Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Userboxes

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★ watch this page This talk page is for discussion of collaboration in WikiProject Userboxes. Existing userboxes are listed at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Galleries. For recently created or changed userboxes, see Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Userboxes/New Userboxes. Ideas or requests for new userboxes should be made at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Userboxes/Ideas.

Wikitext	userbox	where used
{{User:YeBoy371/Userboxes/Pocketknife}}	This user is a pocketknife owner.	linked pages

I've successfully created a userbox, but which category and gallery pages should I place it on? YeBoy371 (talk) 02:36, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Look at WP:Userboxes/Galleries for galleries and the subcats of Category:Userboxes for categories (although that one takes a while to search).🫀 Crash // Organhaver (talk to me, maybe?) 16:25, 30 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These two should probably

a) change names / be moved, since "anon", "anonymous editing" and "ip editing" are no longer things

b) have their language and links reviewed. The "anti" one is probably okay as-is, while the "pro" one should probably be rephrased to argue temporary account users should retain the right to edit Wikipedia, or some such.

CapnZapp (talk) 13:00, 14 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Userboxes/New Userboxes § I made some userboxes! What now?

 – —⁠andrybak (talk) 19:30, 2 February 2026 (UTC)

Wondering if there's a way to make gradients on userboxes. Starry~~(Starlet147) 22:38, 7 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

User:Starlet147, yes. Couple of examples with gradients done using CSS: User:Tcr25/Userbox/User SCP fave, User:Diriector Doc/Ubx/Toured Caves, User:I'm Aya Syameimaru!/mtm, and User:Infinity128/Userbox/Weirdcore. There are also a couple of examples with gradients in image files at Wikipedia:Userboxes/Colour#Other. —⁠andrybak (talk) 19:28, 2 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

“This user is the child of a Wikipedian” - something like that. ~2026-10056-00 (talk) 11:07, 14 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Moved from Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Userboxes/Ideas

 – Special:Diff/1342192994+Special:Diff/1342193075

Hi, I'm a new Wikipedian and first time userbox creator. I am not sure if I made these correctly (especially the noinclude tag and if the photos from Wikimedia Commons are allowed to be used like this).

Hope this is the right place to ask. Thanks in advance!

FederationFlux ⟡ talk 16:50, 7 March 2026 (UTC) 14:57, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the images are all okay to use for these userboxes, but be careful with images. If an image is fair use, it cannot be used in a Userbox. I also think you used noinclude right. I could be wrong, but I think that all of the userboxes you listed are alright.

Hope this is the right place to ask.

This is a page for requesting that users make you a userbox. If you want to ask about userboxes or how to make them, please use Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Userboxes in the future. Thanks! BlueStaticHorse (talk) 15:45, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for all your answers. I believe all the images have a free license or in the public domain, and will make sure future images are that way too (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ and https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0). I realized a bit late this is the wrong page, sorry. I will use the right page next time! Should I resubmit to the new userboxes talk page? Do I (or can I) delete this request? Thanks again. FederationFlux ⟡ talk 16:50, 7 March 2026 (UTC) 16:00, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I think you should move it to the right page, or just delete it if you have the answer to your question. If you want, let me know and I can move/delete it for you, if you don't know how. BlueStaticHorse (talk) 16:07, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know how to move/delete a request. I think moving it is better? Thank you once again. FederationFlux ⟡ talk 16:50, 7 March 2026 (UTC) 16:11, 7 March 2026 (UTC)[reply]

When cutting and pasting a discussion to another page like in Special:Diff/1342192994+Special:Diff/1342193075, please make sure to include the template {{Moved from|original location}} to make the context of the move clear to any future readers. —⁠andrybak (talk) 04:09, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Re: This is a page for requesting that users make you a userbox. – a better place for requests is Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Userboxes/Ideas, not this page. See banner at the top of this page (Wikipedia:WikiProject Userboxes/Notice). —⁠andrybak (talk) 04:04, 7 April 2026 (UTC) I might have misunderstood what's being discussed here, because this whole section was located elsewhere before. —⁠andrybak (talk) 04:12, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Wikitext	userbox	where used
{{User:FederationFlux/Userboxes/Hugo}}	This user creates websites using Hugo, a static site generator.	linked pages
{{User:FederationFlux/Userboxes/Ricoh}}	This user takes photographs with Ricoh equipment.	linked pages
{{User:FederationFlux/Userboxes/Ricoh_GR}}	This user is a Ricoh GR shooter.	linked pages
{{User:FederationFlux/Userboxes/Tea_And_Coffee}}	Tea + Coffee This user enjoys both tea and coffee equally.	linked pages

Six years ago thousands of userboxes were categorized and moved out of the top-level category. Unfortunately, Category:Userboxes is now back at over a thousand userboxes, which need better categorization.

The category tree under Category:Userboxes is very extensive. When categorizing userboxes, please use the most specific categories possible. If you have questions about the categories for user templates, feel free to bring it up on this talk page.

—⁠andrybak (talk) 02:14, 12 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]