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Contents 1 Userboxes Ideas 2 ADD 3 To Do 4 Done 5 Snopester 6 Dysthymia 7 Comments on Userbox Ideas 8 Sentences per line 9 Colour userboxes 10 Some Ideas.... 11 Please, help me! 12 Real names 13 Suggestions 14 New category 15 Scuba diving userbox 16 RCSI 17 Archaeology 18 Userbox ideas 19 Antitheist 20 Just one for me 21 "This User reads..." Fantasy, Speculative Fiction; fantasy, SF-related subgenres 22 Fan Fiction-related userboxes 23 Proposal: Subject interest userboxes 24 Vasquez Rocks 25 Desperately need Kill Bill userbox 26 To Kill a Mockingbird 27 Requests

Userboxes Ideas

• ADDers (This user has a ADD) --Sarahgal 19:35, 27 May 2006 (UTC)
• 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)

• Archery. Jonhansen 22:07, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
• 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)
• Accountant User:Theorb March 13, 2006
• German Bundesliga Teams Stolilv87 19:50, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
• Judo CoderGnome 21:49, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
• Tzar Nicholas II should not have been murdered Z.Spy 20:52, 4 February 2006 (UTC)
• Anti-Masonic Anglius 20:18, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
• More Rugby Union Teams (e.g.Scotland, Japan, Fiji, and Samoa) Historian 13:01, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

ADD

If there's a userboxes for ADHDers Than why isn't their one for us ADDers

Here's my suggestion for an ADD userbox.

--Sarahgal 19:35, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

To Do

• "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:

-- §HurricaneERIC§^Damagesarchive 01:01, 22 February 2006 (UTC) Done. -- §HurricaneERIC§^Damagesarchive 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§^Damagesarchive 20:02, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
    • Seasonal, under December - • The Giant Puffin • 21:17, 26 February 2006 (UTC)
      • Done. -- §HurricaneERIC§^Damagesarchive 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 Wikipedia.", "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.

Grioghair 16:20, 3 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree with it Chwyatt 17:50, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

• Instead of all of the personality userboxes, the specific types could be replaced by This user's [[Myers-Briggs Type Indicator|MBTI]] type is {{{1}}}. ~ Ghelæ ^talk_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)

• I made this userbox.

This is the basic one I'm proposing to create: done

Also, just so I know, would something like this Barney box be allowed due to the image use? I see a few other tv shows in the media templates use characters.

--Fife Club 20:39, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Hmm.. I see no problem with these. Pick one you like and I'll help you create it. — nathanrdotcom ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 03:55, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for the offer. Unless there's something harder than I anticipate I'd like to learn the process so I can create them on my own. I promise not to make more than a few but I want to learn. Do I simply create a page like Template:User Mayberry and then put my code in there? Is it that easy? And after that do I just add my box to the public list of available userboxes? Thanks. Fife Club 14:00, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes and yes (make sure you add it to the right category, etc) and move this to "Done" above. — nathanrdotcom ^{(Got something to say? Say it.)} 21:49, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. Fife Club 16:57, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

As the image is copyrighted and policy says: "...make sure the image license is free. Wikipedia policy does not allow templates or user pages to have copyrighted works on them." then now the userbox doesn't work. feydey 20:40, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

• 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)

• This user does '''not''' want these links to turn blue: [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/{{PAGENAME}}|This link]] and [[Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/{{PAGENAME}}|This link]]. ~ Ghelæ^talk_contribs 16:37, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

• This user writes fanfiction.--Lkjhgfdsa 20:09, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

Done. --BDWill Talk 09:16, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

• What about a user box that show that the user talks to themselves. VonWinklestein 09:55, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Done

• 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^talk_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 Wikipedia: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. - nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 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:nathanrdotcom/Userboxes/User Mood Disorder}} for those with mood disorders that don't have their own userbox. If anyone wishes to prettify it, please do

- nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 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:nathanrdotcom/Userboxes/User JHU}} - nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 04:04, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

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

• You're welcome. — natha(?)nrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 03:06, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

See {{User:nathanrdotcom/Userboxes/User Hawaii}} - nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 19:10, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

{{User:nathanrdotcom/Userboxes/User Gizmo Project|yourscreenname}}

{{User:nathanrdotcom/Userboxes/User ISP Primus Canada}}

{{User:nathanrdotcom/Userboxes/User Hopeless Romantic}}

— natha(?)nrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 02:41, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Snopester

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

- copied to Wikipedia:Userboxes/Computing#Websites and services — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 01:07, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Dysthymia

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.

