MY USER INTEREST LIST (sample):
This Wikipedia User...
Is a native speaker of English, who speaks a very little French and even less Chinese.
Lives in Greenland, a region of North America.
Drives a Dodge Dart.
Is interested in Stamp collecting.
Has been editing on Wikipedia since August, 2007
Likes to edit Sports articles.
Has visited Mongolia, Missouri and Milan, Italy.
Likes Pancakes, and did major edits on that article.
Enjoys reading Mysteries.
Is interested in Rollerblading.
Likes authors Stephen King and Dean Koontz.
Wants to visit Alabama one day.
Is engaged in Fishing.
Keep reading this page to...
Learn More About User Interest Lists


Introduction to User Interest Lists

Welcome to User Interest Lists!

A User Interest List serves the same purpose as a Userbox: telling visitors who Users are, what languages they speak,
and their basic interests.

Unlike Userboxes:

In addition:

Examples of User Interest Lists

Very nice Examples!! (add your name here, too!)

How to make them

User Interest Lists are very easy to make. (These directions will assume you have only very basic knowledge of editing. For advanced Wikipedians: Go down to the "Getting Started" section below, hit "edit," copy the stuff between the words "pre", paste it to the top of your User page, and start customizing!) Others, keep reading.

List Lines are composed of two lines of Wiki table language that you can learn easily:

The first is the "style" line:
|- style="background:blue"

|- style="background:blue color=white"

The second is the "text" line:
| Likes to [[<insert here>]].

A text line is really just one of these things, usually located above your "Enter" key, if you "Shift": | A style line is just that line, with a dash after it: |-

1. Getting started: take the template

First, add the text in the gray box below to your User page.

To begin, open up your Userpage in a new window (or a new Firefox tab.) Then open up your User page and select "edit."

Copy-and-paste the Starter Template below (be sure to get all the text) into the top of your User page. Then "Show preview."

When you've done this, go to step 2, below.

{| border="0" cellpadding="2" align=right
!width="300" style="background:silver" | MY USER INTEREST LIST:
|- style="background:white;" align="center"
| '''''This Wikipedia User...'''''
|- style="background:navajowhite"
| Is a native speaker of [[xxx language|Name here]], who speaks a very little [[xxx language|Name here]] and even less [[xxx language|Name here]].
|- style="background:lightcyan"
| Lives in [[<city/state/province>]], a region of [[<state/province or larger region>]] in the nation of [[<nation name>]].
|-style="background:red; color:white"
| Drives a(n) [[<insert car name>]].
|- style="background:yellow"
| Is interested in [[<list your hobby here>]].
|- style="background:palegreen"
| Has been editing on Wikipedia since [[month day]], [[20xx]]
|- style="background:lightskyblue"
| Likes to edit Wiki articles on [[<insert article name or favorite editing interest>]].
|- style="background:orange"
| Has visited [[<place1>]], [[<place2>]], [[<place3>]].
|- style="background:aquamarine"
| Likes [[<insert interest here>]].
|- style="background:lightsteelblue"
| Enjoys reading [[<insert genre>]].
|- style="background:palegreen"
| Is interested in [[<type interest>]].
|- style="background:mediumaquamarine"
| Likes author [[<insert author name>]].
|- style="background:lavender"
| Wants to visit [[<place name>]] one day.
|- style="background:goldenrod"
| Is engaged in [[<insert your job here>]].
|- style="background:lightblue"
| Is <not> involved heavily in [[Sports]].
|- align="center"
| '''Learn More About [[User:Nhprman/Userinterestlist|User Interest Lists]]''' <!-- Invisible note: Please make this your bottom list line. Spread the word! -->
|}

2. Create your List

Now that you've pasted the template into your User page, start customizing your User Interest List.

Please leave the last Line intact, so people can link back here and learn more about User Interest Lists, and so I will know people are using this format. Eventually, if this is widely accepted, the link will likely be redirected to a formal article of its own.

Some parting suggestions:

Nhprman

(Note: the User List at the top of this page is a sample.)

|- style="background:sandybrown"
|- style="background:navajowhite"
|- style="background:red"
|- style="background:khaki"
|- style="background:yellow"
|- style="background:pink"
|- style="background:palegreen"
|- style="background:lightskyblue"
|- style="background:orange"
|- style="background:aquamarine"
|- style="background:lightsteelblue"
|- style="background:palegreen"
|- style="background:mediumaquamarine"
|- style="background:lavender"
|- style="background:goldenrod"
|- style="background:lightblue"
|- style="background:cyan"
|- style="background:aqua"
|- style="background:tomato"
|- style="background:orangered"
|- style="background:slategray"
|- style="background:mistyrose"
|- style="background:lightblue"
|- style="background:paleturquoise"
|- style="background:thistle"
|- style="background:plum"
|- style="background:lightgray"
|- style="background:silver"
|- style="background:honeydew"
|- style="background:mintcream"
|- style="background:ghostwhite"
|- style="background:whitesmoke"
|- style="background:lavenderlbush"
|- style="background:beige"
|- style="background:oldlace"
|- style="background:seashell"
|- style="background:snow"
|- style="background:tan"
|- style="background:burlywood"
|- style="background:lightcyan"
|- style="background:gold"