Wikipedia:User page design center/Navigation aids

Introduction

About you

Navigation aids

Metadata

Your scripts

Hall of Fame

Style

Menus & subpages

Art, Decor, etc.

Help and collaboration

• Format
  • Support feature throughout
  • Navigation room
    • aka
      • Navigation console
• Types
  • Navigation bars
  • Navigation boxes
    • Signpost subscription
  • Link Lists
    • Favorite pages
    • References

Navigation bars

Navigation bars are templates which have an assortment of links usually based around a theme, (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:

Contents Overview Outlines Lists Portals Glossaries Categories Indices

Reference desk nav bar:

Humanities

Science

Mathematics

Computing/IT

Language

Miscellaneous

Archives

Frequently asked questions nav bar:

FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)

• Index of FAQs
• Main FAQ
• Overview
• Readers
• Schools
• Organizations
• Contributing
• Editing
• Administration
• Blocks
• Technical
• Problems
• Article subjects
• Categories
• Categorization
• Copyright
• Forking
• Templates
• 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

Convert

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}}

Jennavecia's nav box:

User:Jennavecia/InfoCenter

	WP:AIV			WP:ANI			WP:NPP			WP:RPP			WP:RFR			WP:AFD			WP:XFD
	CAT:CSD			WP:CSD			WP:RM			BLPWHRR			WP:DR			WP:TM			WP:TT
	WP:RCU			WP:LOP			CAT:AB			WP:BS			WP:RD			WP:NFC			WP:IUP

News and navigation boxes

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 New contributors' help page Ask general questions about using Wikipedia Ask about specific policies and operations of Wikipedia A range of services to answer newcomers' questions 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

Manual of Style (MoS)
Content Accessibility Biographies Disambiguation pages Hidden text Infoboxes Linking Self-references Words to watch
Formatting Abbreviations Capitalization Dates and numbers Pronunciation Proper names Spelling Text formatting Titles
Images Captions Galleries Icons Images
Layout Layout Lead section Tables Trivia sections
Lists Embedded lists Lists Lists of works Road junctions Stand-alone lists
Legal Legal Trademarks
By topic area Arts Comics Film Lyrics and Poetry Novels Philosophy Television Visual arts Writing about fiction Music Music samples Record charts Stringed instruments Category Regional Specific naming conventions Canada China France Hawaii India Ireland Japan Korea Philippines Poland Singapore Trinidad and Tobago Religion Islam Latter Day Saints Science Chemistry Computer science Computing Mathematics Medicine Sports Cue sports Snooker
Related guidelines Article size Article titles Categories, lists, and navigation templates Categorization Citing sources Hatnotes Military history Signatures Subpages Talk page guidelines Template namespace Understandability User pages Wikimedia sister projects WikiProjects
Overview Directory Tips

Active Wiki Fixup Projects
Leading the charge in the War on Error! Must be active, systematic, have lists, & need help.
Writing
Articles that need to be wikified Massive backlog. Ongoing (category) Dead-end pages These pages are not wikified. Ongoing (category) Missing articles Wikipedia is not as complete as you might think. Ongoing Most wanted articles Updated February 2015 Oldest requested articles Updated November 2012
Other
Red Link Recovery Turn red links blue. Ongoing Articles needing geo-coordinates Help locate places. See WP:GEO. Ongoing (category) Articles written by a single editor Reviewing articles written by a newer editor. Updated February 2013 Check Wikipedia Fix the syntax of Wikipedia. Updated every 15 minutes Fix Common Mistakes Fix common mistakes in English grammar (e.g. "the the", "and and"). Ongoing Disambiguation pages with links Directing ambiguous links to the intended articles. Ongoing Moving free images to Wikimedia Commons Moving free images to the Commons so they are easier to find. Ongoing (categories) Orphaned articles Help link to these orphaned articles. Ongoing (category) Stubsensor Help remove stub tags from articles they don't belong on. Updated August 2011 Uncategorised articles Help categorise articles. Ongoing (category) Unreferenced articles Ensuring articles include at least one reference or source. Ongoing (category) Main Inactive Mini

