userbox

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English

Etymology

Compound of user +‎ box.

Noun

userbox (plural userboxes)

  1. (Wikimedia jargon) A simple, standardised box placed on a webpage to indicate the user's proficiencies or preferences.
    • 2006, Lee K Seitz, “Any Wikipedians here?”, in rec.games.video.classic (Usenet):
      I wasn't satisfied with the retrogamer userbox, so I created a new one.
    • 2008, John Broughton, Wikipedia: The Missing Manual:
      Creating a userbox template for posting on member editors' user pages.
    • 2008, Captain Infinity, “Kibological Wikipedia Userbox”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):
  2. (Internet) A graphic modelled after this, shared on various social media websites. (Can we add an example for this sense?)