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The language inside templates is the same language as regular wiki markup, but template writers tend to use the more complex available functions such as #if: statements. See Wikipedia's Help:Template and Wikimedia's mw:Help:Template , including all of "advanced functioning" help pages listed toward the bottom of that page .
If you are new to Wikipedia, you might consider using the standard article format for your userpage initially. That should suffice while you're learning the ropes. If you don't have a user page yet and don't know how to create a page, then click on your user name at the top of the screen and follow the instructions (if the page already exists, your username will be blue instead of red).
First, create a user subpage (described in this section) titled "User:Example User/Header" Then, copy the following code into the subpage and change the parts in all caps (e.g.: "COLOR OF TEXT" and "HEADER TEXT YOU WANT") Transclude the header onto your user page (type the full name of the subpage inside double curly brackets) {{like this}}
This department is a how-to guide to help you develop your user page. This page was last edited on 17 September 2024, at 03:18 (UTC). Text ...
That makes your user page one of the most easily accessible pages to you on Wikipedia, making it a powerful tool. One of the things you can use your user page for is navigation. It is the perfect place for bookmarks and navbars/navboxes, to get you where you need to go on Wikipedia and related destinations fast.
To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {} 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).
When a user leaves Wikipedia, their user and user talk pages are usually unaffected and may be edited again at any future time. Some users place the {} template on their user and talk page to let others know that they are away for an extended period or permanently. A user may blank their user and user talk pages (i.e. overwriting with a blank ...
One of the most common ways to display languages is the user language templates available at Wikipedia:Babel. These consist of a box with the language's code, a number indicating the level of proficiency, and some accompanying text.