Wikipedian philosophies
Darwikinism Deletionism Delusionism Essentialism Eventualism Exclusionism Exopedianism Immediatism Inclusionism Incrementalism Mergism Metapedianism Wikipedia sociology Wikipedian personality types

Disambiguation
Guideline (talk) Manual of Style (talk) Dos and don'ts (talk) Reader help (talk) {{Disambiguation}} WikiProject (talk) Disambig category Pages in need of cleanup Pages with links Topical lists and DAB solver tool Suggestions for repair (inactive) CJKV task force

Dispute resolution (Requests)
Tips
Assume good faith Use etiquette Be civil Be open to compromise Discuss on talk pages Failure to discuss Editor assistance (Request)
Content disputes
Resolution noticeboard (Request) Get a third opinion (Request) Request comments (Request) Formal mediation (Request)
Conduct disputes
Administrator assistance (Request) Arbitration (Request)

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Policies and guidelines
Principles
Five pillars Ignore all rules Core content policies
Content policies
Neutral point of view Verifiability No original research Biographies of living persons Article titles Image use What Wikipedia is not (Not a dictionary)
Conduct policies
Civility No personal attacks Harassment No legal threats Consensus Dispute resolution Username policy Clean start Vandalism Editing policy Edit warring Ownership of content Non-discrimination policy
Other policy categories
Deletion Enforcement Legal Procedural
Directories
List of policies List of guidelines Manual of Style contents

Core content policies
Neutral point of view No original research Verifiability
Other content policies
Article titles Biographies of living persons Image use policy What Wikipedia is not

Conduct policies
Block evasion Civility Clean start Consensus Dispute resolution Edit warring Editing policy Harassment Non-discrimination policy No personal attacks Ownership of content Sock puppetry Username policy Vandalism

Wikipedia content
Neutral point of view No original research Citing sources Reliable sources Verifiability Countering systemic bias External links Manual of Style Conflict of interest Content forking Footnotes Avoid weasel words

Wikipedia guidelines
Guidelines list Policies list
Behavioral guidelines
Assume good faith Conflict of interest Courtesy vanishing Disruptive editing Don't bite the newbies Don't edit to make a point Etiquette Don't game the system User pages Other behavioral guidelines Discussion guidelines Talk page guidelines Signatures
Content guidelines
Citing sources Identifying reliable sources Fringe theories Notability Non-free content Offensive material Don't copy long texts Don't create hoaxes Patent nonsense External links Other content guidelines
Editing guidelines
Article size Be bold Edit summary Shortcuts Understandability Other editing guidelines Organization guidelines Categories, lists, templates Categorization Disambiguation Subpages
Style guidelines
Manual of Style contents lists tables
Deletion guidelines
Deletion process Speedy keep Deletion guidelines for administrators
Other guideline categories
Naming conventions Notability

Collaborations
Today
Today's articles for improvement
Science & technology
Dinosaurs Medicine
Miscellaneous
Inactive collaborations

Tutorials
WP:Introduction to Wikipedia WP:Tutorial (main tutorial) Contributing to Wikipedia Introduction to referencing Introduction to uploading images Introduction to navigating Wikipedia Fundamentals of editing Learning the ropes A Primer for newcomers Linky tutorial
User guides to ...
Scartol, on template use and design Dweller, on Featured Article Candidates Yuser, on fighting linkspam Deletion and deletionism Reporting and dealing with vandals The Rambling Man, on vandalism Grutness's guide to stubbing
wp:Interfaces comparisons
External interfaces – let's compare Internal interfaces – what do you use?
In the wp:Signpost
Summary of policies How to use an ImageMap Getting an article to featured article status Basic dispute resolution Adding citations
The published book, online
The Missing Manual
Help contents
Help menu Help directory

