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When you are logged in to Wikipedia, a link to your user page is displayed at the top of every page.
That makes your user page one of the most easily accessible pages to you on Wikipedia, making it a powerful tool.
One of the things you can use your user page for is navigation. It is the perfect place for bookmarks and navbars/navboxes, to get you where you need to go on Wikipedia and related destinations fast.
Bookmarks!
Basic heading and list format to organize your Wikipedia bookmarks
You could use headings and bullet items to create your own fast and easy navigation aid, like this:
My bookmarks - Key Wikimedia-related pages
- commons · mailing lists · meta · simple · wiktionary · sister projects
- bugzilla · charts · catgraph · 6° · mirror filter
- vpp · vpr · vpt
- Key help pages
- template · user page · watch
- Wikipedia:cheatsheet · catalogue of CSS classes
- web colors · list of colors
- Key templates
- Interesting spaces
- Key projects
Navigation bars
Navigation bars are templates which have an assortment of links usually based around a theme. They are designed to stretch across a page, usually at the top. Here are some examples you can clone and stylize for your user page:
Wikipedia contents pages nav header:
Reference desk nav bar:
| Humanities | Science | Mathematics | Computing/IT | Language | Miscellaneous | Archives |
Frequently asked questions nav bar:
Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Editorial nav bar:
PeerRvw • PicsReq • Policies & Guidelines • RefDesk • RfC • SPost • Tools • VP • WikiProjects
Communications nav bar:
HelpDesk • Admin attention • AN • Bot • CBB • Class • Index • Newsroom • Requests • RfC • RfF • Third
RefDesk (Hum • Sci • Math • Comp • Lang • Misc) • VP • Pol • Prop • Tech • Misc)
Wikipedia principles nav bar:
Writing guides nav bar:
Tools nav bar:
Report abuse nav header
Administrators' nav bars:
Admin (Dir • How • Read) • AB • AIV • AN (I • 3RR) • BL • Block (IPs • Log • OP • RFU) • Del ((A C I M R T) fD • CSD • DRV • List • Log • Proc • PRD)
Dir • ER • HD • New (Us • Pgs)• Prot (Log • PER • PP • PT • RFP • SPP) • RfA • RfArb • RfC • RFR • RM • SPost • SSP • UN • UTM • VP • WL
WIKIPEDIA ADMINISTRATOR TOOLS
A user page nav bar (not shown here)
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Nav box by Indubitably:
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CAT:AB | 
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WP:RD | 
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WP:NFC | 
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WP:IUP |
Custom navigation header by Black Falcon:
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| Community (directory) Help desk · Reference desk Village pump (pol · tech · prop · idea · misc) Administrators' noticeboard (incidents) Noticeboards · Requests (bot · RfA · RfC) |
Deletion Guide (administrators') · Policy · Process Speedy (candidates) · PROD (candidates) Debates (A · C · F · R · T · M) Deletion review · Undeletion |
Editing (policy) Five pillars (policies · guidelines) Manual of Style · Categories · Lists Glossary · Editor's index · Sister projects Templates (citation · user warning) |
Maintenance Backlog · Dashboard · Task Center (open) Patrols (new pages · recent changes) Requested articles (missing · most-wanted) Wanted pages (categories) |
Tools Database reports · Random · Special pages Page history (authorship · blame) Edit counter (top edits) · Pages created AWB · Earwig's Copyvio Detector |
News and navigation boxes
Here's a useful tools menu from Diannaa's user page:
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| 27 February 2025 |
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Fuzheado, Gamaliel, Effeietsanders, Nikikana, LilyOfTheWest, and SuperHamster discuss the annual Wiki Loves Monuments worldwide photography contest
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See also the Wikipedia department directory
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