Help:Signatures

Signatures

Creating a Custom Signature

There are two main ways to create a custom signature.

Basic Signature

Note: Only use this option if your signature is very simple. If it is too complex, you may be asked to use the second option.

1. Go to my preferences and type what you want your signature to appear as in the "signature" box.
   • Note that you will have to enter not only the text that you want to have appear, but also the coding to make it work. So Template:CURRENTUSER (Talk) will do nothing. It would have to be [[User:Template:CURRENTUSER|Template:CURRENTUSER]] ([[User talk:Template:CURRENTUSER|Talk]]).
2. Make sure that the "Treat signature as wikitext" box is checked. This allows your custom coding to work.
3. Save your preferences, and use with the same four tildes (~~~~) that you normally do.

Advanced Signature

Be sure to follow these directions exactly or this will not work properly. Click on the links to take you to the pages you need to create.

1. Create a page titled [[User:Template:CURRENTUSER/Sig|User:Template:CURRENTUSER/Sig]].
2. Enter the necessary coding for your signature in this page.
3. Save the page.
4. Create a second page titled [[User:Template:CURRENTUSER/Sig2|User:Template:CURRENTUSER/Sig2]].
5. In this page, type only this:

   {{User:Template:CURRENTUSER/Sig}}

6. Save the page.
7. Go to my preferences and type the following into the "signature" box:

   {{subst:User:Template:CURRENTUSER/Sig2}}

8. Make sure that the "Treat signature as wikitext (without an automatic link)" box is checked.
9. Save your preferences, and use with the same four tildes (~~~~) that you normally do.

Signature Rules

We're fairly lenient with signatures, however, there are a few rules that we ask you adhere to in your signature. These are mainly to prevent unnecsary distractions or problems with discussion pages.

• Make sure that any colors or fonts you use are legible and work with the wiki's theme so it remains readable.
• Generally, you should not use images in your signatures. Smaller, icon-sized images can be acceptable, so long as they're not too distracting or too large.
• Do not add excessive text such as quotes or extra wording to signatures. It makes them too long and distracting.
• Don't make signatures longer than you need to. The format of wiki discussion pages do not allow for extensive signatures.
• Make sure to close all coding because broken tagss affect all the text on the page after the signature and can potentially make a page entirely unreadable.
• Please always place your signature on the SAME LINE as the end of your talk post and DO NOT place it on a new line. This is distracting and can break coding on most discussion pages, such as indentations.

If there is a problem with your signature, an administrator might ask you to correct it. In the case of broken coding in your signature, most admins will just correct it themselves. For anything else, you will be asked to fix it yourself.