Resources for maintenance and collaboration
Cleanup
Articles needing attention Articles needing cleanup Copy to Wiktionary Copyediting Deorphan an article English grammar Notability Sorting Progress boxes Spam Template messages Update an article WikiProject Unreferenced Biographies of Living Persons
Categories
Articles to be categorized General cleanup Uncategorized categories Underpopulated Other reports on categories
Create an article
Missing encyclopedic topics Most wanted In other languages but not in English Requested articles Requests 1 year+ Review anonymous article submissions Short pages Stale userspace drafts
Referencing
Articles lacking sources Fact-check Need more references Original research
Stubs
Advice Incomplete lists Long stubs Most wanted Short pages Stubs by topic Stubs included directly in stub categories
Deletion
Articles Categories Discussion archives Files Log Misc. pages Redirects Review Speedy Templates
Polishing
Featured candidates Fill a topic list Peer review Popular low quality articles
Translation into English
Existing pages Wikipedia:Dump reports/Missing articles Spanish trans. of the week Wikipedia:Translation
Images
Caption review Images for cleanup Images with missing articles Other reports on files Requested pictures
Controversy
Article accuracy Neutrality Statement accuracy
To-do lists
Articles Books Projects
Disambiguation
Disambiguation Hatnotes Manual of Style Disambiguation Templates
More
Active wiki fixup projects Articles to merge Articles to split Backlogs Copyright violations Dated statements Expert request sorting Missing names Open tasks Reports on redirects Requests Unused templates
For a listing of ongoing discussions, see the dashboard.

Vandalism
Dealing with vandalism
Obvious vandalism Sockpuppet investigations Long term abuse reports Reporting IP address abuse WikiProject on open proxies
Resources & assistance
Counter-Vandalism Unit Counter Vandalism Academy Cleaning up vandalism Counter-vandalism tools
Further information
Blocking IP addresses Do not insult the vandals CVU Vandalism studies

The path to a featured article
Start a new article Develop the article Check against the featured article criteria Get creative feedback (Peer review) Apply for featured article status Featured articles

Common decisions and arguments
Deletion (xFD)
Arguments to avoid Common outcomes (AfD) Common outcomes (RfD) Overcategorisation
Adminship (RfA) and Bureaucratship (RfB)
Arguments to avoid
Arbitration (Arbcom)
Guide to arbitration Principles
Proposals and policy
Perennial proposals

Wikipedia Tutorial
Front page Editing Formatting Wikipedia links Citing sources Talk pages Keep in mind Registration Wrap-up

Notability
Subject-specific guidelines
Academics Astronomical objects Books Events Films Geographic features Music Numbers Organizations and companies People Sports and athletes Web content
See also
Wikipedia essays (by subject) Guide to deletion Common deletion outcomes Why was the page I created deleted?

WikiProject Resource Exchange
Shared Resources Resource Request GFDL resources Free image resources Free online resources Free sound resources Public domain resources Public domain image resources Non-PD resources Bibliographies Maps

Wikipedia Awards
Barnstars on Wikipedia Awards by WikiProject Barnstars 2.0 by WikiProject    Awards by country    Barnstars 2.0 by country Other related awards Personal user awards Ribbons alternatives Userbox alternatives Service awards Incremental service awards Award templates Kindness Campaign WikiProject Wikipedia Awards

Succession Box Standardization
Project Page (WP:SBS) Discussion (WT:SBS) Documentation Guidelines (WP:SBS/G) Templates (WP:SBS/T) Cheatsheet (WP:SBS/C) Navboxes Proposal Archives Category

Deletion discussions
Deletion today Undeletion Deletion review Deletion log Request a copy of a deleted article
Articles
today all closing
Templates
today all closing holding
Files
today all closing
Categories
today all closing speedy
Redirects
today all closing log
Miscellany
today all closing
Speedy deletion
candidates
Proposed deletion
all books BLPs
Policy Process Guide Administrator guidelines

Standard formatting

Or use standard article formatting to create your own fast and easy navigation aid, like this:

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 templates · 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