Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Education/United States

message: Can Someone create a user box for the following schools, Western Illinois University, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Blackhawk College, and Roosevelt University? IlliniGradResearch (talk) 05:39, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Can Someone Create A User Box

message: I was surprised that among all these userboxes, none exists for members of groups of schools, e.g. "This user is a member of the Ivy League", or "This user is a member of NESCAC", or whatever. What do you think? 68.38.100.103 (talk) 16:26, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Groups of Schools & the Ivy League

message: Um, hi. I didn't graduate university, so I added a box for people like me, the "School of Hard Knocks" (that's probably an Americanism, but widely understood in America to mean no college degree). I don't know if its OK to just add a userbox here unilatererally, so if not, sorry, go ahead and remove. Herostratus 10:39, 2 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Additions 

message: Any ideas?evrik 20:49, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Very simple.  At that point each state gets its own page with the main page having 50 links, one to each state. Lawyer2b 23:16, 3 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: What to do when this page gets too long?

message: :I tried to add FSU's userbox to the page but the whole page messed up. Can someone correct the format in the template itself so it doesn't do this? Mike H. That's hot 11:27, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: FSU has been added. The user box itself was messed up. Had a missing div tag and some extra table tags that weren't being used anywhere and were messing the formating of this page. I guess that is the potential problem of using 'subst' on any page. You have to trust the code that you are inserting. Andrew Powell 15:09, 10 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: User FSU

message: The wikitable class assumes that you want lines between all of the cells, which means that you end up with phantom gray lines within the userboxes (at least on my browser).  I am working on a way to re-do the formatting that gets rid of them, so you can see the true look of the userboxes.  However, I haven't got a clue how to make a CSS, which seems to be the preferred way to handle this.  If anybody has an idea, please let me know.  In the meantime, I will work out a manual style system to get the job done.  NThurston 15:18, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Are you the one who put the table into different regional boundaries? "East South Central"? Delaware in the South? This looks kind of weird, from a geographical standpoint. Mike H. That's hot 03:34, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes.  I figured that as long as I was making the changes to the table formatting, I might as well correct the regions for the states, and some of them were pretty long, so I did the subdivisions.  These are the divisions used by the Census bureau and are pretty commonly used. (See Census division map.) I wouldn't be opposed to going back to the four regions, however, until all the lists get longer.  Delaware, Maryland and Arkansas are definitely in the South (not Northeast and Midwest).  NThurston 13:34, 4 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Issues with wikitable

message: I have removed the "alternate" version for SUNY Albany.  I highly recommend that we keep just one userbox per school on this page for now, especially with the current formatting.  In any case, here is the one that I removed:
University of Albany
 NThurston 18:32, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Duplicates

message: What?  Doesn't anybody attend high school anymore.  What about us people who didn't bother with college? -- Jason Palpatine 03:24, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So far, this has developed into a college page.  I don't have a problem with high school userboxes, but I wouldn't put them here.  We'd want to think about a better place for them. --NThurston 15:50, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

text: I think that we should have a high school userbox page, too. I could think of HS we could make some for, such as Benet Academy and IMSA. And what about College of DuPage?? It's a junior college.--walkingencyclopedia 14:38, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: ??

message: But can't quite seem to get it in the table so it looks like the others.  I didn't realize I didn't have to use the German userbox solution, so it's on a user subpage.  Could someone add it to the table for me?  .
~ ONUnicorn (Talk / Contribs) 20:49, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  I made a new university userbox 

message: I created a userbox for Auburn University but after reading all the pages discussing how to save them on Wikipedia, I am thoroughly confused. Save them in user space? Name space? as a template? I can't figure it out. If somebody would let me know, or just take the time to do it correctly, I'd appreciate it. The userbox could be found on my personal sandbox. AuburnPilot 21:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I think I finally figured it out, but if I screw it up, please somebody correct me. :) AuburnPilot 02:13, 1 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New university userbox 

message: Since only one userbox per university is allowed here, I'm proposing replacement of the current userbox, because:
*the existing oversized userbox doesn't fit standard Wikipedia userbox dimensions
*current userbox photo of mascot "Testudo" at the College Park campus is too small to be meaningful in a userbox
*the proposed new userbox is more generic of the entire Univ-Md. system, not just the College Park campus 
*the University of Md.'s official logo features a stylized version of the Maryland state flag – by using only the public domain state flag in my proposed new userbox, we have a symbolic representation of the university without any copyright infringement.  JGHowes 16:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with your concept, however, in the spirit of userbox non-proliferation, I highly recommend that you have this discussion on Template talk:user UMD.  I have copied your comments there.  I also suggest that you be WP:Bold and make your improvements directly to that template.  --NThurston 18:18, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Update – the photo in the current U-Md. userbox is now the subject of a Speedy Delete discussion as a copyright vio. JGHowes 22:14, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes.  As odd as it may sound, that is probably correct.  I will go ahead and modify user UMD with your proposed improvement.  Further discussion on this matter should probably happen at the user UMD talk page. --NThurston 13:21, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

text: It looks like his changes have been reverted.  --NThurston 17:58, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: So I see. In a comment he made at Template talk:user UMD, he said that the "Category and template don't completely jive" because "the category it feeds into specifies just UMCP". I don't see that or know what it means, nor how to fix it - do you? JGHowes talk -  22:55, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There is another similar issue with CUNY.  That solution would be to create a category for University of Maryland, then each school UMCP, UMB, UMBC, etc. could have their own categories as sub-cats.  As for the userbox, I am ok with one box for UMD, and another for each of the specific schools, including UMCP.  You guys are welcome to go ahead and fix it.  --NThurston 20:55, 23 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed replacement of University of Maryland userbox 

