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Introduction About you Navigation aids Metadata Your scripts Style Menus & subpages Art, Decor, etc. Hall of Fame


Welcome to the user page design center. Here you will find resources for developing your user page. Enjoy!

If you are new to Wikipedia, you might consider using the standard article format for your userpage. That should suffice while you're learning the ropes. If you don't have a user page yet and don't know how to create a page, then click on your user name at the top of the screen and follow the instructions (if the page already exists, your username will be blue instead of red). If you don't have a user account, then click on "log in" at the top of the page, and then click on "Create an account" and fill in the boxes. Write your password down somewhere in case you forget it, and whatever you do, don't forget where you put your password!

Eventually, active Wikipedians turn their attention to their user pages. Creating a nice user page can be a daunting and time consuming task. One can spend countless hours searching the User and Wikipedia namespaces for ideas on what to include and design features to add, and even longer trying to figure out how to put them all together. Many resources and examples have been gathered and presented here to save users time which they can in turn apply to improving the encyclopedia. Simply cut and paste the wikicode of the design elements you wish to use on your userpage; and then modify them if you like, to create your own personal style. Browse the User Page Hall of Fame as examples of what others have done with their pages.

The sections of the UPDC

  • About you - this section is about the focal content of your user page: information about you. Tell us about yourself!
  • Navigation aids - you can include these on your user pages to help you make your way around Wikipedia more easily.
  • Metadata - information about your userpage, your user account, and about Wikipedia. Page identifiers, edit counts, total articles on Wikipedia, current vandalism danger, and things like that.
  • Your vector.js page - how to enhance your user account with javascripts.
  • User Page Hall of Fame - the best user pages on Wikipedia: some for design, some for content, and some for sheer character!
  • Style (formatting) - the nuts and bolts of page design, as they apply to user pages. Explains design elements with lots of "how to" instructions and wikicode samples that you can cut and paste onto your pages.
  • Menus & subpages - you don't just have a user page, you have your own "user space", which can have as many subpages as you desire. Plus there are many menus provided by which you may tie your pages together to allow easy navigation between them
  • Art, Decor, etc. - you can spruce your user pages up with banners, pictures, icons, and other things. There are also some practical resources like the "tip of the day" templates.
  • Help and collaboration! - This is where to hook up with others about user pages: get your questions answered, and even get hands-on help. And if you'd like to give rather than receive help, there's even a place for you to sign up to join our UPDC Help Team.

See also

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