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Welcome to the user page design guide. In this multi-page guide, you will find advice on how to develop your user page, and resources that you can copy and paste to make it easier.

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: You can also browse the [[Wikipedia:User page design guide/User page Hall of Fame|User page Hall of Fame]] to see examples of what others have done with their user pages.

To help you get started, here is some general advice on howbuilding toa getuser startedpage...

== Familiarize yourself with the User pages guideline, first ==

: ''See: [[Wikipedia:User pages]]''

== Choose a format ==

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=== Customized advice/instruction page ===

As you acquire experience as a Wikipedian, keep in mind that your user page is the perfect place to share it. It's where other users go to find out more about you, what you are like, and how you think. You can use it to present your editing and organizational knowhow, express your wikiphilosophy, and share your dream for Wikipedia.

=== Multi-page system ===

This approach is for users who find that one page just isn't enough. Set up separate pages for separate uses. A menu bar at the top of each page can visually tie each page together, and help to navigate between them. See ''[[Wikipedia:User page design centerguide/Menus and subpages|Menus and subpages]]''.

=== Multi-purpose user page design ===

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== Bigger is not necessarily better ==

Some users keep it short and sweet. The less you say, the more weight each word carries. In thea minimalist approachdesign, a user might just state the one or a handful of things they wish to emphasize. Or simply provide links to elsewhere, relying on subpages to elaborate&mdash;this may make a crisp and clean first impression. One such design is the "hub" style userpage: like the one by [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:AxG&oldid=722412274 AxG]. (The User Pagepage Designdesign Centerguide's [[WP:UPDC|main page]] utilizes a hub design). Another is the central image style, showcasing a single picture, accompanied by tabs or a menu for further navigation, like used by [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Trevor_MacInnis&oldid=320353070 Trevor_MacInnis]. Generally, "minimalist" would be a page that requires no scrolling.

== See also ==

* [[Wikipedia:Template messages/User namespace]] - various messages for use on user pages.

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