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Adding a CAPTCHA requirement to the Email a User page

Hi, I have a suggestion (but I'm not sure if this is the correct place.) Anyway, I was wanting to suggest that it should be a requirment to enter a captcha of letters and numbers in order to send someone an email via Wikipedia's built in Email-a-user page. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Emailuser/(Input your own user name here)) This would be in order to help prevent computers or automated devices from being able to mass-email people on wikis. CaribDigita (talk) 00:11, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Try taking this to WP:VPT. – Jerryteps 02:43, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

I don't understand how to make a sandbox so I can experiment. I'm not very good at using the code here yet, and I don't really understand it. I am Thai, and do not understand Wikipedia language. Thank you Jackie-thai (talk) 06:33, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Hi, I need help in setting up a sandbox. I am Thai, and my English is limited, as far as understanding Wikipedia language. Since a page I contributed was "speedy deleted", it is clear I need help in contributing my page. Can someone please walk me through the steps in setting up a sandbox? I want to contribute a page about a religious leader who is based in Thailand, and need help in getting started. Thank you, and please use simple language. (Many of my Thai university friens are using Wikipedia to do their English papers) Jackie-thai (talk) 06:27, 31 May 2009 (UTC)

Help with user page

Hi, I was wondering if it would be possible to lock my user page from edits. The reason I ask is that someone placed a sock puppet banner on my page which an admin later removed on account of no evidence, yet the user continues to replace the banner. I have asked him to leave me alone. Libro0 (talk) 23:54, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

I have a similar question. Someone sharing my name has now twice anonymously edited my User page to describe him rather than me. Since I, not he, am the Wikipedia User whose (slight) contributions are described there, I'd like to have the content on that User page describe me, and not him. Mark Durst (talk) 20:53, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

There are two solutions for this, you can either ask an admin to protect it at WP:RPP, or you can create a user subpage such as User:Example/userpage.js. Then transclude it to your userpage. LegoKontribsTalkM 03:50, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Online status

How can I get my online status, (i.e. Jkasd is currently online, or offline) updated on my user page. I don't use any of the IRC stuff. Thank you. Jkasd 04:06, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

Hi, the easiest way to do it, is just to have a box with an image (maybe a red circle) which you change (to a green circle) manually when you log in. Im sure there is a bot that does this, I think by detecting your contributions... I will have a look and try and find it. ← κεηηε∂γ (shout at me) 10:23, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Found it! Try this, you dont need to use IRC - Link to bot ← κεηηε∂γ (shout at me) 12:20, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
OK, Thanks, but how do I set it up? Jkasd 14:32, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
To be honest, I've never used it, so im not sure... try adding [[Category:Wikipedians who use StatusBot]] to your userpage, then add {{User:StatusBot/Template}} somewhere. That should be it. ← κεηηε∂γ (shout at me) 15:18, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
That bot has been blocked([[1]]), is there another way to do this? twirligigLeave one! ⋄ Check me out! 17:09, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Manually. There is a tool called Qui, which can let you set your status easily and see the status of your friends. You can also use User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate, but that one doesn't have a friends list. As for talk page notices for Qui, I personally prefer {{UserStatus}}, but you can also see an alternative listed in the documentation. Not Automatic per se, but it's easy to use.--Unionhawk Talk 00:47, 10 May 2009 (UTC)

Question about watchlist page

In the watchlist page after the user name and timestamp there is always a number enclosed in brackets. Like +29 in below example. 

  (diff) (hist) . . User:Gppande‎; 05:33 . . (+29) . . Gppande (Talk | contribs) (added wiki add for project india)

Sometimes this "+" is replaced by "-". What does this number and sign signify? I found it is not the count of number of times the article was edited nor the count of contribution made by 'the' user to 'the' page. What is it? --gppande «talk» 14:10, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

That is the number of characters added (or removed) to that revision of the page. The count includes wiki-markup, whitespace, and comments; for templates and images, it counts the number of characters used to transclude them. If more than a certain amount of characters are deleted (around 1,000), the number is shown in bold red. Jkasd 14:32, 13 May 2008 (UTC)


Where is my user page

I am living at "Norra Botkyrka" which is a new town in the South of Stockholm and also a subject word in Wikipedia English. I made some editorial additions and listed as my user name Joachim Colling and gave my email address in the page "User:Joachim Colling" because I wanted to give the original editor the chance to discuss my additions.Some changes I made were like moving a paragraph and they were listed in the history. Now all these notes about the changes were marked with (undo) and with an IP number. But somehow even my user page has vanished. I cannot find it but when trying to create a new account under my real name Joachim Colling I get the answer that this user name is already in use. Who is using it? Why has the user page "Joachim Colling" been deleted? Have I made some mistake?

Need help with user page

Completed Meep. Help. *waits patiently with tabloid in hand* OreosTalkContribs 03:16, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

I will help Oreos with her user page. Mostly technical stuff that she doesn't know how to make work. Thetruthbelow 19:34, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

Need help with user page

Completed CTSWyneken

I will assist CTSWyneken in the design of his user page. He has alignment problems. Thetruthbelow 12:55, 17 June 2006

Page doesn't display right when using secure server

My user page and talk page both die when it is used on the secure server. Do you think I could have some help :)? (Oh, and my userpage would look much cooler if it was able to stretch with browser size changes)--SomeStranger(t) 20:29, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

