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{{ | '''Signatures''' provide attribution for users' posts on [[talk pages]]. This helps other users identify the author of each post and to see when those posts were made. | ||
==Signing your posts== | |||
When writing on a [[talk page]], sign and date your post by adding four consecutive tilde characters (<code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code>) at the end of your comments. This sequence will become your signature when you save the page. | |||
The preferred way to sign is to include both your username and the current date and time. This is accomplished by typing four tildes, as previously mentioned. Typing three tildes results in your signature without a timestamp, while typing five tildes results in just the timestamp. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Sequence !! Wikitext (after saving) !! Rendered | |||
|- | |||
| <code><nowiki>~~~~</nowiki></code> | |||
| <code><nowiki>[[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]])</nowiki> {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)</code> | |||
| [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]]) {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC) | |||
|- | |||
| <code><nowiki>~~~</nowiki></code> | |||
| <code><nowiki>[[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]])</nowiki></code> | |||
| [[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]]) | |||
|- | |||
| <code><nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki></code> | |||
| <code>{{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)</code> | |||
| {{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC) | |||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 18:27, 9 July 2023
Signatures provide attribution for users' posts on talk pages. This helps other users identify the author of each post and to see when those posts were made.
Signing your posts
When writing on a talk page, sign and date your post by adding four consecutive tilde characters (~~~~) at the end of your comments. This sequence will become your signature when you save the page.
The preferred way to sign is to include both your username and the current date and time. This is accomplished by typing four tildes, as previously mentioned. Typing three tildes results in your signature without a timestamp, while typing five tildes results in just the timestamp.
| Sequence | Wikitext (after saving) | Rendered |
|---|---|---|
~~~~
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[[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]]) 07:42, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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Example (talk) 07:42, 28 November 2024 (UTC) |
~~~
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[[User:Example|Example]] ([[User talk:Example|talk]])
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Example (talk) |
~~~~~
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07:42, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
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07:42, 28 November 2024 (UTC) |