UESPWiki:Archive/CP Userbox Templates

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Just to let everyone know, I'm about to start going through the various Userbox templates to standardize them. For the most part, things should appear the same, but there may be very minor variations. Here is a list of the changes I will make as I standardize (this may be added to as I go through them):

• Add standard parameters wherever possible. (Note, I will add named parameters as well, since some UBs already make use of unnamed parameters 1 and 2.)
• Remove any default-valued parameters.
• Change [[Image:...]] to [[File:...]].
• Set all picture sizes to 45x45px or smaller unless they're clearly intended to be a non-standard size.
• Expand 3-character colours to 6-character colours. (I'm told a very few browsers don't support 3-character colors, so I figure we might as well.)
• Use named colours where possible, for the simple reason that they're usually easier to understand.
• Allow text to use the default justified alignment unless there's a good reason not to (i.e., not centered; left-aligned only if justified looks bad).
• Adjust formatting issues (e.g., text wrapping and color selection) on any userboxes that clearly need it.
• Verify categories.

If you disagree with any of these changes generally, please mention it here. If you believe a specific template looked better previously, feel free to revert my changes either partially (to address the specific issue) or fully. All templates that I change are watched automatically, so if your concern doesn't warrant a discussion, just let me know the problem in your edit summary — I'll see it and try to take your concern into account for any similarly-themed Userbox templates.

Unless a Userbox template is particularly complex (e.g., {{User Rank}}), I will not document individual Userboxes. Unlike most other templates, they really don't need to be documented individually, and if at any point it's felt that there's a need to provide documentation, we can always redirect to or transclude UESPWiki:Userboxes if necessary.

Also, on a tangentially-related note, I believe I've fixed the issues with having Userboxes inside tables (only in the main Userbox template for now; {{Userbox-r}} and {{Userbox-2}} will be re-written after confirmation that the main one is working all-around). Please let me know if you run across any problems. ‒ Robin Hood↝talk 22:28, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

Also, does anybody think I should add universal things like allowing colour changes or "text" parameters to change the text in a standard UB (as has been done in {{User American}})? Or should I just let people use custom Userboxes if they want changes (leaving any existing parameters in place, of course)? ‒ Robin Hood↝talk 22:47, 2 August 2010 (UTC)

I'd be in favor of universal changes being possible.--TheAlbinoOrc^{any_questions?} 22:49, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

The most common set of customizable parameters in the current userboxes are the box/logo borders (as one parameter), the background colour, the text of the box, and the colour of the text. If nobody's vehemently opposed to TheAlbinoOrc's vote, I can go back over the ones I've done to this point and add those parameters, following the same pattern as the existing ones as closely as possible, and continue that pattern in future ones. – Robin Hood↝talk 23:51, 8 August 2010 (UTC)