The secure server uses a different HTML structure that messes up lot of html code. Please see WP:VPT#Front_Page_CSS_issue --GeorgeMoney T·C 20:48, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
Okay, I see now. Can I still have some help fixing the stretching on my user page?--SomeStranger(t) 01:52, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Well, in my browser, your page doesn't stretch. --GeorgeMoney T·C 02:32, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
Yeah...that's the problem. I am trying to make it so that the main page and edits boxes fill up the space betweem the boxes on the right side and the end of the page. Is there any easy way to do that while keeping the fixed sizes of the boxes on the right?--SomeStranger(t) 04:01, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Newbie

Is this where I ask for help? (newbie alert... :$) MajykHands 00:32, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes. How can we help you? — Nathan (talk) 03:14, 23 June 2006 (UTC)
User asked a question on the Wikipedia:User page design center/Help and collaboration/Help requests/Help Desk, and was answered there. --GeorgeMoney T·C 03:26, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Where is a style guide

I'm looking for a style guide for punctuation standard to Wikipedia articles. If anyone would share that with me, I'd appreciate it. Thanks. Jay 16:12, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

What about Wikipedia:Manual of Style --GeorgeMoney (talk) (Help Me Improve!) 18:01, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Sharing two user pages between two wikipedias

I have a User Page on English Wikipedia. I have now registered also as a user of Hebrew Wikipedia. Is there any way to have one User Page and Talk Page for both? Can I redirect people who look at the Hebrew User Page Talk Page to my existing pages?RolandR 00:39, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Redirects between wikis have been disabled. The best way to get people to talk to you on the enwiki, just say "I want to be contacted at [[en:YOUR USERPAGE|My English Userpage]]" and request that those pages be protected. --GeorgeMoney (talk) (Help Me Improve!) 02:18, 30 June 2006 (UTC)

Need help breaking my page into sections

I tried to break my user page into sections that can be hidden and shown at the discretion of the visitor. Unfortunately, I only partially succeded. The bars and fonts get smaller the farther down the page they are and the orginal color scheme of the page I borrowed the piping from bleeds through. Any idea what went wrong and how it can be fixed? Thanks. -JCarriker 07:05, 7 August 2006 (UTC) I will help this user.

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How do I determine what subpages I've created

Not sure if this goes here nor not: Aside from drilling into user history, how can I determine what subpages I've created? I mean after a while, I can see it getting a bit out of hand if you're not keeping track --Joe Christl 18:57, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Try http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Prefixindex&namespace=2&from=Z-vap — Nathan (talk) / 01:47, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Thanks. That's it. How do I get to that search field without remembering this link? I tried looking in, Special Pages in the toolbox to the left, but I didn't seem to get the same results. --Joe Christl 15:59, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
Nevermind, I figured it out. I was choosing All Users, I tried Prefix Index, and that was it. --Joe Christl 17:53, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Need have with layout problems

I've been working on making a floating two column page here in the hope that I can make a page that looks alright in both IE and Firefox. As you see, though, I'm having some ugly layout problems. If anyone can anyone lend me a hand I'd be much obliged. Regards, CountdownCrispy ( ? 23:56, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

I'm having a little trouble making my drop-down boxes not show white borders. Could someone help me remove these? Octane [improve me?] {{subst:#time:d}}.{{subst:#time:m}}.{{subst:#time:y}} {{subst:#time:H}}{{subst:#time:i}} (UTC)

Two questions: Why the hell is there a blank white strip down the side of my page and how do I get rid of it? And how can I get my table at the bottom to center and the top bit go the light blue that I've specified in my code but it won't do? Please help! Dev920 (Have a nice day!) 16:01, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Help with Archiving

Help with Archiving I am unsure of how to archive my old discussion page and it's history along with it if possible. Can you please inform me of how to do this. And the truth shall set you free! 23:25, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

How to split my page vertically

just wondering how to split my page vertically so it looks something like this

  • headline
  • stuff
  • stuff
  • headline
  • userboxes
  • headline
  • userboxes

Every time i try, the user boxes crowd to the left, and the headlines bunch to the right. I figure there's an easy way to code it, i just dont know what it is. any tips would be great DurinsBane87 02:47, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

» Fixed formatting
» Replied
S.D. ¿п? § 03:53, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Signature no longer linked

I created a new User Page but now when I use my four tildes my user name is no longer linked? Valich 00:24, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Replied here --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 03:07, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

How to do an infobox

I don't know how to do an Infobox on my page! Help! User:Strznc 17 February 2007

I've placed an infobox on your userpage — just fill out any relevant information. Happy editing on Wikipedia, S.D. ¿п? § 23:50, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
Like the first problem. MKguy42192 (talk) 04:27, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Two problems

Two things:

On my About me subpage, the {{userpage}} isn't being included in the table. Can someone fix this?
For some reason, the template was displaying incorrectly (meaning it wasn't included in the table) in Firefox at the bottom, so I moved it to below the navigation bar. — S.D. 20:29, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
I'd like my image to be at least 100x100 pixels, but the user infobox is defying this and made it very large. (100x100 is the liveJournal userpic size). Elle Bee 17:19, 4 March 2007 (UTC)
Done. Happy editing, S.D. 20:29, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Everything aligned to be center

Hi there, this may seem quite silly but on my sandbox everything on my page seems to be center aligned and I can't figure out how to align everything to the left, maybe you could help, Regards  SensibleMenace 

Done. Happy editing, S.D. 21:09, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Inexplicable 'gap' between userboxes

Hey. I've got my userboxes organized the way I like them, but I found that in the "My Politics" and "My Spirituality" categories of userboxes, there's an inexplicable 'gap' between userboxes. I've tried fooling around to eliminate that on my own, but I end up getting two or more userboxes pushed over to the right or even overlapping inside the box-category I have. Any assistance in getting that cleaned up would be much appreciated. --Micahbrwn 20:55, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Are you using Internet Explorer? The user page looks fine in Mozilla Firefox. S.D. 22:10, 19 March 2007 (UTC)
Yeah there was a problem in IE with 2 whitespaces appearing below the "Denver" and "Jewish" user boxes. Didn't appear in Firefox. I removed them so hope it's OK now. --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 22:18, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Restore deleted user pages

