Wikipedia talk:Userboxes/Computing

message: I have a picture of the Safari icon, can I offer it here? -Fbv65edel 23:06, 25 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Safari

message: Hmm... why are their pictures all so ugly? 151.205.209.201 13:48, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Windows Boxes

message: Why is there two Operating System sections?--kenobi.zero 12:43, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently it happened on this edit.  I think I've fixed it. - Jc37 17:18, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Repeating Operating System Section

message: There is no link next to the gaiaonline userbox leading to a page with the userbox code. I have no idea how to fix this... anybody have a clue?
:It was substituted and deleted  per this.  Rfrisbietalk 17:21, 23 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Gaiaonline Userbox

message: Do I need to change the code at the start  IE the Windows XP userbox code is
(brackets removed - User:The Raven's Apprentice/Userboxes/User MS Windows|XP
Do I need to change the bit in bold to my username?
pjb007 20:29, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, you do not need to change the username. The userbox was created by User:The Raven's Apprentice and is stored on their page. Changing the username to your own would only make it a dead link. Also, I don't believe that this is the place for this question. This page is for discussing the content of Wikipedia:Userboxes/Computing. Crazed by Penguins (talk) 19:17, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Userbox paths 

message: How come there's no youtube userboxes? Kyo cat 23:51, 27 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll try to make one, or you make one if you don't mind :). --µWiki   Peers / Seeds (YouWiki) 21:06, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Youtube 

message: Can someone please tell me what happened to the userbox User: YTMND? It has been deleted but I couldn't find any information regarding the deletion of the box. I looked in multiple talk pages but couldn't find anything. Thanks.
--the marble 00:53, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  YTMND Userbox 

message: What should I do with this one? The code is 
-- SuperLuigi31 18:17, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Box 

message: The instant messenger Gaim has been renamed to Pidgin. I have created a Pidgin userbox, but how do we get the many Gaim users to realize this (or should we just modify the Gaim userbox some more? Should this page start listing this new userbox instead of the Gaim userbox?--oKtosiTe talk 09:44, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Perhaps we should wait until Pidgin 2.0 is actually released, since it's still Gaim until that happens. And then I think we should modify the gaim userbox. Dan0 00 13:15, 11 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gaim now known as Pidgin 

message: is using the copyrighted Office for Mac logo...--the ninth bright shiner talk 01:02, 29 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-free use 

message: There should be a userbox for Verizon FiOS, but I'm too lazy to make one.—Michael 20:58, 30 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Internet Connections

message: I made a coupple userboxes for Second Life but when I try to add them in the middle of a section they mess the page up in preview and jump to the top. Here's the code:
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Can anyone tell me what's wrong?  I thought I was copying the format correctly.  EllePollack 03:02, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks. EllePollack 06:51, 9 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding to this page 

message: How about a box for people who don't like Vista? Maybe "This user refuses to upgrade to Vista" Or "this user dislikes Windows Vista" --Simpsons fan 66 03:06, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I feel apathetic about Vista. --µWiki   Peers / Seeds (YouWiki) 21:12, 7 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vista 

message: You know I hope we're not going to turn Stalinist over the format of userboxes.  I've already had someone change one of mine, and it made zero difference.  They just couldn't live with the way it was.  This is an open environment, some consistency is good but OCDing over it is wrong.--THE FOUNDERS INTENT TALK 03:18, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As I have already commented on my userpage, I have modified only one UBX this evening, that one with improper coding that was causing misaligning. The only thing I've edited otherwise is the display of the UBX in this directory, which has nothing to do with the format of any particular UBX. JPG-GR (talk) 03:34, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  FORMATTING USERBOXES 

message: I recently noticed that this article has a serious formating error or errors in its layout that causes the bottom 10% or so of the page to not display correctly at all. I have traced the introduction of the error to the Revision as of 05:29, 29 November 2007. Before that time the old versions of the page display the bottom correctly and since that edit they do not. I have tried troubleshooting the page to discover what the error is and correct it, but I have not been able to figure it out. Reverting the page to that point would eliminate a lot of useful work that has been done since that point. Can someone more knowledgeable than I am on formatting errors have a look and see if they can correct this problem? - Ahunt (talk) 20:36, 25 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have noticed this as well. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the formatting. I am assuming this is why JPG-GR tagged the page for a split. Though I can't find anything about it on the discussion page, but his reason for the edit was "tagged to be split apart - page currently exceedes number of possible substitutions." This explanation makes sense, and is probably the reason for the formatting errors. Crazed by Penguins (talk) 19:46, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Well that makes sense, as when I edited near the end of the page by section the preview worked fine, although it did not when saved. In that case I think it should be split soonest before it gets even more messed up. Volunteers? - Ahunt (talk) 23:24, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Problems with this page formatting

message: I noticed that when I added a new Userbox today that the page was fairly long. I also noticed when I looked at the separate Software page that there seems to be a lot of similar sections on both pages.
Examples -
* Messaging vs. Instant Messaging/IRC 
* Mail addresses vs. Mail Clients
* Portable Music Players vs. Music
Some Userboxes appear on both pages. Example - 
When adding my new Windows Live Mail infobox today, I didn't even realise that there was a similar section on a separate page until afterwards. 
Rather than have to look at each page to find a suitable Userbox, I was wondering whether one or all of these similar sections should have their own page e.g. move all the Messaging items to a separate Messaging page.
This would have the benefit of making this page AND the Software page shorter, as well as making Userboxes easier to find.
I would be interested to know what other editors feel about this. Ozzieboy (talk) 20:30, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Makes sense to me! I did the last split between "computing" and "software" because the "computing" page had become so long and included too many transclusion templates that the page was failing to function. It was a bit of an "urgent edit" to get the page working again, so may not have been 100% optimal. Splitting the overlapped areas, like "messaging" out into a new page would work fine as long as appropriate notes are left on the existing pages to prevent people adding them back in on the old pages. - Ahunt (talk) 11:41, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Time for another split? 

message: I'm new to making userboxes and i went to list mine in the computing categoryregarding home network speed, but i caused a template loop, can someone help me fix this please?    --Koman90 (talk) 17:50, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Another editor fixed the loop by removing the box. I just did some experiments and can't get it to install on the page right. I think the problem may be in the box address syntax and in particular the use of an "=" sign in the address. I would suggest moving the box page to a new address with a more conventional address and see if that helps. - Ahunt (talk) 16:07, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Will Someone Plz Help Me

message: I created some boxes to do with BBSing.  Not sure if they should go under computing or computer software.  Placing it in computing for now.  Quistisffviii (talk) 09:01, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: They look good! I would say that they belong here, rather than on the Software box page. - Ahunt (talk) 11:10, 14 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: BBS boxes

message: I'm very new to userboxes. I am going to starting to create some and want to know where/how to share them with the community?
Here is my first attempt at making one. 
Any help would be great. 
Pjjasnica (talk) 20:25, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Sharing userboxes is easy! Just have a look though the list on the template at Template:WP:UBS and pick the appropriate category to add it to. In the case of your userbox above I would suggest that it would best go on Wikipedia:Userboxes/Computing under hardware or Wikipedia:Userboxes/Media/Books in the top section under Reading. Do pay careful attention to the format that other userboxes use on those pages to make sure yours will display right. - Ahunt (talk) 21:45, 2 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sharing Userboxes 

message: How come there are no Runecats Explorer userboxes, also do you know if they have avant userboxes?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Softwareleaksrme (talk • contribs) 17:07, 17 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: RE