User:Will (Wiki Ed)/user page demo

This is my userpage! (from here)


 * How do I edit my userpage?

I find that it's easiest to do in source editing. Go to a gallery (some linked below) and find a userbox you like. Paste the template onto your userpage. If you use Template:Userboxtop and Template:Userboxbottom, it will create a nice home for your userboxes in the upper right corner of your user page. Just paste all the box codes in between. Here's an example of what the code of my userboxes look like:


 * What's a userpage for?
 * What's a userpage for?
 * What's a userpage for?
 * What's a userpage for?
 * What's a userpage for?
 * What's a userpage for?


 * Telling other Wikipedians about you! What is your background? What are your editing interest?
 * Advertising for the WikiProjects you've joined
 * Conveying status--permissions you have, articles you've improved, time you've been on Wikipedia, awards you've been given
 * Hanging "diplomas" on the wall of your office


 * Examples of what userpages can look like




 * Where to find userboxes


 * Userboxes/Galleries
 * Category:Userboxes


 * Potential userboxes


 * Languages Babel
 * Medical Latin




 * What's with all these barnstars?


 * Barnstars are how editors show appreciation to one another
 * Community recognition is a powerful tool
 * Experiment on German Wikipedia found that purely symbolic awards increased editor retention
 * "Edelweiss with a Star" award for new users who made one good edit (excluding vandals)
 * Editors who received the "Edelweiss with a Star" were 20% more likely than non-recipients to still be editing one month later; 13% more likely to still be editing one year later
 * Giving these brand new editors a symbolic award hypothesized to increase their "reputational capital" (recipients felt like their standing in the community was heightened)