I've deleted some user pages in my userpage. I want restoration of that, how can I doing? Akanemoto 01:36, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

You'll have to ask a adminstrator to restore the subpages. Cheers, S.D. 01:49, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Aligning a scroll box

I made a scrollbox with some userboxes in it. I can't get it to align to the right side of my userpage, like how it does when you use {{Userboxtop}} and {{Userboxbottom}}. Can someone help? The Hippie 17:39, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Hope my edit helps! Cheers, [sd] 12:43, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
Thank you. The Hippie 17:45, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Couldn't copy a userpage

I tried to copy a userpage didnt't work need help please. Oreo202 03:45, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Could you elaborate on which user's userpage you tried to copy and what exactly the problems are? --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 19:14, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
I guess that won't be happening [2] --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 19:16, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I am having problems with the Userboxes, found at User:Valley2city/ubx from displaying correctly when expanded. Please also see the issues when it is transcluded on my top page with text clearance problems and unnecessary line breaks. I should mention that I think the "entertainment" and "diet" sections of /ubx are the most problematic. Can anyone please assist me in this matter as I have tried various forms to display hide/show userboxes, always with similar problems. I'm having these problems using Firefox, though there are other problems encountered with Internet Explorer. --Valley2city₪‽ 01:33, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 19:12, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Diving page into two columns

Could someone please tell me the markup needed to divide my userpage into two nice collums. Thanks.ChrisDHDR    • @ 10:46, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure if this will work for graphic intensive userpages, but you could try using the {{col-begin}} and {{col-2}} formatting. (for info on how to use that see Template:col-begin). If not, what most users do for their userpage is create a table with 2 columns. It's usually a lot easier to get the formatting right with tables. Help:Table should have the required info on how you could create a suitable table. Hope that helps. --snowolfD4( talk / @ ) 18:04, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Didn't work

Me again. I've followed your advice, put the page doesn't wrap properly now, any suggestions??? ChrisDHDR    • @ 17:15, 30 July 2007 (UTC) PS: Feel free to edit my userpage if you need to.

Snadbox help

I don't understand how to make a sandbox so I can experiment. I'm not very good at using the code here yet, and I don't really understand it. Can somebody help me get one? I just need a place to keep stuff. T.z0n3 15:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

You don't need to do anything special. just got to User:T.z0n3/Sandbox and start working on something. That's all you need to do! — Andrew Hampe Talk 22:23, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Status buttons

I've tried over and over, and for some reason, I just can't make status stuff work for me. It's driving me crazy, because I really want one. If I could get some help, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. justice 01:43, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

Don't use one myself, and I know that some users manually update their status page (what a pain :), but as far as I know your best option would be to use Chris G Bot 3. It replaced the defunct StatusBot.
As far as I understand it, to use it you need to first put Category:Wikipedians who use StatusBot on your userpage and the bot will automatically create a page for you at User:StatusBot/Status/Tehjustice, which will be updated every 5 mins to say either "online" or "offline". You can then transclude that onto your userpage. You can also use the template {{User:StatusBot/Template}}, which will automatically add your userpage to the category and it will also add the status bot template (like here) to your userpage. The advantege of not using the template is you can then do somethink funkey with the #switch code, like I found here [3].
Hope that helps. --snowolfD4 ( talk / @ ) 02:11, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
Thanks all. Any other imput is welcome too. One more question. A few months ago I stumbled across a user who somehow managed to make some complicated status code that displayed different statuses based on the day of the week and time of day. (ex: This user is online, but in school, This user is offline, probably doing homework). Anyone know of any users with similar status trackers I could look at and ask for help using? If not, I think I'll use the default one. justice 02:45, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
You could probably use a script with the #switch command to create such a display, i.e. the first part as to whether you're online will be done by Status Bot and the "...at school" part could be done by comparing the current time with the preset values. --snowolfD4 ( talk / @ ) 15:52, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

My userpage is a mess

Any suggestions please? I'm using Mozilla Firefox. Sting_au Talk 00:44, 23 November 2007 (UTC) Don't worry. I'll fix it myself. Sting_au Talk 10:05, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

Userbox formatting

Hi my user boxes at the bottom of this page are grouped by subject. However I would really like to stack all these subject boxes on the right side of the page directly under to photo. Help would be much appreciated. Thank you, --S.dedalus (talk) 20:29, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I stacked all the userboxes on the right side of the page and fixed the This user is a member of Wikipedia:WikiProject Composers userbox. Hope this helps — [sd] 23:33, 28 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks so much! You’re a genius. For the life of me I couldn’t figure out how to do that. Thanks again. --S.dedalus (talk) 00:26, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
I put the image and your userboxes in a table and aligned it right. Cheers, [sd] 00:33, 29 November 2007 (UTC)


sick and tired at looking at my piece of cr*p userpage

Hey, i have been around for a while now, and you would think i would know a thing or two about creating userpages, sadly i don't. I am tired of how my current userpage looks, i am open to anything, but would prefer something clean and easy to navigate. If anyone wants to take on the daunting task, feel free, or if you have suggestions you can leave them on my talk page. Thanks again. Tiptoety (talk) 00:53, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

