Wikipedia:User page design guide/Introduction

Welcome to the user page design guide. In this multi-page guide, you will find advice on how to develop your user page, and resources that you can copy and paste to make it easier.

Eventually, many Wikipedians turn their attention to their user pages. A nice user page can create a stronger tie between a user and the community, but it can be a daunting and time consuming task. One can spend countless hours searching the User and Wikipedia namespaces for ideas on what to include and design features to add, and even longer trying to figure out how to put them all together.

Many resources and examples have been gathered and presented here to save users time which they can in turn apply to improving the encyclopedia:

From various pages of this guide (see the menu bar at the top of this page), you can simply cut and paste the wikicode of the design elements you wish to use on your userpage; and then modify them if you like, to create your own personal style.

You can also browse the User page Hall of Fame to see examples of what others have done with their user pages.

To help you get started, here is some general advice on building a user page...