User:Ofwaterfall

Howdy. I'm a writer who's been using Wikipedia for research for years. I joined as an editor when I started feeling guilty for backing out of stubs instead of trying to fill holes with article content.

Below is my lazy start of this user page.

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Key projects

 * proj Arts · proj Biography · proj Culture
 * proj LGBT studies
 * proj Lists · proj topics (basic)
 * proj Romance
 * proj Science
 * proj Technology

Navigation bars
Navigation bars are templates which have an assortment of links usually based around a theme. They are designed to stretch across a page, usually at the top. Here are some examples you can clone and stylize for your user page:

Wikipedia contents pages nav header:

Reference desk nav bar:

Frequently asked questions nav bar:

Editorial nav bar:

Communications nav bar:

Wikipedia principles nav bar:

Writing guides nav bar:

Tools nav bar:

Report abuse nav header

Search nav bar using Google custom

Administrators' nav bars:

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Jennavecia's nav box: User:Jennavecia/InfoCenter

News and navigation boxes
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See also the Wikipedia department directory

Standard formatting
Or use standard article formatting to create your own fast and easy navigation aid, like this:

Key Wikimedia-related pages

 * commons · mailing lists · meta · simple · wiktionary · sister projects
 * bugzilla · charts · catgraph · 6° · mirror filter
 * vpp · vpr · vpt

Key help pages

 * template · user page · watch
 * cheatsheet · catalogue of CSS classes
 * web colors · list of colors

Key templates
general (dab) · cleanup warnings
 * citation templates · stub types
 * templates
 * welcome messages

Interesting spaces

 * fiction · unusual articles