Oh, I use Firefox as my navigator. Tiptoety (talk) 01:02, 21 December 2007 (UTC)
 Done Has been completed by User:The Chronic. Thanks! Tiptoety (talk) 07:47, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

wondering how it looks

I changed my Userpage into something more neat and simplistic. Tell me what you think, and if you have any suggestions, tell me or try them yourself on my userpage sandbox. Thanks! preschooler@heart 06:40, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Looks good. Could use some backround border. That's all I can see with your current design. I you want me to do it, please ask. --RyRy5 (talk ♠ copy-edit) 03:45, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

My userpage

Hello! I recently changed by userpage to be a bit more modern but I still don't like using the boring basic look. Although I ahve been on Wikipedia for over two years I still don't know how to make a good Userpage. Can you help me make my Userpage more interesting? UNI|SOUTH 09:56, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Categorys

Ca you add categorys to your userpage even you page has nothing to do with them? Mr. GreenHit Me UpUserboxes 18:44, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

As long as the categories are user categories and not article categories, they may be added. All user categories are subcategories of Category:Wikipedians. MBisanz talk 21:21, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

How to safely test live templates in a sandbox?

I sometimes sandbox test templates in my user pages. However, sometimes, transcluding a template automatically places a page in an article category. This is bad, as it makes my user page look like an article. For example, I have a sandbox demo of {{Ise}} at User:Hroðulf/AIlist. It makes User:Hroðulf/AIlist show up on Category:Companies listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. I wish!

How can I safely demonstrate a template in a sandbox, when that template has article categories?

--Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 22:04, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Use substitution ("subst:"). For example, {{subst:Ise}} pulls that template's wikicode into the sandbox, where you can edit it. Then you can comment out or remove the lines setting the categories. That turns the sandbox into a template, and you then may need to test it in another sandbox (so you can pass parameters to it, etc.) The Transhumanist    11:19, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

What's with the bold "u" on my userpage?

Resolved

I've been trying to migrate my pretty spartan userpage to a series of subpages. I've tried four times to get my User:RJaguar3/Current projects subpage to be transcluded correctly into the current projects section of my userpage. However, I can't get rid of the bold lowercase u that appears. Can anyone help me? RJaguar3 | u | t 15:58, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

Try removing <onlyinclude>{{#ifeq:{{{name}}}|Legends of the Hidden Temple|<font color="#D00000">'''RJaguar3 | [[User: RJaguar3|u]] | [[User Talk:RJaguar3|t]]'''</font> 12:21, 3 May 2008 (UTC)}}</onlyinclude> - i tried it without saving, and it did the job. Its straight after Peer review results from the peer review bot. ← κεηηε∂γ (talk) 20:21, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Thanks. That worked. I thought it was static in the text, but I never bothered to check the code. RJaguar3 | u | t 15:15, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Unauthorized intervention on my User page (foreign Wikipedias)

This is not vandalism and I don't even know what to call it (tampering?), and I'm asking here first because I'm not sure how to track down the problem where it occurs:
As I edit pages in numerous foreign languages, I've opened a User account on several other Wikipedias and created a User page with:

  • Babel boxes indicating my language proficiencies
  • Interwiki links to my User page in the Wikipedias where I'm primarily active (English, Hebrew, Simple English)

Upon logging on to several of my User accounts today, I discovered content on my User page in Spanish and Arabic] that I had not added -- and according to the pages' edit histories, there is no record of any edit adding it! In both cases, these involve the box for "Other Languages" on the left-hand navigation bar:

  • The Spanish page includes [a language that looks like] Arabic
  • The Arabic page includes Spanish

Both of these link not to my User page in that foreign-language Wikipedia, but a page within that Wikipedia for the Babel template of Hebrew level three -- though my name (User account) doesn't appear when the template (category) is selected.
I suspect that this is something malign, and I want to know whom to notify, what may/will be done about this unwanted phenomenon, and who's behind it (particularly if sanctions are in order). Thank you! Deborahjay (talk) 13:22, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Update: I've tracked this down to a particular edit by a certain editor of the he-3 Babel template on the Spanish Wikipedia. Although this editor has been dormant (i.e. no edits) for the past four weeks there, I'm leaving messages to try eliciting some explanation and treatment of the adverse results. -- Deborahjay (talk) 18:11, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

Im not entirely sure, but i think it may be because you have added a category identifying you on the other wikis. Perhaps the boxes are carried over inter-wikis? ← κεηηε∂γ (talk) 20:29, 23 May 2008 (UTC)
Since this is the English Wikipedia, and your issue is with foreign language wikis that we don't have any direct control over, my suggestion would be to post your question to m:Meta:Babel which is the central clearinghouse for all of the WMF wikis, including the foreign language projects. Also, I should note that the site formatting of pages and what not, does vary greatly among projects. MBisanz talk 22:08, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

College athletics

User:Bus2Beezlebub: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph%27s_Hawks For some reason I can't edit out the "Football stadium" on the right side. There is no football stadium but there is one for soccer, lacrosse, field hockey, etc. so I just need to take the "Football" out but it doesn't even show up when I go to edit. Any ideas?

