GSWiki:User page

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User pages make communication among editors easier in a wiki. Logged in users have a user page and talk page on every wiki. Unregistered users are not allowed to have userpages, but are free to create an account to have one. You can find your own userpage at Special:Mypage.

User pages are not home pages, but a way of organizing the work that you are doing on a particular wiki and a way of helping other editors to understand with whom they're working.

Like any page on a wiki, your user page can be edited by anyone. However, because a user page belongs to a specific person, it is expected that others will not edit except to make minor corrections, improvements, or to revert vandalism.

What to put on your userpage

On most wikis, people add information about themselves, such as contact information, areas they excel in, their interests, likes and dislikes, where they live, and so on. Gemini Station wiki user pages generally describe the amount of projects completed, watchlists and so on.

You can also use your user page to help you to use a wiki more effectively: you can make a "to do" list, list works in progress, leave reminders or messages, post useful links, and so on. Many users use a sandbox page to work on new content before putting the page in the main wiki space. Act with some restraint when editing user pages, e.g. only make changes where they are invited by the creator.

Many wikis have userboxes that you can use on your user page to express certain interests and preferences. See GSWiki:Userboxes to see the many userboxes available on this wiki.

Formatting

Users are free to use html and css to format their userpages as they wish, but the formatting must not make it difficult to access system links found in the side bar, the header, or the footer.

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