Help:Signatures

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Default signature options

Registered users can easily sign their posts at the end of a comment. The common format to type a signature is two hyphens (or a dash) followed by four tildes (-- ~~~~). This creates a signature with username (linked to the appropriate user page) and timestamp (time/date), when you save a signed edit. There are two other options:

• Typing 3 tildes results in a username-only signature (without timestamp).
• Typing 5 tildes results in a pure timestamp (without username).

Function	Wiki markup	Resulting code	Resulting display
Signature plus timestamp	-- ~~~~	-- [[User:Username|Username]] 12:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)	-- Username 12:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Signature alone	-- ~~~	-- [[User:Username|Username]]	-- Username
Timestamp alone	-- ~~~~~	-- 12:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)	-- 12:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Customized signature options

You can also customise your signature (the part between the two hyphens and the timestamp) by changing the field "Signature" in their preferences. By default, anything you enter there will be wrapped with [[ ]]. To use a special linking (without this automatic link), you have to enable "Raw signatures". Then you can add Wiki markup and also HTML (as far as allowed on the wiki) as you like, but the maximum length is 255 characters. Please note that striking signatures are often disliked by other users.

If you enable "Raw signatures" but don't add any customised signature string, you'll sign with your unlinked username. The 2 most common customisations include:

• Adapting a displayed username
• Adding a talk page link

Purpose	Raw signature	Resulting signature display
Adapting the displayed username	[[User:Username|User Name]]	-- User Name 12:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
Adding a talk page link	[[User:Username|Username]] ([[User talk:Username|talk]])	-- Username (talk) 12:34, 1 February 2008 (UTC)