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Userboxes and international spoilers?

I've been considering to make a new userbox related to an animated series, Super Wings in particular, because a few days ago I've seen that cartoon TV stations in China have aired the first half of the eighth season. However, I'm concerned because this particular season is not aired in everywhere else yet at the time I'm writing this (including in South Korea and United States, even though I think it'll be aired in the former quite soon judging from the patterns in Korean Wikipedia), so I'm not sure if I can create this new userbox without risk of bringing international spoilery stuffs now. What do you guys think? Please answer kindly, thanks. Starry Windy★ 04:45, 1 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Starry Windy! Per WP:SPOILERS, we include spoilers in articles frequently, so there's certainly no rule you couldn't in a userbox as well. However, many people here, as anywhere, dislike spoilers, so you might want to hold off just to be nice to them. Also consider whether the userbox has relevance to your Wikipedia editing or not. It'd be a bit harder to code, but you could consider some option that'd initially hide the spoiler part. Hope that helps! Cheers, {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 15:30, 1 February 2024 (UTC)

Alright. Thanks for the explanations, @Skdb, I appreciate it! Starry Windy★ 11:20, 5 February 2024 (UTC)

Discussions at Template talk:User in region § Template-protected edit request on 19 October 2023 and Template talk:User WP § Members vs. participants

 You are invited to join the discussions at Template talk:User in region § Template-protected edit request on 19 October 2023 and Template talk:User WP § Members vs. participants. {{u|Sdkb}} ^talk 15:52, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Racist userbox

I think User:UBX/No Turkey in EU should be excluded from the Wikiproject. It does not represent Wikipedia politically and can be interpreted as racist. If someone wishes to use such userbox they shall create one custom under their userpage. VectorVoyager (talk) 10:47, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

VectorVoyager Nothing about this userbox immediately strikes me as anything more than a political position. The userbox makes no mention of race or ethnicity, and while Wikipedia is supposed to be politically neutral, individual users are allowed to express their personal beliefs and positions through userboxes. Doing so allows users to be more transparent as makes it easier to make their personal biases known. There are numerous userboxes listed at WP:UBX/POLITICS that allow individual users to express their political positions. Obviously, a userbox that reads like "This user does not want Turks in the EU" would not be allowed as it would indeed be racist. However, the userbox in question is regarding the country of Turkey, not the people that live there. - ZLEA _T\^C 21:16, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

Agreed. Mseingth2133444 (Did I mess up? Let me know here) 23:46, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

That said, the wording probably could be more clear, but "Turkish" links to Turkey and not Turkish people. - ZLEA _T\^C 21:19, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

This probably wasn’t done with racist intent. Unless it’s some kind of dogwhistle, it can stay on Wikipedia. HaytchT (talk) 21:39, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

This userbox is not racist not even close. Catfurball (talk) 21:41, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Need Help Using a Portion of an Existing Image

I have tried different ways of leveraging Template:Easy_CSS_image_crop and Template:CSS image crop to use a portion of a Wikipedia image in a userbox, but struggling. For example, I just want to use the head portion of this photo.

Examples:

Example crops

Example using Easy CSS image crop

Example using CSS Image Crop:

Thanks in advance if anyone can help! WidgetKid (talk) 20:59, 29 February 2024 (UTC)

You should be able to use the Wikimedia Commons crop tool to crop it and upload the image to Commons. From there, you can use it the same way you would use any other image in a userbox. -- KomradeKalashnikov (talk) 13:31, 1 March 2024 (UTC)