  1. Please add new questions to the bottom of the page (goes for most of Wikipedia; there is a 'new section' button at the very top that helps.)
  2. Your question comes down to the design of the template {{Infobox college athletics}}, which ordinary editors like you and I can tweak if the rest of the community is in agreement. The place to discuss changes to the template is Template talk:Infobox college athletics. It seems to me quite appropriate to ask there if the football stadium can be made optional. Maybe they will also be willing to accommodate a shared soccer/lacrosse stadium in the template.
  3. You can see that the template is used on hundreds of articles by clicking what links here.
  4. Hope that helps. --Hroðulf (or Hrothulf) (Talk) 14:42, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

Suspected Sockpuppetry

Hello. My user page begins with the "Suspected Abuse of Multiple Account" and "suspected sockpuppetry" notice. In fact I did use my logged-in account and my IP address to make a point about an edit, but I was unaware of a specific rule against such an act (underhanded, I figured; unlawful, I didn't know). Can you tell me if there is some sort of statute of limitations on this notice and if there might be a period of time after which no similar act occurs and good standing is maintained, when the notice can be removed from the page and merely be archived? In other words, is there such a thing as making amends and gaining release? Thank you, Lantana11 (talk) 03:45, 26 May 2008 (UTC)Lantana11Lantana11 (talk) 03:45, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Rlevse (talk · contribs) is the SSP expert, trying asking him. MBisanz talk 03:51, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Help

I need help making my page look nice. Can someone help me perhaps by suggesting a design? Northern Romania (talk) 02:36, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

Resolved
- about a month ago. User hasn't logged on since.  :( The Transhumanist    01:11, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

I need help. Can someone help me make my userpage look good? MKguy42192 (talk) 04:30, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

User Box

How to make user boxes on the right side of the page like the one used in Jimbo Wale’s Page Tyw7, formerly Troop350 (talk) 09:41, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

Resolved
Replied here.Mr. GreenHit Me UpAbout Me 16:40, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Please help me

I have already asked once. Can someone be kind and help me make a great userpage? UNI|SOUTH 10:41, 17 June 2008 (UTC)

Replied here

Please read the instructions on the top of this page. The Transhumanist    01:09, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Never mind. You've been pimped. The Transhumanist    01:31, 5 July 2008 (UTC)
Resolved

Upload and Image Display

I am trying to create a user page. I am having an incredible amount of difficulty displaying a picture of myself. I had uploaded some tagged images that i didn't get a license properly applied. Once I have gotten the licensing cleared I still can't get the picture up on my user page. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Here is a link to the Page with the picture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Edwins_Picture.JPEG --Edwin Larkin (talk) 16:59, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Resolved
UNI|SOUTH 17:55, 20 June 2008 (UTC)

Image Location

Now I'm having difficulty with locating the image on the right side. I have tried multiple times to relocate my image. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. --Edwin Larkin (talk) 16:59, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Resolved
UNI|SOUTH 17:43, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

Userpage design help

I have an annoying "contents" box that I want to get rid of. My way of fixing it would remove the edit link in my vandal box. I want the edit link, but don't want the contents box. The same thing is happening here, as well. There is also a few other issues on that page that require minor fixing for someone experienced to look at. Also, my information box is nested in my Vandal Box box. Could someone help? Thanks, --haha169 (talk) 21:23, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

This happened to me as well before. From what I can tell, the only reason why this happens is if you make too many categories. Then, Wikipedia will automatically make a category box for others to locate different topics/categories faster. (Reply on my Talk page you want to make any posts directed to me). Chimchar monferno (talk) 17:52, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
The magic word to fix this is __NOTOC__, which turns off the contents box for the current page, if you place this code on a line by itself.
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The Transhumanist    01:07, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Help with a Table

I made an edit, within a table, all within a single section of an article. After saving my changes, the table looks fine, but the table has somehow been moved out of the section where it is in the page-code, and down to the bottom of the article. The section is "Launches" on the article Spaceport America. What gives? Can anyone help with this?N2e (talk) 17:32, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Removal of "protected" message from a talk page

My talk page was blocked unfairly and the block was removed, however the message at the top talkpage still says that the page is blocked (and it is not as my request to unprotect the page was granted). I can edit my talk page myself and remove this message, but I do not think it is the correct thing to do, as it was not me that placed that message there at the first place. What can I do to remove this message? On.Elpeleg (talk) 18:22, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps you should ask for help at WP:AN? It Is Me Here (talk) 17:33, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

Vertical Menu

Well, I have a pretty boring user page! I would like it to look a lot smarter and have a couple of ideas on how to improve it. I don't really want to trade places, because I'd like to do it myself and be involved in the process. What I would like to see is a menu (similar to the one I'm messing with here), but vertically aligned, on the left, at the top. Once I can figure out how to do that, I want to change some of the icons, make the icons smaller, and space them out a bit more so the menu takes up a bit more page length. Unfortunately, I've hunted and hunted for an example and tried to mess with the code myself, and still can't work out how to get the darn menu on the left and vertical! Does anyone have any suggestions? If it's easier and you're feeling helpful, maybe a quick edit to the page so I can see how it's done would be really useful. I think I can handle the rest of it (I hope, lol), but it's that vertical alignment which is tripping me up! Thanks :), Maedin (talk) 18:42, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

I've made adjustments to your sandbox page to make the menu line up vertically. I hope I understood your request correctly. The icons can be changed by replacing the file name after "image=" and the size can be altered by changing the numbers in the "width" and "height" parameters. – Skyezx // msg 23:40, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Yes!! You've done it, it's perfect! Mmmmwwwhhhaaa! Thank youuuuu! :)))) Maedin (talk) 14:58, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
No problem. =) – Skyezx // msg 00:48, 17 August 2008 (UTC)
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Red boxes inside blue boxes...

