User:Example
 | This page is not a sandbox. It should not be used for test editing. To experiment, please use the Wikipedia sandbox, your user sandbox, or the other sandboxes. |
 | Not a real user This user is not a real person. It is used when you want to refer to any user but not one user specifically. |
This is an example of a user page. See Wikipedia:User pages for help on using user pages.
Example is an account created to be used in examples where you don't want to name a particular user.
Place holder is a similar account, used when you intend to replace the user name with an actual user later.
This page should be used in much the same way as you would use the example webpages at https://example.com, .org, .net, or .edu when you don't want to link to a particular page.
Example image
Free images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons or Wikipedia may be included in user pages as well as articles. Here is an example image you can use for experimental/testing purposes.
Example subpage
Users can create subpages in their own userspace, for purposes such as drafting articles. Below is an example of a subpage:
Example talk
Every user page has a user talk page for talking with the user by other users: