Wikipedia:Userboxes/Music/Proficiency/Adding

Create Category:Wikipedian ist, replacing ist with the name that is used to refer to people who play the specific instrument. See :Category:Wikipedians by musical instrument for previous naming conventions. Insert code in the following format, changing the two parameter values:

{{user instrument category

| instrument-code = org
| instrument-name = organ
}}

• instrument-code is the abbreviation that appears on the left side of the userbox. Please try to avoid using instrument codes which should be used for a language under the ISO 639 designation system. The language system should take precedence over spin-off systems where code clashes are likely to occur.
• instrument-name is the name of the instrument, linked to the article about the instrument.

The following will appear at the top of the category: a box and an alphabetical table of contents:

{{user blank|org|These users play the organ.}}

{{-}}

{{CategoryTOC}}

In the previous step, you created Category:Wikipedian ist. Now, create the following 4 subcategories:

• Category:Wikipedian ist-1
• Category:Wikipedian ist-2
• Category:Wikipedian ist-3
• Category:Wikipedian ist-4

For the first subcategory, insert the following code, replacing the parameter values as in the first step:

{{user instrument subcategory

| instrument-code = org
| instrument-name = organ
| ist = organist
| level = 1
}}

• ist is in singular form here.
• level is the skill level, one of 1, 2, 3, or 4. All 4 subcategories have the exact same code except for their level.

After creation, this box will appear in the subcategory:

{{user blank-1|org|These users play the organ at a novice level.}}

{{-}}

For each of the subcategories that you've just made, create the corresponding templates at the following locations:

• Template:User ist-1
• Template:User ist-2
• Template:User ist-3
• Template:User ist-4

The code is the almost same as above:

{{user instrument

| instrument-code = org
| ist = organist
| level = 1
}}

This is what the userbox will look like when people put them on their user pages.

{{user blank-1|org|This user is a novice organist.}}

{{-}}

This final template allows a user to say that he or she plays an instrument without specifying the skill level. Create it at Template:User ist.

{{user instrument-gen

| instrument-code = organ
| instrument-name = organ
| instrument-link = organ (instrument)
| ist = organist
}}

{{user instrument-gen

| instrument-code = organ

| instrument-name = organ

| instrument-link = organ (instrument)

| ist = organist

| category =

}}

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People can now use these templates. To make them known, list them at Wikipedia:Instruments using {{tl|Instrument}}.

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