"Metadata" as used here means information about your user page, and/or statistics about Wikipedia. I've also thrown time in here for lack of a better place to put it.

Further information: Wikipedia:User Page Design Center/About you#WikiStatus

Topaz's

Topaz's status changer lets you show Wikipedians whether you are available, busy or offline. Go to here, edit the page and copy the text to your .js page - if you are using the default Vector skin, this will be at User:Yournamehere/vector.js. Save the page and purge the cache (instructions for this will be at the top of your .js page), and you should see three new buttons to the right of the 'log out' button. Clicking these will change User:Yournamehere/Status to say 'online', 'offline' or 'busy'.

Now you need to display User:Yournamehere/Status somewhere on your main userpage. To do this, copy the text {{User:Yournamehere/Status}} wherever you want it (it's a good idea to add it to your talk page as well). A good place to position it is at the top of the page, just below the title bar: to do this, use the code

<div style="position: absolute; z-index: 100; right: 14px; top: 38px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 99%;" class="metadata">Activity level: {{User:Yournamehere/Status}}</div>

Note the additional text 'Activity level'. You can replace this with 'Status', 'Currently:' or something more cleotis Xavier Wooten 43221334654

Varun's / JJBers's

Varun's and JJBers's Status changer also lets you show Wikipedians different states by just editing a page. That status is also auto-reflected in his signature (VarunFEB2003 ^{I am Offline} ). To design this kind of status - Create a Special:Mypage/Status and copy data from User:Example/UserStatus. After this is done create Special:Mypage/Status/Statussig and write any color in it that was mentioned on your Status page.
After this place {{{{FULLPAGENAME}}/Status}} on your user page to display the status!

Sometimes for a serious purpose, sometimes for fun or general interest, Wikipedians display various data about Wikipedia on their user pages...

WikiDefCon

Wikipedia vandalism information
( abuse log)

Low to moderate level of vandalism

[ view • purge • update

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3.87 RPM according to EnterpriseyBot 20:10, 29 April 2024 (UTC) reply

It's war out there. This is part of Wikipedia's defense network. This is a warning system set up by Wikipedia's anti-vandalism teams. It is centrally maintained and regularly updated and displays the level of vandalism activity on Wikipedia, and indicates how urgently Wikipedia needs help in that area. Essential for anyone dedicated to fighting vandalism on Wikipedia. There are various ways to display WikiDefCon status, see the example to the right, and the following:

To align the standard template, use {{wdefcon|align=<left or center, right is default>}}

Hexagon1's version, very similar to Misza13's but without the comment, and appears more like a real userbox:

Hexagon1's second version, a plain-text level number:

4

Here's one (by Bugs5382) based on the United States Department of Homeland Security Terrorist Meter:

Misza13's userbox version:

Similar to Misza13's, but black:

Herostratus's version, similar size to Misza13's but different look:

3.87 RPM according to EnterpriseyBot 20:10, 29 April 2024 (UTC) change reply

LovePlankton's version, similar to Herostratus's but wider:

3.87 RPM according to EnterpriseyBot 20:10, 29 April 2024 (UTC) change reply

By Herostratus, based on maritime weather warning flags:

Small craft advisory. (Low to moderate level of vandalism) 3.87 RPM according to EnterpriseyBot20:10, 29 April 2024 (UTC) change reply

Davidpk212's version, styled after a PH meter:

Timrem's userbox version:

AAA's version:

WikiDefcon

WikiDefcon 4: Low to moderate level of vandalism

"Black Box" User:Resident Mario/TemplateContent

Article count

Watch Wikipedia grow from your user page. Use this template to show the total number of articles on Wikipedia

{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}} - Displays 6,818,576 which is auto updated.

Other statistics

Current size of the Pending changes queue: {{ Pending Changes backlog}} displays as

>Low pending changes backlog: 4 pages according to DatBot as of 22:00, 29 April 2024 (UTC) reply

Best viewed with

Some user pages are formatted with browser-specific features. One example is round corners, which are supported by Firefox (and Chrome). A little notice at the top of the page is usually provided, which specifies which browser the page looks best in, like this:

This user page is best viewed with Firefox

Some user pages were designed for a particular screen size. Here's a notice which points this out:

This user page is best viewed at 1280x 1024 resolution

Licenses

See Wikipedia:Userboxes/Large/Licensing

Vandalism counter

See Wikipedia:User page design center/Metadata#The state of the 'pedia

Time

• Date
• Time
• Both

Example: