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

• 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

• Learn more about userboxescasino en ligne français.
• Look up color names and hex codes

Required steps

Create template

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

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.