Wikipedia:User page design guide/Navigation aids

Introduction

About you

Navigation aids

Metadata

Your scripts

Style

Menus & subpages

Art, Decor, etc.

Hall of Fame

When you are logged in to Wikipedia, a link to your user page is displayed at the top of every page.

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.

Bookmarks!

Basic heading and list format to organize your Wikipedia bookmarks

You could use headings and bullet items to create your own fast and easy navigation aid, like this:

My bookmarks

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
• Wikipedia:cheatsheet · catalogue of CSS classes
• web colors · list of colors

Key templates

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

Interesting spaces

• fiction · unusual articles

Key projects

• proj Lists · proj topics (basic)
• proj Cats · dab cleanup
• proj Usability
• proj Arts · proj Biography · proj Culture
• proj Geography · proj Health · proj History
• proj Mathematics · proj Philosophy · proj Religion
• 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:

Humanities

Science

Mathematics

Computing/IT

Language

Miscellaneous

Archives

Frequently asked questions nav bar:

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

• Index of FAQs
• Main FAQ
• Overview
• Readers
• Schools
• Contributing
• Editing
• Featured articles
• Administrators
• Blocks
• Technical
• Problems
• Article subjects
• Categories
• Categorization
• Copyright
• Forking
• Templates
• Main Page
• Miscellaneous

Editorial nav bar:

Articles • CBB • Dir • Clean • Fix • FC • Del • HelpDesk • Infoboxes • Magic wds • MoS • Nav temps

PeerRvw • PicsReq • Policies & Guidelines • RefDesk • RfC • SPost • Tools • VP • WikiProjects

Communications nav bar:

HelpDesk • Admin attention • AN • Bot • CBB • Class • Index • Newsroom • Requests • RfC • RfF • Third

RefDesk (Hum • Sci • Math • Comp • Lang • Misc) • VP • Pol • Prop • Tech • Misc)

Wikipedia principles nav bar:

Writing guides nav bar:

Tools nav bar:

Tools

AWB

Counter

Createds

Feeds

OTS

Pagestats

Scholar

T-filler

Top

Traffic

 

Report abuse nav header

Search nav bar using {{Google custom}}

Administrators' nav bars:

Admin (Dir • How • Read) • AB • AIV • AN (I • 3RR) • BL • Block (IPs • Log • OP • RFU) • Del ((A C I M R T) fD • CSD • DRV • List • Log • Proc • PRD)

Dir • ER • HD • New (Us • Pgs)• Prot (Log • PER • PP • PT • RFP • SPP) • RfA • RfArb • RfC • RFR • RM • SPost • SSP • UN • UTM • VP • WL

AB  AFD  AIV  AN  AN3  ANI  BL  CFD  CSD  DRV  HD  MFD  OP  PER  PP  PRD  PT  RFA  RFD  RFP  RFR  RFU  RM  SSP  TFD  UN  UTM  VP  WL

WIKIPEDIA ADMINISTRATOR TOOLS

• HOME
• GUIDE
• LIST
• DISPUTE
• AfD
• RC
• CSD
• DEL
• BLK
• IFD
• RFD
• VP
• CLEAN
• NEW
• RFA
• REF
• PNA
• MWA
• REQ
• BM

A user page nav bar (not shown here)

{{Navbar}}

Nav box by Indubitably:

User:Indubitably/InfoCenter

WP:AIV

WP:ANI

WP:NPP

WP:RPP

WP:RFR

WP:AFD

WP:XFD

CAT:CSD

WP:CSD

WP:RM

WP:DR

WP:TM

WP:TT

WP:RCU

WP:LOP

CAT:AB

WP:BS

WP:RD

WP:NFC

WP:IUP

Custom navigation header by Black Falcon:

News and navigation boxes

Here's a useful tools menu from Diannaa's user page:

	Coordinates lookup		New Reflinks "Refill"		Duplication detector
	Catscan		Dispenser's Checklinks		My cite templates
	Range contributions alternate		X's tools: automated edits, more		My template collection
	Range block calculator IPv6 range block		T. Paris article blamer		Intersect contribs alternate
	Autoblock finder		Wikichecker user activity		Σ's Editor Interact Tool
	Page history statistics		Buttons and gizmos		User Contribution Search
	All pages with prefix		Special:ComparePages		Wiki ViewStats

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For information on any topic, choose a category for your question:

Computing Science Mathematics Miscellaneous Computing, information technology, software, and hardware Biology, chemistry, physics, medicine, geology, psychology, and technology Mathematics, geometry, probability, and statistics Subjects that don't fit in any of the other categories Humanities Language Entertainment Archives History, politics, literature, religion, philosophy, law, finance, economics, art, music, and society Spelling, grammar, word etymology, linguistics, language usage, and requesting translations Popular culture, movies, video games, and TV shows Old questions are archived daily For help specific to the operation of Wikipedia: Help desk Village pump Ask general questions about using Wikipedia Ask about specific policies and operations of Wikipedia For Wikipedia reference information: Help manual MediaWiki handbook Citing Wikipedia Resolving disputes Virtual classroom Information and instructions on every aspect of Wikipedia Information about the software that runs Wikipedia How to cite Wikipedia as a reference For resolving issues between users An advanced guide on everything Wikipedia

See also the Wikipedia department directory

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