I'm having a problem on my userpage; I want the red box to be below the blue box (like different sections), and the black box to go around everything. My problem is, the red box insists on positioning itself inside the blue box. Could somebody fix this? Thanks, TheMoridian 12:31, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Sorry I couldn't help you earlier, but it looks like you've solved the problem on your own. Ifthat isn't the case, feel free to ask again. – Skyezxmessage 23:40, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
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Userbox help

Hi, I've been trying to organize my userpage more to be more neat and to let people know more about me, what I'm doing on wikipedia and all that. I just created a new thing for my userboxes. But whenever someone presses the show button, it becomes really disorganized again until I press the hide button. You can check it out yourself also. Can anyone else help me fix this? Deavenger (talk) 22:17, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

I made a minor edit to your page, but I don't know if that's what you wanted. Userboxes are tricky because they don't come in uniform sizes. Using a table may help. Don't hesitate to ask again if you need more help.– Skyezxmessage 23:40, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Yep. Thanks, that's exactly what I wanted. Thank you. Deavenger (talk) 23:41, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Also, can you help me create an archive menu. SO far I have atleast 1 archived talk page. Deavenger (talk) 23:44, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
What do you mean by archive menu? The one you have currently on your talk page is what I'd assume to be an archive menu... Or are you talking about something different? Do you have any examples you can point to? – Skyezxmessage 23:56, 5 October 2008 (UTC)
Actually, I think I know how to do it. Thanks for the help on my userboxes. Deavenger (talk) 00:01, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
No problem. =) – Skyezxmessage 00:04, 6 October 2008 (UTC)
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Subpage help

Hello there, I need some help with subpages and tables. I would like to transclude User:It Is Me Here/Accounts/Note into User:It Is Me Here/Accounts (I have used {{/Note}} as the markup to do it when testing previously) inside the User:It Is Me Here/Accounts table but above all the informaiton. So, just as User:It Is Me Here/About me appears to have User:It Is Me Here/Account information contained within it, so I want User:It Is Me Here/Accounts/Note to appear inside but at the top of User:It Is Me Here/Accounts. However, my attempts to position the transclusion code have resulted in the entire table being messed up in some way at preview. What is the easiest way to make what I am looking for work? If I'm honest, the layout that I currently have on my user page was a bit of a fluke and the code is quite volatile; changing the order of the boxes will mess it up, so it would be useful to have a guaranteed way of putting boxes inside other boxes.

Also, how can I make the text on User:It Is Me Here/Accounts/Note centred? It should be centred, I would have thought, but is still aligned left when I view it in IE7.

Any help would be appreciated. It Is Me Here (talk) 12:51, 12 October 2008 (UTC)

I edited your pages... all you were missing was the table closing tag ( |) ). I also tried centering the text, but I haven't figured out why the centering tags aren't working... – Skyezxmessage 01:37, 31 October 2008 (UTC)
Thanks - and, like you say, it's just the centering left now. It Is Me Here (talk) 09:40, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Fixed POTD size

Hi, is it possible to get the Picture of the day to display on my userpage in a fixed size, so it won't mess up the layout everytime the pic (and its size) changes? Thanks in advance! Erebus Morgaine (talk) 17:29, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

I played around with it, but couldn't figure out a way to make the size fixed. The different ratios of the images make it really hard. I can make it bigger or smaller... I just can't make it fixed. Let me know if you want to know how to change the size. – Skyezxmessage 00:55, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Image

Hi, I would like to know how to insert image onto my user page.Arilang1234 (talk) 11:28, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

Images can be inserted into any Wikipedia page using [[Image:filename|thumb|widthpx]]. For example, if you want to put a picture of the Wikipedia logo, you would type on your userpage, [[Image:Wikipedia-logo.png|100px]]. Thumb is optional as is the width parameter. Width can be changed by changing the the 'width' value. The result would be thus:
Images that can be used are found in Wikimedia Commons or you can upload your own. However, make sure the images you upload are not copyrighted. In addition, images already uploaded to Wikimedia under fair use can be used only in the articles they are intended for, thus are not allowed on user pages.– Skyezxmessage 00:55, 31 October 2008 (UTC)

Overlapping boxes

Please have a look at the current version of my user page here. From my browser, the top of the "Wikipedia Signpost" box (inserted via template) is visible in the space between the two boxes above it (these being a template and a table, respectively), but curiously, text within the Signpost has been shifted down so it's all visible. I was able to improve it by adding a <br> just before "Signpost" (currently removed to demonstrate the problem), but the boxes still appear overlapped, the improvement being that the top of the "Signpost" box now appears to be hidden beneath the table. I'm sure there is a better solution. All templates and tables are using "float:left", and changing this or removing "clear:none" from the table does not make any visible change for me. Feel free to edit my page directly if you have a solution. --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 14:31, 8 November 2008 (UTC)

I removed the floats because they don't seem to be working with your 'articles created' list. Instead of floats, I used padding to move the list slightly to the right so it doesn't overlap with the Signpost template. Alternatively, if you don't want the Signpost box right next to your list, and instead want your list below it, change "padding-left" to "padding-top." About 400px will do (i.e. "padding-top:400px"). – Skyezxmessage 20:38, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
Before I saw your reply here, I saw the change you made on the user page, and tried to change it to put the list below the boxes. And since I didn't read your advice first, I used a slightly different method: I put back the "float" on the Signpost box and put a "div" around that (instead of the list below it), and put the "padding-top" on that div to make the Signpost box begin in the right place. I used your "div" as an example. Thanks for your help! --A Knight Who Says Ni (talk) 22:08, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
No problem. It doesn't matter which method you use, as long as it works. =) – Skyezxmessage 22:16, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
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MonoBook help

Hi. I am using the MonoBook skin. The links in printable versions of Wikipedia articles do not show up with a blue color as they do when I am viewing the page on my browser; the links show up black like regular text. Is there a simple procedure that someone would like to share with me to make the printable version pages show blue hyperlinks. Some of the other skins seem to have this feature, but I like the MonoBook skin. The reason for this whole thing is when I read printed out versions of articles, the links tell me that I can get more information about a certain topic. Without the links being blue, I have no idea (from the printed article) if there is a Wikipedia article on certain topics. I am using Firefox 3 and don't know much (if anything) about CSS language or changing user variables, etc. Thank you for any help. --Edge0 (talk) 03:24, 14 November 2008 (UTC)

Bot?

