MarioWiki talk:Userboxes

Excessive Length
Now reaching 31 KB in size, Userbox has been suggested by the software to break up into smaller sections, similar to Wikipedia's format. How should be break up this page? Wayoshi ( T&middot;C&middot;@ ) 17:10, 9 August 2006 (EDT)
 * Perplexing query... I guess first you should reseperate usercreated. H K
 * No wait! Use subpages, and make the main page a hub. H K
 * Let's not worry about the length for now. But for one we should get rid of the User Created section and just separate them into proper categories. Most of these will be made by users so having a user created section makes no sense. -- Steve (talk) 18:28, 9 August 2006 (EDT)
 * That's what I origanolly said. H K
 * Whatever you say for now, Steve. Wayoshi ( T&middot;C&middot;@ ) 19:56, 9 August 2006 (EDT)

Help:Userbox
I'm going to attempt to make a concise article on how to create userboxes, including examples, over the next few days. Please do not remove that red link, as it will become blue (or green in some cases ;)) in a couple of days. Wayoshi ( T&middot;C&middot;@ ) 23:41, 6 August 2006 (EDT) Are you (Porplemontage) going to add templates later, or is it up to the rest of us? Wayoshi ( T&middot;C&middot;@ ) 16:51, 4 August 2006 (EDT)

I tried making one. It didn't really work too well. H K

I'm not going to make any right now. Users who know about userboxes can add their own templates. Things like favorite characters, favorite games, consoles owned, Nintendo Power subscriber, etc. Woo. -- Steve (talk) 17:21, 4 August 2006 (EDT)

Lots of excitement in that statement. H K

Userboxes/Games shows all templates Wikpedia has. I'll copy some and modify them for use later, or someone else can go ahead and start. Wayoshi ( T&middot;</tt>C&middot;</tt>@ ) 17:56, 4 August 2006 (EDT)

We're not going to use templates and categories. Hold on and I'll show how we'll do it. -- Steve (talk) 23:38, 4 August 2006 (EDT)
 * As long as we can move the page contents so my work is not all for naught, I'd love to see the new system. :D Wayoshi ( T&middot;</tt>C&middot;</tt>@ ) 23:43, 4 August 2006 (EDT)

In Need of Explanation!
Even though I figured out the CSS, I have no clue how you just did that. Care to explain? :P Wayoshi ( T&middot;</tt>C&middot;</tt>@ ) 00:01, 5 August 2006 (EDT)
 * Wait, I think I get it from seeing Template:Userbox. The stuff between is replaced by the lines separated by | s in the template...very useful feature, better than the categories/templates that have just been deleted (00:06, 5 August 2006 (EDT)). Wayoshi ( T&middot;</tt>C&middot;</tt>@ ) 00:04, 5 August 2006 (EDT)
 * Yeah, it's all about changing the variables. -- Steve (talk) 00:12, 5 August 2006 (EDT)
 * Is it possible to add pictures using this? Wayoshi ( T&middot;</tt>C&middot;</tt>@ ) 00:29, 5 August 2006 (EDT)
 * ...Answered my own question again. Create another template with an image line! Wayoshi ( T&middot;</tt>C&middot;</tt>@ ) 00:31, 5 August 2006 (EDT)
 * ...Ah, excellent. can take images...good thing I figured that out before I created the page.

Awesome. Except the template is for displaying the userbox on this page, but the source code is supposed to use the  template, which is used in the actual towers. -- Steve (talk) 07:59, 5 August 2006 (EDT)
 * I checked the penultimate diffs, you'll see plenty more today. :) Wayoshi ( T&middot;</tt>C&middot;</tt>@ ) 11:13, 5 August 2006 (EDT)
 * Why did you remove the sample template? I'm going to fix the page to show how I want it done so please follow my standards. -- Steve (talk) 13:34, 5 August 2006 (EDT)

Templating
Why not templating the userboxes? Now you need to copy all that codes and stuff and your userpage looks like crap when you edit... so, why not templating? (Maybe this is another dumb idea i got, but...) /It's-a me, Smeedel. / Talk - Contribs - You 12:42, 5 August 2006 (EDT)

No templating. And I don't want users creating their own userbox templates. Just drop the code on your page please. -- Steve (talk) 13:33, 5 August 2006 (EDT)

I thought that was the deal with userboxes :/ --It's-a me, Smeedel. / Talk - Contribs - You 19:16, 26 August 2006 (EDT)

User Created
Ultimately, most of the userboxes will be created by wiki users. We should have a huge list of them in time. So why not just categorize them with the others instead of throwing them all in one section? -- Steve (talk) 23:53, 6 August 2006 (EDT)

Corrupted Format
Is there any way to fix the coding of this page? Can you shrink the text of the sample user boxes? I  am   Confused  00:37, 6 May 2007 (EDT)

Lets talk about it
Alright, this morning I chatted with Wayoshi and MM they said it was too specific and it wasn't needed. The page itself is too long, so I'm trying to shorten it. Great Gonzo

Well, you removed many other userboxes also.