Comments on Userbox Ideas

Maybe someone could archive most of the "Done" section, as it's getting very long now - • | Đܧ§§Ť | • ^{T | C} 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 | • ^{T | C} 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 | • ^{T | C} 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 | • ^{T | C} 10:25, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

A new poll has been created to help stop the Userbox Wars. I suggest we wait until this gets through as policy before creating more POV userboxes that will just get deleted - • The Giant Puffin • 12:26, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Sentences per line

Could somebody make userboxes for the two positions on Wikipedia:Don't use line breaks? --Error 03:48, 11 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?

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 Wikipedia:Instruments things), but I think there should also be some for like baratones, basses, tenors, etc.
• Donuts....Pretty self explanatory
• "This user created [your article here]"

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)

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

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

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

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

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

Also, here is info on how to write Userboxes.

You're welcome.

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

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

{{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)

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 Image:Crystal important.png or 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)

{{User:BDWill/realname|gender}}

{{User:BDWill/realnamealt|gender}}

--BDWill Talk 11:52, 18 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. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.74.46.193 (talk • contribs) 15:52, 11 April 2006 (UTC).

I believe the standard is 45px. — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 05:43, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

An image would be better suited for it ... but there it is! Sarahgal 00:26, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

New category

"NEAT" userboxes. this includes nice activities, skills, sports, good things, standard seasons. some existing userboxes are very special, and it makes sense, to outsource:

-hate -political/historic event -disease/disability -special sexuality

they do not have the effect to make people happy! especially young people do not want to scroll them each time. it does distract people greatly. the categories can take major rewrite/regrouping. it makes sense to create more than one set of categories:

-red/blue? -halloween? -blueberry strawberry? -sun symbol?

right now the user boxes are not economic (optimized like to attract customers). there are discussions (where ever) about the broadcasting of images of war, terror, hate and disability (if it should be allowed). probably the model of "emotional tone" helps (of the whole pages). if you do not understand it, i think the "sexuality" categories are not official/scientific. wikipedia has become a public information provider, and needs to verify its image. alex 14:20, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Scuba diving userbox

I think that an Alpha flag (the international maritime signal for diver down) would be more appropriate than an American diver down flag as the image for the {{user Scuba Diver}} userbox. However, I'm not sure what would be the more appropriate action; to create a second scuba userbox template, to start discussion on changing the current template here, or to start discussion at Template talk:User Scuba Diver. Can anyone help me out? Here's the current userbox (top) and what the new userbox (bottom) might look like:

-- David Scarlett^(Talk) 12:24, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

I think that adding a second userbox as an alternative would be more appropriate. I think most American divers would identify more with the diver down flag box, and most Americans who has been anywhere in the vicinity of water associate the diver down flag with scuba diving. This is just my opinion as a wikipedian; I am not a scuba diver or anything.

M412k 17:24, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Ok, I've created it as a new userbox, {{User Scuba Diver 2}}. -- David Scarlett^(Talk) 11:03, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

RCSI

Hey sorry but they deleted my logo, so would you mind replacing the old one with this new one?

thank you so much

RCSIRCSIRCSI 20:14, 19 April 2006 (UTC)RCSIRCSIRCSI

Done. — nathanrdotcom ^{(T • C • W)} 23:07, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

Archaeology

I'm an archaeologist but it isn't my job - I just do it part time because I love it. There are many people who take part in and are interested in archaeology but do not do it professionally. There is also an archaeology WikiProject and portal. May I therefore suggest three types of archaeology userbox (there are none at the moment):

• I am a professional archaeologist
• I am a non-professional archaeologist
• I am interested in archaeology

Thanks! fluoronaut 16:45, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Userbox ideas

Here are some ideas: Magic (for people who believe in magic) Resumes (It could say something like "This user was in 'play name here'") Birthstone and birthmonth -Lissy 18:55, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Here you go:

Red Alien 23:43, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

Antitheist

Antitheist userbox needed.. Interested2 22:06, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

Just one for me

I'd like a userbox "This user is a fan of foreign language films" or similar. Thnks. Gram 01:12, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

"This User reads..." Fantasy, Speculative Fiction; fantasy, SF-related subgenres

I think there should be at very least:

• This user enjoys reading Fantasy literature
• This user enjoys Fantasy fiction.
• This user enjoys reading Speculative Fiction
• This user enjoys Speculative Fiction

'cause I like Fantasy a lot, and I like Sci-Fi but there's no tags for general spec fic or Fantasy! I want to cover both. :)

Also, I think it might also be neat to have userboxes like:

• This user enjoys stories about Vampires.
• This user enjoys stories about Werewolves.
• This user believes in extraterrestrials.

