userbox

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^[1] (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^[2] (Usenet):
2. (Internet) A graphic modelled after this, shared on various social media websites. (Can we add an example for this sense?)