GLAM/Resources/Collaborating on Wikipedia/Organizing work/English/Participant template

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Intro text here...what a userbox is and why it matters for crowdsourcing...


Before you start[edit]

  • Select an image to use on your template.
    • The image can be a photo of your GLAM building, your logo, or a representative work in your collection.
    • The image should have a horizontal (landscape) orientation or be nearly square.
    • The image should be recognizable at a small size (57px and smaller).
    • Upload the image to Commons if it is not already there. How To
  • Decide whether your project's participants category should be called "participants", "members", "volunteers", or something else.
  • Choose colors for your userbox. You will specify the color by name or by hex code.

Further reading[edit]

Required steps[edit]

Create template[edit]

Make a new template page

  • Create a new page called Template:User WP GLAM GLAMABBR, where GLAMABBR is the acronym or short form of your GLAM name.
  • Copy this text to your page and make the edits below:
{{userbox
| border-c = {{{1|#6881b9}}}
| id       = {{{3|[[File:People icon half.svg|57px]]}}}
| id-c     = {{{1|#666600}}}
| id-fc    = {{{id-fc|black}}}
| id-s     = {{{5|{{{id-s|14}}}}}}
| info     = {{{4|[[WP:GLAM|GLAM]] / [[WP:GLAM/GLAMABBR|GLAMABBR]] project contributor}}}
| info-c   = {{{2|#b0c4de}}}
| info-fc  = {{{info-fc|black}}}
| info-s   = {{{info-s|10
| info-p   =0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.5em}}}
| usercategory  = Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMABBR participants
| nocat = {{{nocat|}}}
}}<noinclude>
{{-}}
== Usage ==
Place {{User WP GLAM GLAMABBR}} on your userpage
[[Category:GLAM partnership user templates|GLAMABBR]]
[[Category:GLAMNAME-related templates]]
</noinclude>
  • Change all instances of GLAMABBR to the acronym or short form of your GLAM name.
  • Change GLAMNAME to the name of your GLAM.
  • Replace "File:People icon half.svg" in the id parameter with your chosen image file.
  • If desired, change "participants" to "members", "volunteers", or whatever term your project uses.
  • If desired, change the id-c parameter to the color name or hex code of the color that will border your image.
  • If desired, change the info-c parameter to the color name or hex code of the background color for your text block.
  • Preview and Save your work.

Make new categories if needed

  • If any category links on your new template page are red, create the categories.
  • If the [[GLAMNAME-related templates]] link is red, click the redlink.
    • Choose "Edit this page"
    • In the text area, type [[Category:GLAMNAME-related templates|Templates]]
    • Preview and Save your work.
  • If the [[Wikipedia:GLAM/GLAMABBR participants]] link is red, click the redlink.
    • Choose "Edit this page"
    • In the text area, type [[Category:Wikimedia-GLAMNAME collaboration|Participants]]
      • If your project has a master category called something else, use that category name.
      • Replace "Participants" with "Members", "Volunteers", etc. if desired.
    • Preview and Save your work.
  • If the [[Category:Wikimedia-GLAMNAME collaboration]] link is red, click the redlink.
    • Choose "Edit this page"
    • In the text area, type [[Category:Wikipedia cultural sector content projects|GLAMABBR]]
    • Preview and Save your work.

Add the userbox to your project[edit]

Add the userbox to your project's participants page

  • Copy this text to your participants or members page and make the edits below:
Place {{tl|User WP GLAM GLAMABBR}} on your userpage to add the project member template.

{{User WP GLAM GLAMABBR}}
{{-}}
  • Change all instances of GLAMABBR to the acronym or short form of your GLAM name.
  • Preview and Save your work.