Ones that most likely really shouldn't be there you know. Great Gonzo

You removed the F-Zero, Animal Crossing, and Halo ones.

Too specific, we have This user is a fan of the video game series ___ so we really don't need the others. Great Gonzo

I don't think that's too specific.

Fine, some may not be but the "This user likes Luigi and Link" maybe too specific. Im sorry if i was a little agressive. Great Gonzo

That's OK.

Arend's Userbox
I removed this user box cause all says is "This user has major anger issues!" I believe no one really cares about this userbox. So maybe we'll take a poll.

Take out the Userbox

 * 1) Hk
 * 2) Gofer
 * 1) Gofer

Keep the Userbox

 * , it's just sarcasm!
 * , I could say NOT REMOVE THIS! And I made it. Why then DELETE?
 * , keep it, I want to put it on my user-page!
 * , keep it! Please!
 * 1) I rather like it!
 * 2) CuboneKing [[Image:Alpha_CuboneKing.jpg]] It's awesome.
 * 3) I love it!!

Comments
I'm using it, its way cool!

emo?
Yeah I suggest we dump the this user is emo thing because It just doesn't do anything I'll list how many use it :2.number who mock:6. but lets vote:

Keep the Userbox

 * 1)  No wai I think it cool.
 * 2)  I don't see what's wrong with it.
 * 3)  I am Emo, keep it!

Comments
The new Userbox proposal will sort this out. 23:29, 8 October 2008 (EDT)

We didn't remove it so it should stay.


 * I've fixed it to be less offensive. Now can it stay? ~DarkZero [[Image:DarkZero Sig.gif]] 00:34, 5 November 2009 (EST)

Trim
Since the proposal has pasted, us users must get ride of the ones that seem pointless right. (Because no one did any thing when the proposal past.) So which ones should we get rid of.
 * Well, start with 'this user is friends with __'. I'll tackle some of the favorite character ones. 18:56, 21 October 2008 (EDT)
 * I removing the ones that are piont less like This User think Luigi should be called Mama Luigi and This User thinks that a Pirate goomba is really a Pirate goomba. Princess Grapes Butterfly
 * Awesome; users can make those on his/her own. 19:06, 21 October 2008 (EDT)
 * Finshined. The page has been trimed!!
 * Looks good. Kudos. 19:27, 21 October 2008 (EDT)
 * Srsly.
 * Umm the page has gaps is that normal?
 * Where?
 * Nvm. Fixed.
 * Nevermind my mistake. (O_o I seeing thing today.)
 * no no. There is some space thingy on the bottom. Your rite rofl
 * Really. (Srsly I thought I was seeing things.)

New idea
This is my new idea of a new userbox. I recently got this book that says if you practice Confucianism, then you will be invincible. If Bowser wants to take over the Mushroom Kingdom, then maybe he should adopt Confucianism.

Some new userboxes
Um... you know you can add all those userboxes yourself.


 * I added them.

Can I?
Can I put in this userbox?:

Oh whatever. Since no one is replying to me, I'll just run a poll.
 * Sorry, the admins decided not to include all the userboxes we used to have. But you can still include these userboxes on your page :)

Huh?
What happened to all the other userboxes? Last time there was so many more Userboxes then this.--

Anyone know what happened?--
 * Man, patience. They were removed from the page after an admin discussion. -- 16:01, 13 January 2011 (EST)

Ok I was just curious Tucky.--
 * However I feel the need to point out that you're still allowed to have those userboxes; this page is just being cleaned up.

>8(
That was a really stupid idea to take out all the userboxes. What was wrong with them.


 * There's nothing wrong with them; they were removed to save space because there was an overabundance of them...

20:03, 28 March 2011 (EDT)

Why can't we make subpages or something? 18:25, 8 April 2011 (EDT)

The admins agreed that they were a waste of space that did little with the Wiki and only encouraged users to edit their userspace more. The userboxes are now only Wiki-related (except for the basic ones at the bottom).


 * Oh, okay. But at least we can still create our own (which we know that our creations will always be better than these). Sorry, but that is what everybody thinks of his or her own creations most of the time. 03:08, 22 April 2011 (EDT)


 * Yes, you still can create your own userboxes.

04:17, 22 April 2011 (EDT)

userboxpics
HEY! What happened to all the past userbox images!?! We can keep the old userboxes but without the (previous) userbox images, the (previous) userbox images are not as fun as they used to be!

They wanted to keep only the example boxes as a starting point. I think they said that the previous way encouraged excessive mainpage edits and excessive length to the article. I loved the ones that were there, and thus look in the history to view them. It is great that the history is there and not too confusing.

woaaaahh. i guess it's called looking at the previous comment answering that question.

The userbox images were all deleted because none of them linked to MarioWiki:Userbox, which is a requirement for them. Everyone was given about a week to mark any that they wanted as PIs.