Is there any bot that updates your userpage to show whether you're online or offline? Doing it manually really wracks up your userspace edits.... TopGearFreak 21:53, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

There used to be a bot called User:StatusBot that updated statuses, but because it made too many edits and clogged up the server (or something like that), it was shut down. The only way to show whether you're online or offline is manually. Things like WP:QUI, User:Xenocidic/statusChanger2.js and User:Hersfold/StatusTemplate might help though.– Skyezxmessage 02:55, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
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, thanks. Queenie 16:06, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Merging users?

Since I'm mainly on sr: wikipedia, and since my sr: wikipedia username was auto created on every other wiki, I would like to merge my earlier acc on this wiki, which is User:Mladjo1988 with this new one: User:Djomla88. So, is it possible to merge these two accs to one name (mainly because of the contributions) and to have Djomla88 username on every wiki including this one?--Djomla88 (talk) 23:54, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

In a way, yes. You can rename your old account, User:Mladjo1988, to User:Djomla88. The instructions are at WP:CHU/SUL. – Skyezxmessage 00:15, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Stub help template

This isn't technically a user page, but I think it's an even more worthy cause: an easy to read template informing new users of how to write a stub... There are several problems so far, namely:

  • It's butt-ugly, except for the template (stolen from User:Phaedriel
  • The headings within the template show up in the TOC of the talk page it's projected onto
  • everything posted below it is automatically centered on the talk page...

Here is the template:

{{User:Lithoderm/stubtemp}}

(End of template)

Please take a look. Thanks, Lithoderm 15:57, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Re: *It's butt-ugly, except for the template - I don't really know how to fix that. Ugly is subjective. Do you have something in mind? One thing I can suggest is that you use a consistent colour scheme instead of random splashes of red/green/blue.
Re: *The headings within the template show up in the TOC of the talk page it's projected onto - That's a consequence of using wikicode headings. Instead of using wikicode, you can use <p style="margin: 0; padding-top: .5em; padding-bottom: .17em; border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa; font-size: 150%"></p> instead of ==.

Re: *everything posted below it is automatically centered on the talk page... - That's because you've forgotten to close one of the div tags. Add another </div>.
If you're unclear about anything, ask away - I think this stuff is fun. =) – Skyezxmessage 00:45, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, all of your suggestions worked.... I tried to make some other changes too, and I think I broke it....
{{User:Lithoderm/stubtemp}}
Lithoderm 02:29, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
I've fixed this page; I forgot to remove the div tag I used earlier to test your template... my bad. What else is "broken"? And how do you want it fixed? – Skyezxmessage 03:09, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Ok, before I placed the nowiki tags, everything below the template was at the top of the page, and half the template was automatically shown. The other half would show when you clicked the show button, but the first half would disappear. Everything below the template showed up at the top of the page... I've re-added the template, so you can see for yourself... Lithoderm 18:37, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Hello, I'm at the top of the page. Lithoderm 18:40, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

Well, now it's at the bottom of the page.... but you can see what I referred to at this revision. It must be the frame I put around the Citebook template.... Lithoderm 18:41, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
This is Skyezx... I'm at school so I don't want to log in. My guess is that the table around the citation template is causing this trouble... but I'm not certain. Is there another way you can organize that information without using the table? 142.103.168.36 (talk) 21:26, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Ah. I think the extra div tag was the culprit... 142.103.168.36 (talk) 21:27, 30 January 2009 (UTC)
Thank you, it seems to be working now! Lithoderm 21:37, 30 January 2009 (UTC)

How do I create subpages

I really did try my best and checked on the available help on WP. I can still not work it out. How do I create subpages. I looked in Wikipedia:User page#How do I create a user subpage? but that doesn't tell me HOW to do it only that I CAN do it. I am not asking you to do it for me because I would like to learn how to do it myself. Greatly appreciate your help. Please inform me on my talkpage that an answer has been posted.--Josh Is Dead (talk) 21:10, 9 February 2009 (UTC)

You're quite right, the section which apparently tells you how to create a user subpage actually doesn't! It's something which took me a little bit of time to find out, too.
When you are viewing your own userpage, the website address will be a pretty simple http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Josh_Is_Dead. From there, to create a subpage of your userpage, use the address bar to type in the name of the desired page. You will need a forward slash (/) after your username. So if you wanted to create a Sandbox subpage, you would add /Sandbox after "Josh_Is_Dead". The final result would look like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Josh_Is_Dead/Sandbox. Once you have the desired page name typed in the address bar, just press return, or click go, or whatever. It will navigate to userspace, Josh's page, and to the subpage of Josh's pages, Sandbox. It will tell you that no page exists, of course, but once you are there you can create it. Once you've created it, that's it, it's there for good until you ask to have it deleted.
Your subpage can be pretty much anything you want it to be. For example, see here for a list of my subpages. Some editors have many many more! If you've created a few subpages and want to see the list, there is a link called "Subpages" at the very bottom of everyone's contributions page.
Hope that helps! Maedin\talk 07:59, 10 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks, that was pretty much fantastic. Can I put together all subpages as tabs in one main page?--Josh Is Dead (talk) 13:11, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

How can I make a "contents box"

Hi. I have this question for my talk page, and I appreciate if you could help me with that. How can I add a contents box, just like the one on the upper right, of this page, where it has the name of the titles of each members questions in numerical order? I really need that for my talk page. Thanks.Parvazbato59 (talk) 23:13, 10 February 2009 (UTC)

It is automatically generated by WP if you have four or more sections. I answered in your page!!--Josh Is Dead (talk) 13:16, 12 February 2009 (UTC)

How can I disable the "Contents' Box"

So yeah after adding my 4th section it automatically adds the contents box. Is there a way to disable this from showing up? Thus far I havent found a solution but I see several user pages that have multiple sections with no user box. Thanks.WarpCode (talk) 23:02, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Fixed it myself using "__NOTOC__" WarpCode (talk) 00:02, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

Delete userpage but not account?

