Can I See Your Badge, Please?

Badges are simple opt-in templates to advertise a commonality.

Creating a Badge

1. Name your badge, and create a template for it
2. Copy-paste existing badge code, e.g., from Template:User_GNU
3. Use it on your user page, e.g., {{User GNU}}

Naming Badges

In order to reduce the namespace clutter, and make it easier to use badges, please follow these recommendations:

• For user pages, use User verb foo
• Use active verbs: makes, knows, loves, teaches...
• Prefer generic over grammatically correct: makes beer is more generic than brews, and easier for non-native speakers

Example names:

Template	Usage	Result
Template:User GNU	{{User GNU}}	This user knows that GNU's Not Unix.
Template:User FSF	{{User FSF}}	This user supports the Free Software Foundation's actions all around the world and on the world wide web.
Template:User FSFE	{{User FSFE}}	Fellows of the Free Software Foundation Europe
Template:User knows kung-fu	{{User knows kung-fu}}	Template:User knows kung-fu
Template:User knows C	{{User knows C}}	Template:User knows C
Template:User knows LISP	{{User knows LISP}}	Template:User knows LISP
Template:User Parabola	{{User Parabola}}	Member of the Parabola Hacker's Group
Template:User makes Parabola	{{User makes Parabola}}	Template:User makes Parabola
Template:User uses Parabola	{{User uses Parabola}}	Template:User uses Parabola

Styling a Badge

This is a work in progress: badges should be styled per family, depending on their intended usage. E.g., user badges should match the User template.

Using a Badge

Badges can be used like any templates. For example, you can add the GNU badge to your user page with this markup: {{User GNU}}