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A '''userbox''' (commonly abbreviated as '''UBX''') is a small colored box designed to appear only on a Contributor's [[Help:User page|user page]] as a communicative notice about the user, in order to directly (or even indirectly) help Contributors collaborate more effectively on articles.  
A '''userbox''' (commonly abbreviated as '''UBX''') is a small colored box designed to appear only on a Contributor's [[Help:User page|user page]] as a communicative notice about the user, in order to directly (or even indirectly) help Contributors collaborate more effectively on articles.  
==Installation==
Use the following templates (see [[Template:User box top|userboxtop]] for additional customization) in combination with the userboxes to organize them on the right hand side of '''[[Special:MyPage|Your]]''' user page. Follow the same order as show here with the exception that the "break" template can be omitted or used multiple times if desired.
{{userboxtop}} {{User FGS2011|category=}} {{userboxbreak|toptext=Languages}} {{UBX-lang|it|4|category=}} {{userboxbreak|toptext=Heritage}} {{User Italian|category=}} {{userboxbreak|toptext=Awards}} {{User Silver Star|category=}} {{userboxbottom}}
'''<nowiki>{{userboxtop}}</nowiki>'''<br>
''boxes''<br>
'''<nowiki>{{userboxbreak|toptext=</nowiki>'''Languages'''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>'''<br>
''more boxes''<br>
'''<nowiki>{{userboxbreak|toptext=</nowiki>'''Heritage'''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>'''<br>
''more boxes''<br>
'''<nowiki>{{userboxbreak|toptext=</nowiki>'''Awards'''<nowiki>}}</nowiki>'''<br>
''more boxes''<br>
'''<nowiki>{{userboxbottom}}</nowiki>'''<br></nowiki>
'''''Any text can be added to the <br>"userboxbreak" template as is <br>shown in this example.'''''
Just copy the template coding from <br>the Gallery below for the desired userbox <br>and paste it onto '''[[Special:MyPage|Your]]''' user page.


== Gallery  ==
== Gallery  ==
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