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{{Policy|Signitures identify the user on talk pages. Be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ('<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>') so users know who wrote the comment.}} | |||
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Signatures can be a link to a user page, a link to a userpage and a date, or just a date. These work by typing special wiki code. Signatures help identify the user making the comment and should be used on all talk pages. | |||
Signatures can be a link to a user page, a link to a userpage and a date, or just a date. These work by typing special wiki code. Signatures help identify the user | |||
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*'''Four tildes''' ('<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>'): A link to the userpage and a timestamp (date and time). This should be used on all talk pages e.g. [[User:tacopill]] 11:58, 3 January 2011 (MST) | *'''Four tildes''' ('<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>'): A link to the userpage and a timestamp (date and time). This should be used on all talk pages e.g. [[User:tacopill]] 11:58, 3 January 2011 (MST) | ||
*'''Five tildes''' ('<nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>'): A timestamp. Not used very often. e.g. 11:58, 3 January 2011 (MST) | *'''Five tildes''' ('<nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>'): A timestamp. Not used very often. e.g. 11:58, 3 January 2011 (MST) | ||
==Using signitures== | |||
Idealy on talk pages and user talk pages, the user should use four tildes to sign their comments ('<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>'), as it shows the username and timestamp for when the comment was signed. | |||
Signitures are to be used ''only ''on talk pages. Article contributions do not need a signiture . | |||
===Unsigned comments=== | |||
Occasionally a user may come across a comment that has not been signed. When a use spots one they should use the <code><nowiki>{{unsigned}}</nowiki></code> template to sign the unsigned comment. The user should search through the page history then find the user who made the unsigned comment, then they will put <nowiki>{{unsigned|username}}</nowiki> at the end of the unsigned comment (make sure to put the username of the user who made the comment, not your own). | |||
==Customizing your signiture== | |||
By default, signature text is just a link to your userpage, but you can customize them at [[Special:Preferences]]. A more in depth guide can be found [[Help:Custom signatures|here]]. These can use color and can have more than one link in them. | |||