I for one would kill for a Fantasy userbox, and LOVE to have a Werewolf userbox (hee, maybe even a "This user is a Werewolf" userbox? That could be fun!).

I don't know how to create these things yet, but, here are some suggestions for design:

• Fantasy - there's a dragon icon in WikiMedia Commons, as well as book icons and "feather quill" icons, which could work.
• Spec fic could have two images - maybe a dragon on one side and an alien on the other, to represent both major forms of speculative fiction.
• "Vampires" - drop of blood (could color a blue water drop image red), or fangs, since I think there's one similar one in use for horror or something, isn't there, that has fangs?
• Werewolves - there's probably a wolf icon somewhere, or a wolf's paw image.
• Extraterrestials - isn't there a flying saucer image?

Runa27 08:12, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Fan Fiction-related userboxes

This doesn't quite fit with my Fantasy/Spec fic related ones, so I've put it in a seperate bit.

I regularly read Fan Fiction; I occasionally write it, too, though mostly parodies. I've also contributed to the Fan Fiction,FanFiction.net and Mary Sue articles, and joined (this is a KEY thing for me) the Fan Fiction WikiProject.

WikiProjects sometimes have userboxes so people who join them can post it on their User page without having to mess with links.

I propose we create a userbox for people who are members of WikiProject Fan Fiction. :) Clearly, there's interest in improving the Fan Fiction coverage, as there has been a lot of activity recently on the Fan Fiction page (though granted, a lot of that was a handful of users, myself included, but still) and to a lesser extent, the Mary Sue page. And the WikiProject's been around for quite some time now. So, yeah. Can we finally get our own userbox? :)

I'd also like to see This User Reads Fan Fiction and This User Writes Fan Fiction userboxes, though I'm a little more concerned with getting one for the WikiProject.

I think one of the quill icons could be used for any of these tags' designs, since it's writing-related.

Runa27 08:12, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Proposal: Subject interest userboxes

I've been reading through a lot of the conflicts and proposals regarding userboxes, and it seems that a lot of people support the idea of userboxes based on interest. However, existing userboxes along that line are spotty, at best.

I would like to work on creating a subcategorized set of userboxes based on subject interest.

My reasoning:

• If new users find a quick and easy way to declare their preference, it may help move people away from userboxes based on POV. In effect, it could help change the culture.
• If we can design the categorization system well, it could be a good complement to the Babel boxes, in that they could become a way to recruit help with articles and stubs.

A rough example of what I am thinking is:

In categorizing, these users would be in a subcategory of Christianity (which is in turn a subcategory of Religion and Philosophy) as well as History. A person can be as specific or general as they want about their areas of interest.

So, is this the right place to make the proposal? I've been thinking it through, and I would like to see it happen, but I know it would take me a long time to get this done on my own. Sxeptomaniac 16:39, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Here's a small addition: I think it would be best started by creating Wikipedia:Userboxes/Subjects as a subcategory of Wikipedia:Userboxes/Interests. Sxeptomaniac 17:45, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Vasquez Rocks

I would like to see added a box saying "This user has visited dozens of alien planets at the same time, all through a single trip to Vasquez Rocks." using the top 3/4 of this picture: [1] -- Davidkevin 23:55, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Desperately need Kill Bill userbox

I beg all to create a Kill Bill userbox for me. Ideally it will have YELLOW background with a picture of Uma's stylish pose. I am crazy about that masochist moment. (Please acknowledge on my talk page as I am too lazy to check back here) Anwar 03:15, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

To Kill a Mockingbird

We need a 'This user knows never to kill a mockingbird' user box...followed by a 'this user also knows never to mock a killingbird' one!..If you do create this, could you let me know on my talk page? thanks Cerberus584 10:21, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Requests

This user is HIV positive. [User] is this user's soulmate This user enjoys kittens, usually medium-well This user climbed [mountain] XM 17:57, 12 June 2006 (UTC)