Hi. I would like to have my userpage deleted (not now, but soon) and start fresh with a new design. The new page should go under the same name and account though. Can anyone confirm that deleting my userpage will not delete my account and will not prevent me from instantly creating a new one under the same account? This is my only account, I've never been in trouble and there has never been significant vandalism to my page (so no reason for keeping its history). Thank you very much for your time. Stefan Kruithof (talk) 17:02, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

No, deleting your userpage will make no difference to your account. But, er.. why delete your userpage if you only want to redesign it? You can just blank it and then start afresh. Queenie 17:30, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

My User Page does not work

Hi, I have only been a member of wikipedia for about a week I think, and my userpage and talk page are red and do not exist. Is this normal? Do I have to create them myself? I tried to find FAQ topics or other information about it but I couldn't. I apologize in advance if this is a dumb question, I'm just excited to get a userpage up. Can somebody please help me? Lyrical Israfel (talk) 14:43, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi Lyrical Israfel! Your user page and your talk page work just fine! A red link on Wikipedia means that the page has not been created yet, but the pages are there and yours to start. You'll notice that your talk page is now a blue link, because I've given you a little welcome there, :-) If you want to get started on your user page, then you can click on your user name (either here in this post, or via the links at the top right of the Wikipedia interface) and add whatever content you feel like adding about yourself, and then save. Et voilà! Your user page has been created and will now have a blue link instead of a red one. In case you haven't seen the page yet, here's a link to a quick guide to user page content. You can give it a read, :-) Hope that helps, let us know if you have any other questions. Maedin\talk 16:09, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so much Maedin, you are the greatest! I'm sorry for being such a noob, but when I clicked on them it gave me an error all the way up until you just fixed it or something. :) I really appreciate you taking the time to help me, and I am excited and proud to be a new member of wikipedia! Now all I have to do is learn the wiki code, lol. Lyrical Israfel (talk) 16:16, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Awww, thank you!  :-) You don't need to feel like a noob, and you certainly don't need to apologise. It's a steep learning curve for everybody! I hope you stick around, and I'm sure you'll make a great contributor. Good luck! Maedin\talk 16:21, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

hi

Hi, could someone help me with my user page? If I could have a simple one that I could fill in that would be fantastic! The Wurdalak (talk) 13:54, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Need help, please!

Hi, I've been always an avid Wikipedia searcher as to I even search things that I'm interested and research from there out. The only problem is that I've decided to create, on behalf of an organization that is apart of an educational institute, to make a wikipedia page. Unfortunately, when I made the attempt, it says I'm "promoting" or claiming that I'm advertising. I understand why I had to change my name because it was a affiliated with the actual school, but it a well-known university can have fraternities and other organizations on their user page, how come I can't link and make one up that benefits all of its students? Our Mission Statement is exactly as follows: To provide free *confidential* (meaning doesn't conflict with legal issues) information, advocacy and support to Students, Faculty and Staff who may be victims or survivors of crime, violence or abuse on or off the UCF campus. We are not even a non-profit organization: UCF Victim Services. We are an educational facility. I could really use some help, especially since I'm totally new to Wikipedia and its design. VSKnights (talk)) 1:44 PM, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Hi VSKnights! You've placed this request on a page dedicated to helping with user pages and actual design (i.e. coding) of Wikipedia pages. The best place for your question is probably the Help desk, where experienced editors assist new users. The reason I can't help you much here is because I am not an administrator (and therefore cannot see deleted material) and this page doesn't receive very much traffic, so an administrator may not see it for some time. Therefore, I encourage you to make a post at the help desk, repeating your issue with the article you tried to create.
However, what I can tell you is that there is a difference between creating a page that gives factual information on an organisation, and creating promotional material for an organisation. It's possible (though I can't confirm it) that the tone of the article came across as advertising, and therefore qualified for deletion. An administrator would be able to provide you with more advice though, so the help desk is the best place for you, ;-) Hope that helps at least a little bit! Good luck. Maedin\talk 18:28, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
I've had a look at the page (it was at User:UCF VictimServices) and I think the problem is that Wikipedia isn't a good place to promote your organisation. We focus more on subjects that are already well known. If you become more notable in the future, someone independent from you might create a page. Thank you anyway for contributing to Wikipedia. Tra (Talk) 19:25, 16 April 2009 (UTC)

Article from User space to Wikipedia

How can I move an article from my user space to Wikipedia? I talk about User1027E/ErrolSawyer 1027E (talk) 09:34, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

Signature

Hi, I'm trying to get YeshuaDavid • Talk • as my signature, but wp keeps on rejecting it on the basis of "HTML tags". Which element of my would be signature does wp not host? Many thanks, YeshuaDavid (talk) 23:48, 25 April 2009 (UTC)

YeshuaDavid • Talk • There you go :) I think the formatting on the colour was a bit mixed up, that's all. Queenie 21:01, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
Ah, many thanks indeed :-) YeshuaDavid • Talk • 16:42, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
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