Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Location

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Contents 1 sorting 2 code example 3 Earth userboxes not in accordance with policy 4 TfD nomination of Template:User Earth 5 TfD nomination of Template:User Earthling

[edit] sorting

Needs to have some sort of catagories, like: North American locations, European locations, ect. Also, there is no US template and no state templates for the US--Akako|☎ 17:21, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

I concure. I want a US template. I'd make one, but I don't know how to make templates. --Masssiveego 09:09, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

Yeah this whole page is a disaster. It needs to be split into regions etc. I'll split it now. I would make a US template... but I don't like America!!! Image:Anglo-indian.jpg Deano 11:13, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

I have made a template (I think) which is kind of unusual. However, I don't know how to format the table to stick it in. Ifnord 04:09, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Can you link me to the template please, and I will add it in the most suitable place. Ian¹³_ID:540053 10:48, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Sure. Please see Expatriate Canadians. Ifnord 15:12, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Added at the bottom of the Americas page :) Ian¹³_ID:540053 16:03, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

Super! Thanks. BTW, I noticed on that page a userbox for the Christmas Islands. Are they not near Australia in the south Pacific? Ifnord 17:23, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] code example

After not finding California in the sub-pages, and realizing that most of the users who want to add their location aren't going to know how to make a new template, I added some example {{User 1|...}} code. There is a trade-off involved, in that templates with their own category allow the geographically near to find each other. Sadly, there's no way to make a generic template, e.g., {{User location|place=California}} because that can't automatically find a good image.

There needs to be a good location template creation tutorial linked from this page. --James S. 17:26, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Earth userboxes not in accordance with policy

As much as I appreciate the humor, "user Earth" and "user Earthling" do not conform with Wikipedia policy, namely categorizing all Wikipedians until such a time when aliens are discovered. I believe they should be deleted. Xiner 03:54, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:User Earth

Template:User Earth has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Xiner 20:38, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] TfD nomination of Template:User Earthling

Template:User Earthling has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Xiner 20:42, 5 October 2006 (UTC)