User talk:Superman2009

Chzz
Chzz
	Chzz, aged 903
Born	April 1, 42; Alpha Centauri
Body discovered	Area 51
Occupation	Wikipedian
Known for	Sausages, tea
Opponent	None (AYBABTU)
Awards	Goatstar
Website	tea; b3ta

Help request

{{helpme}} how do i put boxes? you know with links in them? Please reply ASAP! Thanks!

Hi there. I'm not quite sure which kind of boxes you mean; do you mean an WP:INFOBOX like the one shown here? If so, see that link; there are lots of infoboxes for different topics. The example here is template:Infobox Person - and if you click that link, you'll see the parameters available.

The best thing to do is copy the code into a user subpage, such as User:Superman2009/boxtest or something - click that redlink, make the page, and try things out. It's not a live area, so you can test stuff there.

Links, in general, are made by putting the name of the page within double square brackets. For example, putting [[sausage]] makes a link to the article of that name, like this: sausage. You can also link a series of words to a different article, for example, [[Eastwood, Nottinghamshire|His hometown]] displays as His hometown. See WP:LINKING. Links can be used in the parameters of an infobox in just the same way - the above has this, for example;

|birth_place = [[Alpha Centauri]]
|occupation  = [[WP:Wikipedian|Wikipedian]]

I hope this helps answer your question. For more help, you can either;

Leave a message on my own talk page; OR
Use a {{helpme}} - please create a new section at the end of your own talk page, put {{helpme}}, and ask your question - remember to 'sign' your name by putting ~~~~ at the end; OR
Talk to us live, with this or this.

Best wishes, Chzz ► 09:07, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Navbox

Per your note on my talk: the boxes at the bottom are called 'navboxes', so see WP:NAVBOX. They work in a very similar way, but usually do not have parameters, so they are easier. An example would be {{Washington Park, Chicago}};

Cheers, Chzz ► 09:29, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Welcome and introduction

Hi, Superman2009. This is NOT some automated message...it's from a real person. You can talk to me right now. Welcome to Wikipedia! I noticed you've just joined, and wanted to give you a few tips to get you started. If you have any questions, please talk to us. The tips below should help you to get started. Best of luck! Chzz ► 09:07, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

You don't need to read anything - anybody can edit; just go to an article and edit it. Be Bold, but please don't put silly stuff in - it will be removed very quickly, and will annoy people.

Ask for help. Talk to us live, or edit this page, put {{helpme}} and describe what help you need. Someone will reply very quickly - usually within a few minutes.

Play in your user area. For example, create User:Superman2009/test.

Edit existing articles, before you make your own. Look at some subjects that you know about, and see if you can make them a bit better. For example, Wikipedia:Cleanup#2009.

When you're ready, read about Your first article. It should be about something well-known, and it will need references.

Good luck with editing; please drop me a line some time on my own talk page.

There's lots of information below. Once again, welcome to the fantastic world of Wikipedia!

-- Chzz ► 09:07, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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{{helpme}} onelast question (or two actually): a) how do i make my own navbox? and b) isthere an infobox for bands? thanks! Superman2009 (talk) 09:36, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Hello. If you contact me on my own talk page, you don't need to use the 'helpme' thing - I'll get the message. If you want to contact any helper, then use the helpme on your own page.

I'll answer here, re. navbox, in a minute or two. Chzz ► 09:52, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

a) how do i make my own navbox?

So, making your own navboxes; they can get really complicated, and it is documented in template:navbox - but I'd suggest you start off by copying this and fiddling with it;

{{Navbox
| name  = Chzz navbox
| title = Some articles written by Chzz
| image = [[Image:Ico specie.png |80px]]
| list1 = [[William Windsor (goat)]] {{middot}} [[Eastwood, Nottinghamshire]] {{middot}} [[Fountain of Time]] 
[[Tama (cat)]] {{middot}} [[First-person shooter]] {{middot}} [[Lydia Foy]] {{middot}} [[Tanna japonensis]] 
[[243 Ida]] {{middot}} [[Marco Polo]] {{middot}} [[Marco Polo sheep]]
}}

...which looks like...

b) isthere an infobox for bands?

Template:Infobox Musical artist

Hope that helps, Chzz ► 10:13, 21 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]