Wikipedia:User page design guide/Decor

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Hall of Fame

If you'd like a continuous refill reminder, the floating cup of coffee can be put in place by using this code: {{User:Yworo/havacuppa}}

"Have a cuppa... Coffee?"

You are getting very sleepy...

I can't wait to edit another page!

Whatever does this mean?!

Banners and buttons

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Tip of the Day

Tip of the moment... How to create a category Let us say you have thought of a new category you want to place some articles in. To create this new category, go to one of the pages that you wish to put there, and add a category tag naming the new category to the end of the article, like this: [[Category:Category name]] ...where in place of category name you type the actual name of the category. When you save the page, the category should appear on the bottom line of the page. If it is indeed a new category, it will turn up in red. But this does not mean there is no such category: it might exist but with a slight difference in naming. Before you create a new category, make sure it does not already exist. In a new browser window, click on Special pages in the toolbox menu on the left side of your screen. Then click on All pages. Pick Category from the Namespace dropdown menu, and then enter the name of the category. Look over the index for synonymous categories. Once you are sure your new name is good to go: Click on the redlink, and then click on the article creation link provided in the instructions that appear on your screen. You will need to put a parent category on the new page, and then save the page. Going forward you can put your newly named category at the bottom of pages that you wish to add your new category to. Categories with too few pages in them are usually nominated for deletion. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Categorization   Meta:MediaWiki User's Guide: Using Categories   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}

Tip of the day... Shortcuts A shortcut is a redirect that assigns an abbreviated title to a page in Wikipedia's behind-the-scenes namespaces. This lets you get to a page with fewer keystrokes. Shortcuts to pages in the Wikipedia namespace start with "WP:". For example, the shortcut to Wikipedia:Department directory is WP:DIR. When a page has one or more shortcuts to it, those shortcuts should be displayed on that page using the shortcut template. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Wikipedia:Shortcut   List of shortcuts   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd3}}

The Tip of the Day project provides a different piece of advice for using Wikipedia every day. Like the Picture of the Day, you can include it on your userpage by adding {{totd}} somewhere (at the top of your talk page is a good place for it). The randomized version (displayed above) is {{totd-random}}, and shows a different tip each time it is displayed on your screen. Other formats for the TOTD exist, such as the more compact {{totd3}}, or you can make your own by including {{Wikipedia:Tip of the day/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTDAY}}, {{CURRENTYEAR}}}} on your userpage (which includes the raw text, without any formatting) and then enclose it in your own formatting. To float the tip of the day to the right of content (as it is displayed here), place this code where you want the tip to show up: {{right|{{totd3}}}}.

Style tips

A spin off of the tip of the day, this is another template that provides useful instruction a little at a time.

... Including Introduce a complete list with comprising, consisting of, or composed of rather than including (which would indicate that the list is incomplete): Incorrect: The English alphabet includes 26 letters (are there more than 26?) Correct: The English alphabet comprises 26 letters Correct: The English alphabet is composed of 26 letters Woeful: The English alphabet is comprised of 26 letters Correct: The English alphabet consists of 26 letters Read more ... Add this to your user page by typing in {{Styletips}}

To place it on your userpage, copy and paste this:

{{Styletips}}

Barnometer

This is an example of a Barnometer, to display the barnstars you've received in a humorous timescale. You can check the coding and then tweak it according to your own needs. Hold your mouse pointer over each barnstar to read each greeting.

Barnometer™
	noob	involved	been around	veteran	seen it all	older than the Cabal itself

Mottos/slogans/quotes/thoughtboxes

Mottos

There's a motto of the day project, called, you guessed it: Wikipedia:Motto of the day. To use it, just place {{Motd}} on your user page!

Here's what it looks like:

Today's motto...
→ The man who can tell others what to do and how to do it, but never does it himself.

Nominate one today!

Thoughtboxes

This positive thoughtbox was found on Lord Voldemort's userpage:

What happens when a Wikipedian dies? He or she just doesn't show up to edit anymore. Does anybody notice? Does anybody really even care? To all those Wikipedians who may have died and been forgotten here, Thank you for your contributions and Rest in Peace.

Quotes

Quote of the week: {{User:FormalDude/Contributions/Templates/Quote}}

Quote of the Week

“

If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

” — Fred Rogers

Random quote: {{Randomquote}}

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

— Albert Einstein

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Pics and images

There is a huge selection of pictures on Wikipedia and its sister site Wikimedia Commons. Pictures can be a powerful way to express yourself...

Terrorists don't have the Bomb... Yet.