message: Things to do to clean up and standardize this list:
# Make sure that every userbox has a category following the format: :Category:Wikipedians by alma mater: University Name
# Use the "nocat" parameter option found in  to allow users to opt out of being included in the alma mater category
# Make sure that every "alma mater" category uses the template  in addition to whatever other information needs to be there. Note: There are some alma mater categories that are not associated with a userbox.   is not for them.  I'll have to think of something.  --NThurston 18:48, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Currently, the only remaining "to do" is to wait the the CfD process to work its way out on the duplicate categories. --NThurston 16:47, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Or, NThurston can do as he/she pleases. auburnpilot talk 20:04, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

text: *Certainly. But, we're not here to build myspace. We're here to build an encyclopedia. There's considerably better websites around if people are interested in social networking. See this. I'm not suggesting NThurston be forced to stop or anything. Just that the focus is misplaced when our entire effort here is centered around building an encyclopedia, and nothing more. --Durin 20:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This page, the userboxes, and the categories associated with them all help in that effort to build an encyclopedia. So instead of ridiculing anyone who spends so much as a second outside of article space, why not let people do as they please? On more than a few occasions, I have referenced the categories associated with these userboxes in an effort to locate somebody associated with a university/school. This has nothing to do with myspace or a social networking service It aids in collaboration. auburnpilot talk 01:00, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

text: *You will note, of course, that I ridiculed nobody. I made a suggestion. Sorry you took offense. Seemed a natural thing, building an encyclopedia. --Durin 02:36, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I thank Durin for his suggestion.  I take no offense, because I am sure he intended none (at least towards me).  I try to regular contribute to other articles, but sometimes I have nothing to say.  This particular effort of keeping the education categories standardized does help the encyclopedia as noted, but others coming here may be more interested in the social aspect.  In that sense, I agree with Durin, that people should be regularly reminded why we're all here.  In the same way that Durin contributes a lot of his spare time to the encyclopedia by patrolling userboxes for fair use image violations.  While some might think that this doesn't contribute to the encyclopedia, I think it does.  We should value legitimate efforts.  --NThurston 13:18, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  You can help 

message: Is the page too long now?  Which of the following options would help:
*1. Organize by States instead of Census Regions
*2. Create sub-pages by four census regions?
:--NThurston 16:52, 12 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too long? 

message: I have redone all of the UC userboxes (except for UC San Diego's, which seems to be someone else's show, and UC Merced's, which no one uses) in the campuses' official "identity standards palette" colors and with a common layout.  If anyone wants to dig up UCM's identity-standards documentation and redo the colors for its userbox, you are more than welcome.  I already put it in the standard UC format; all you have to do is plug in the color codes. --Dynaflow 11:04, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Nice work.  Please feel free to update USCD too. --NThurston 14:14, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done.  I've also put together userboxes for SF State, CSU East Bay, and USF. --Dynaflow 14:18, 13 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: University of California

message: I hate to nitpick, but is there any way we can switch the University of Tulsa's userbox to say University of Tulsa instead of Tulsa University?  Strangely enough, TU is the acceptable shorthand but University of Tulsa is the acceptable longhand.  I've never completely understood why.  matt91486 06:03, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done and done. --Dynaflow 06:09, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: University of Tulsa

message: I've created a box for Blinn College in Texas. 
I tried to add it to the list, but I can't seem to quite get the table right and the Optional Parameters keeps looking off, so can someone with a better understanding of this page add it? AnmaFinotera 14:47, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: ditto for LDS Business College in Utah.
User:Rojerts/Userboxes/LDS BC
--Rojerts 01:30, 7 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Blinn College

message: Howdy!  I've created: User:Generic248/UBX/EMU 
I orginally had this UBX under (User EMU) but I'm unsure if I should include this UBX within my User page (User:Generic248/UBX/EMU) or under (User EMU)?  Suggestions?
Generic248 (talk) 22:19, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Eastern Michigan University 

message: Who is going to cleanup after the denial of the above? clariosophic (talk) 12:43, 4 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/School related user templates]] 

message: Hi there: I'm wondering what to do about divisions of schools. I do not mean academic departments, or even the Tech Institute at Northwestern, but more like The Wharton School or Eastman or something. Anything that's a noted school on its own terms but that is actually part of a larger entity, the way Wharton is part of Penn or Eastman is part of the University of Rochester. Any thoughts? --Wspencer11 (talk to me...) 15:01, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Semi-independent school divisions? 

message: From reading the page, it looks like I can't toggle the text in my userbox between "attends" or "attended."  So if I wanted people to know that "this user attends university X" (which is a huge difference, because it implies you can meet me on campus), I'd have to make a userbox for that from scratch? JD Caselaw (talk) 23:52, 13 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  no optional "attends or attended" parameter? 

message: I just created the box for The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.  The color is not the correct shade of red...if anyone wants to touch it up in *any* way, please feel free to.  This link may give good info on the coloring... http://www.umdnj.edu/umcweb/logoweb/visual_guide.htm Virsingh (talk) 21:26, 26 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  UMDNJ 

message: I would appreciate assistance in adding two userboxes I created:
Thank you in advanced and let me know if there is anything I can do to speed this process along. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:40, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Nevermind, I figured it out. Let me know if there are any editing I need to do to improve my addition. --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:45, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  CSUS/Sacramento State 

message: The webmaster for Hampden-Sydney College has created a user box with the following link: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Hampden_Sydney
I would be grateful, as would the school, if any required tweaks can be made for this. Thanks. Hoppyh (talk) 20:10, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  New User box for Hampden-Sydney College