef sharks? Rather than asking for reasons why we should get rid of them, I'd rather ask "why keep them?". What possible benefit is there? - PocklingtonDan 21:41, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

information and collaboration - Building an encyclopedia doesn't only mean the direct editing of articles, else there would be no ability to block users, no arbitration comittee, and really, no userpages at all. Wikipedia is a community of collaboration. My question would be: Why do you care? How does having the userboxes detract from your editing of the encyclopedia? - jc37 22:32, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A userbox bug?

Hello. I seem to be getting some strange behaviour when trying to make a reversed userbox. Here are two userboxes exactly the same except that the second has -r after Userbox (please take a look at the code if necessary). But, as you can see, id font in the second is not white as it is in the first, but black. Pro Grape 08:20, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Try using the one below. AuburnPilot^talk 08:37, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Naming

How do you name a userbox?-BlakJak664 13:59, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

As simply and succinctly as possible. --BlueSquadronRaven 21:46, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] New Userbox

I really don't understand how to make a userbox. I would like to make one that uses this Image:Bi flag.svg and says "This user is bisexual". Is there already a box like this? If not, could someone explain how to make such a userbox? Thank you! Hemhem20X6 09:25, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

Never mind!Hemhem20X6 09:30, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Hairstyle userbox

Is there a userbox to describe yuir hair or lack thereof? Bald, Afro, Buzzcut or Pageboy. Chivista