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Standardized documentation

On a quick search, I'm not seeing any {{Userbox documentation}} template providing a standardized documentation for user boxes. This seems like something that should exist and be used. Sdkb ^talk 18:08, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I can make that. Would you like me to start it? thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 21:27, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdkb thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 21:28, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@TheTechie, sure, feel free to! Rolling it out widely may be the more significant challenge. Sdkb ^talk 21:30, 22 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Sdkb I now have a skeleton of a documentation. You (or anyone else watching this page) is free to improve it, and give feedback on the template talk page. thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 01:20, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

(at the template link above) thetechie@enwiki: ~/talk/ $ 01:20, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I mean, I'd start by using {{Documentation}} in it... Sdkb ^talk 04:12, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

FYI, there are also shared documentation templates {{Userbox/categories}} and {{Userbox/citydoc}}. —⁠andrybak (talk) 17:55, 5 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. The page puts way too much emphasis on templates and preexisting Userboxes. Stargazer49 (talk) 16:36, 5 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Aa : total

By Chris Messina, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7188066 AhmadSuhrab51 (talk) 20:44, 14 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Are political userboxes now allowed in Templatespace?

Back in 2006, political userboxes were userfied per WP:Userbox migration as a result of the Great Userbox War. Since then, it appears that a lot of them have popped up again in the Template namespace. Also, the index page for WP:Userboxes/Politics by country, which had been userfied following MfD in 2009, was moved back to Projectspace in 2020 by a now-indeffed user, apparently without discussion. I was would revert the move, but then 16 years is a long time for consensus to possibly have changed, so I thought I'd ask here first:

1. Is current consensus in favour of allowing political userboxes in the Template namespace? Where is the line drawn for those that should only be in Userspace?
2. Is it acceptable that WP:Userboxes/Politics by country was moved back to Projectspace in contravention of the 2009 MfD?

--Paul_012 (talk) 21:14, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment: Look here for the discussion that initiated this. — Sundostund mppria ^{(talk / contribs)} 21:26, 19 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• Considering that this page doesn't seem to get much traffic, maybe I should be asking at WP:VPP. --Paul_012 (talk) 10:52, 22 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Help

Can somebody put this in terms that I can understand I am struggling to understand what this article is saying HiimowoomgYT (talk) 17:38, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Ban all political userboxes?

As the title says. WP:UBCR says that userboxes must not be inflammatory or substantially divisive, which is something a lot of political userboxes are. And before you ask, no, gender identity userboxes are not political. LilianaUwU ^{(talk / contributions)} 23:22, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I do not agree. Yes, politics can be divisive, but politics is important. We should do our best that they are not too divisive, but the userboxes should not be banned. Bduke (talk) 23:58, 5 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]