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As an example, when placed on this page, it returns PAGENAME. When placed on Wikipedia:Village pump, it will return Village pump. It is possible to specify which pagename will appear by using a colon (not a pipe as is typical for templates). As an example, {{PAGENAME:Wikipedia:Village pump}} returns Village pump. There is actual template code here.
Page names are also the same as the last part of the URL of Wikipedia pages, that is, after the last slash (/); except that some translation occurs, such as spaces being replaced with underscores. For example, the Main page of Wikipedia has no title, but a link can be formed from the last part of the URL, such as [[Main_Page]] or [[Main Page]].
If you click edit on any existing page or page section and then change the title of the page shown in the URL of your browser's address bar to the name of a non-existent page, and then hit return/enter, the resulting page shown will be the same as if you clicked on a red link, allowing you to create a page by the title entered. For example ...
When used, it will return the name of the page it's on, including the namespace. As an example, when placed on this page, it returns Template:FULLPAGENAME. When placed on Wikipedia:Village pump, it will return Wikipedia:Village pump. It is possible to specify which pagename will appear by using a colon (not a pipe as is typical for templates).
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).
To link to it, type [[User:Example User/Subpage]] To transclude it (like a template) type {{User:Example User/Subpage}} The reason you would want to transclude it is if you want to put a header on every page, all you would need to put is {{User:Example User/Header}}, and you wouldn't need to put the code on each time. Also see Wikipedia:Subpages
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.
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.