{"id":40014,"key":"Help:User_pages","title":"Help:User pages","latest":{"id":1214474,"timestamp":"2025-12-11T15:47:12Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"This page will help you to create and maintain your user page, which will serve as your technical portfolio on Appropedia.\n\nAppropedia is a site for original research. People from all over the world review content developed by our community. You are not required to disclose any personal information to use Appropedia, but we encourage you to keep a descriptive user page that will allow others to know who you are and to attribute any work they use, for example, by citing your name and affiliation as the author of any pages you have contributed to.\n\nAppropedia uses [[Template:User data]] to enable semantic search of user data. For example, users on Appropedia can use this information to search for other users who <span class=\"plainlinks\">[https://www.appropedia.org/Search?title=Search&pfRunQueryFormName=Search&Search%5Btype%5D=User&Search%5Bkeywords%5D%5Bis_list%5D=1&Search%5Bmap_field%5D%5Bsdg%5D=true&Search%5Blanguage%5D=Spanish&Search%5Bskill%5D=&Search%5Binterest%5D=&wpRunQuery=Search&pf_free_text= speak Spanish]</span> or who have specific skills. It will also display your contributions on Appropedia automatically.\n\n== How to create your user page ==\n\n{{Step\n| number = 1\n| text = Go to [[Special:MyPage|your user page]].\n}}\n\n{{Step\n| number = 2\n| text = Click on the {{Button||Edit source}} button near the top right of the page.\n}}\n\n{{Step\n| number = 3\n| text = Add information to identify you, such as:\n\n* Your real name, which will be useful for others to attribute your work when cited.\n* A photo of you, or your pet.\n* Your affiliation such as the school, university, or other organization you're studying or working at.\n* Your location.\n* Your nationality.\n* The languages you speak or can contribute in.\n* Your skills and interests.\n\n}}\n\n{{Step\n| number = 4\n| text = If you have been requested to do so, add the correct [[Help:Categories|categories]] for your page. These could point your user page to your university, nonprofit a specific project or class you are part of.\n}}\n\n== User page example ==\n\nHere is an example of a user page code. If you want to get started quickly, simply copy and paste to your [[Special:MyPage|personal user page]] and edit it to suit your needs. Please note that you'll have to [[Special:Upload|upload a photo]] before you add it to your page.\n\n<pre>\n\n{{User data\n| name = Mark Park\n| organizations = Humboldt State University\n| nationality = United States\n| languages = English, Spanih, Arabic\n| skills = manufacturing, data sampling, web development\n| interests = water purification, carbon footprint, solar energy\n}}\n\n{{Location data\n| location = Arcata, California\n}}\n\nHi, I'm Mark Park. I'm a graduate student at Humboldt State University, with an interest in learning about all types of technology.\n\n== Other interests or activities ==\n\n* Rugby\n* Canoeing\n* I am building a startup\n\n</pre>\n\n== Quality check and troubleshooting ==\n\nHere are some of the things you should review before publishing your pages, or to look for in case your user page doesn't display correctly.\n\n* Check for the infobox code using the source editor and compare it to the [[#User page example|example]].\n* Make sure your page is in the right category.\n\n== Video demonstrations ==\n\n{{Video\n| video = INTQenbyurs\n| title = How to create a user page\n| description = Tutorial on how to create a user page\n| language = en\n}}\n\n== Userboxes ==\n'''Userboxes are deprecated on Appropedia!''' To express your interests, skills, etc. use the appropriate parameters of [[Template:User data]].\n\n== See also ==\n\n* [[Help:Userboxes]]\n* [[Help:Create account]]\n\n{{Appropedia help navigation}}\n\n{{Page data\n| description = Build a better profile. Appropedia walks you through setting up your user page to showcase your interests.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Appropedia help]]"}