Wikipedia:User page design guide/Decor

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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... Keyboard shortcuts Wikipedia has keystroke combinations that can speed up your work, like Alt+⇧ Shift+F to jump to the search box, Alt+⇧ Shift+E to edit, Alt+⇧ Shift+P to preview, Alt+⇧ Shift+S to publish your edits, and many more. Those are for Windows users. On the Mac OS, press Ctrl instead of Alt. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Keyboard shortcuts   Become a Wikipedia tipster To add this auto-randomizing template to your user page, use {{totd-random}}

Tip of the day... Table of contents Any article with more than three headings automatically gets a table of contents (TOC). The TOC is placed above the first section heading. All text above the first section heading is commonly referred to as the lead section. Depending on the overall length of the article, this introduction should not exceed one to four paragraphs in length and should summarize the article's key points. If you do not like the TOC placement in an article, you can move it by inserting __TOC__ where you would like it placed. If you do not want a TOC on a particular page, add the text __NOTOC__ anywhere on the page; if you, personally, do not like the TOC feature, you can disable it in your user preferences. Prior tip – Tips library – Next tip Read more: Help:Section   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.

... Quotations within quotations When a quotation includes another quotation, put double quote-marks outermost, and single within: According to Robertson, "when Haversham claims 'the theory is universal', he is disregarding two critical limitations". 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...
Love the sinner; Hate the sin.

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}}

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and others have greatness thrust upon them.

— William Shakespeare

Show another

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

De Viron Castle is a castle in the town of Dilbeek in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Commissioned by the de Viron family, which settled in Dilbeek in 1775, the castle was built in 1863 by Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar. The Tudor-style castle was built on the ruins of a 14th-century fortification that was destroyed in 1862. One of the medieval towers, the Sint-Alenatoren, can still be seen in the park surrounding the current building and is named after Saint Alena, who lived in Dilbeek. The castle has served as the town hall of Dilbeek and housed the offices of the municipality since 1923, and was listed as a Belgian protected monument in 1990. This photograph shows the facade of De Viron Castle with the surrounding park in the foreground.Photograph credit: Benoit Brummer

{{POTD}}

Picture of the day

De Viron Castle

Photograph credit: Benoit Brummer

• Archive
• More featured pictures

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

De Viron Castle is a castle in the town of Dilbeek in Flemish Brabant, Belgium. Commissioned by the de Viron family, which settled in Dilbeek in 1775, the castle was built in 1863 by Jean-Pierre Cluysenaar. The Tudor-style castle was built on the ruins of a 14th-century fortification that was destroyed in 1862. One of the medieval towers, the Sint-Alenatoren, can still be seen in the park surrounding the current building and is named after Saint Alena, who lived in Dilbeek. The castle has served as the town hall of Dilbeek and housed the offices of the municipality since 1923, and was listed as a Belgian protected monument in 1990. This photograph shows the facade of De Viron Castle with the surrounding park in the foreground.

Photograph credit: Benoit Brummer

• 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

Statue of Abu Jaafar al-Mansur

Image credit: MohammadHuzam (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:

Anchusa officinalis, or the common bugloss flower.

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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:

Uganda kobs mating at Queen Elizabeth National Park

Fun art

Can you become the Supreme Leader of the Supreme Cabal?

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PERM $180										POTD $300
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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 07:56 Wednesday, May 22, 2024 UTC.

Other template

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