Mountains in New Hampshire.

Pictures can be found all over Wikipedia, but it can be very time-consuming to hunt for them in the encyclopedia's articles. Another option is to browse Wikipedia's collections...

Image categories

Some images can be found in the categorical index, at:

• Category:Wikipedia images
• Category:Wikipedia featured pictures

But most of the images used on Wikipedia are kept at:

• Wikimedia Commons (plus a whole lot more)

Featured pictures

Featured pictures can also be found in the picture of the day archive:

A monthly archive of Wikipedia's featured pictures

2004:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2005:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2006:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2007:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2008:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2009:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2010:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2011:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2012:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2013:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2014:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2015:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2016:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2017:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2018:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2019:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2020:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2021:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2022:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2023:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2024:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
2025:	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December

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There is usually a long delay before a featured picture is scheduled into the picture of the day system, so two other places to look for featured pictures are:

• Wikipedia:Featured pictures
• Featured picture thumbnails

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Picture(s) of the day

The Picture of the Day, which changes daily, is currently displayed every day on the Main Page, and you can use it to decorate your userpage as well...

Here's what the various picture of the day templates look like. To place them on your user page, include the corresponding double-curly bracket code, and the picture will be displayed automagically:

{{pic of the day}}

Picture of the day

The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird species in the rail family, Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World, from Africa to Europe and Asia. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. A midsized to large rail, the common moorhen ranges in length from 30 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) in length and spans 50 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) across the wings. It gives a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened. This common moorhen was photographed in the Parc des Chanteraines near Gennevilliers in the suburbs of Paris, France.Photograph credit: Alexis Lours

{{POTD}}

Picture of the day

Common moorhen

Photograph credit: Alexis Lours

• Archive
• More featured pictures

{{POTD/{{#time:Y-m-d}}|column}}

The common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) is a bird species in the rail family, Rallidae. It is distributed across many parts of the Old World, from Africa to Europe and Asia. It lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. A midsized to large rail, the common moorhen ranges in length from 30 to 38 cm (12 to 15 in) in length and spans 50 to 62 cm (20 to 24 in) across the wings. It gives a wide range of gargling calls and will emit loud hisses when threatened. This common moorhen was photographed in the Parc des Chanteraines near Gennevilliers in the suburbs of Paris, France.

Photograph credit: Alexis Lours

• Archive
• More featured pictures

If you'd rather have it without the text (to make it smaller), you can use {{Wikipedia:POTD/{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}}_{{CURRENTDAY}},_{{CURRENTYEAR}} instead.

Alternate picture of the day

To display the alternate picture of the day from the no-restrictions anybody-can-add-a-pic-right-now picture project, use {{rpotd}}, which displays this:

Random picture of the day

A Honeybee, state insect of Mississippi and Kansas, and the focus of the only major event in Hahira, Georgia (the Honeybee Festival that is)

Image credit: [[User:Commons user Fir0002 (talk)|Commons user Fir0002 (talk)]] ([[User talk:Commons user Fir0002 (talk)|talk]] · [[Special:Contribs/Commons user Fir0002 (talk)|contribs]])

Unlike PotD, these pictures are not featured. You can use {{rpotd}} to add the daily random picture to your userpage.

To display the alternate cool random picture of the day from User:FormalDude/Contributions/Templates/Random Cool Picture Generator, use {{User:FormalDude/Contributions/Templates/Random Cool Picture Generator}}, which displays this:

Random Cool Picture:

Calaveras de cerámica, en México, antes del Día de Muertos.

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Commons picture of the day

You can also display the Commons Picture of the Day, which is different from the featured picture displayed on the main page, with {{WP:Wikimedia Commons/POTD}}. Which shows this:

Interior of the Cathedral of Brasília, Brazil. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer and engineered by Joaquim Cardozo, the cathedral is a hyperboloid structure constructed from 16 concrete columns, weighing 90 tons each. Its construction was completed on this day in 1970.

Fun art

Can you become the Supreme Leader of the Supreme Cabal?

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Signs

Troll-free zone

WikiLove-zone

Logos & symbols

• Stolen from Supernerd11's page,

<div style="position:absolute; top:-13.2em; left:-15em; background:#f6f6f6; z-index:1;"></div>

should create a logo that roughly covers the boring default logo. This needs to be tweaked a bit, but gives you an empiric formula of sorts.

Jokes, including prank markup

Caught you

(Refresh)

Instead of doing something useful, You have been staring at this page since 08:40 Friday, May 31, 2024 UTC.

Other template

Other joke templates can be found at the department of fun.