Wikipedia talk:How to fix your signature

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[edit] Thanks

This was very thoughtful of you, cesarb. Some of us have been trying to help folks with their sigs, and this will come in very handy. Thanks for your foresight. encephalon 23:32, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Help

I'm also getting invalid, no matter what I do: the markup I've been using all this time is:

[[User:Francs2000|Francs]][http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Francs2000&action=edit&section=new 2000] [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|25px|<nowiki></nowiki>]]

Any ideas anyone? -- Francs2000 23:36, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

It's the last item on the page, "Unclosed entities". You need to change the two places where you have a & to &, as explained on the page. --cesarb 23:39, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Ah, sorted! Helps if I actually read what I'm writing doesn't it? Many thanks for that. -- Francs 2000

23:41, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

That's kinda cool... 69.165.170.115 08:38, 16 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] A signature suggestion

On the off-chance that people will find this useful, I thought I'd post this here. If you've got significant amounts of HTML or CSS formatting in your signature that you use mainly to allow yourself to spot your signature easily, check out my signature suggestion. For example, when I see this page, my signature will show up with a bright green background and border, but you do not have to suffer from my color choices. :) —HorsePunchKid→龜 02:48, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Mac Safari

I fixed my sig! Great! But it was a trial because my normal browser, Safari on the Mac, refused to let me alter the checkbox for 'Raw signature'. Internet Explorer on the Mac allowed it. Is there some reason for this? David | Talk 20:45, 16 November 2005 (UTC)

David, using Safari to hit the checkbox works fine for me. Was something changed on wikipedia's end? I'm using the latest version of Safari on 10.4.3. Paul (talk +) 18:10, 3 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] automatic talk page link

Is there a technical/other reason that we don't have a default link to the talk page in the base signature? It seems like it's adding an extra click when, in my case at least, I usually am more inclined to hit a person's talk page than their user page, at least at first. But I've only been here a couple of months, so I may be missing something basic... -- nae'blis _(talk) 18:16, 22 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] I dont get it

I'm sorry...I don't get it. Can someone tell me why my sig doesnt work?

— [[User:Goethean|goethean]] [[User_talk:Goethean|ॐ]]

(in the "signature blank", I've got: ampersand numbersign 2384 semicolon for the Om symbol)

— goethean ॐ 18:04, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Would that be ॐ or &amp#2384;? Try the latter... Paul^C/_T+ 18:51, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

errr... nevermind... it seems after further review I don't really know what I'm talking about... heh sorry. Paul^C/_T+ 18:57, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

Could you try the workarounds I just added to the page (since you are already using a numeric entity, could you try using raw unicode)? --cesarb 16:43, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] What happened?

OK, can someone explain why my sig sometimes comes out correct and sometimes comes out as just a simple link to my user page? Here is what I have on my preferences page,

[[User:Bkonrad|older]]≠[[User talk:Bkonrad|wiser]]

This is marked as "Invalid raw signature; check HTML tags." but I don't see what the problem is. Bkonrad 16:04, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

If it's happening sometimes only, it could be related to the developers recently playing with the version of PHP. Looks like only some of the servers were upgraded. As a workaround, could you please try using the corresponding numeric entity instead of ≠? If it works all the time, it should be added to the page. --cesarb 16:16, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. It looks like a problem with how the HTML entity for ≠ is getting processed (even here, when I'm putting it inside nowiki tags, it is still getting rendered. It seems to work OK when I replace it with unicode. older ≠ wiser 16:22, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

OK, I've added it to the list on the page. Now we need to get more people with similar problems to test and verify the workaround. --cesarb 16:41, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

According to Brion, this was fixed last night (when I finally figured out that my problem was not the span tags but my mdash). It works for me now. — Ilyan e p (Talk) 06:05, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Removed the workaround from the page, as it's not needed anymore. --cesarb 18:13, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] hmm...What did I do??

I coded my new signature, and I tried fixing it according to this article, but it is still not working...I probably missed something, but I can't find it..hmmm...Any Help Would Be Greatly Appreciated. Ø tVaughn05 ^talk_contribs<<That is what I want it to look like =)
Ø [[User:Tvaughn05|tVaughn05]] [[User talk:Tvaughn05|talk]][[Special:Contributions/Tvaughn05|contribs]]</code>

You have overlapping tags. Use:

Ø [[User:Tvaughn05|tVaughn05]] [[User talk:Tvaughn05|talk]][[Special:Contributions/Tvaughn05|contribs]]

I think that works. Thank you! I am going to try the span style thingy that mark_sweep suggested later tonight. I am still new to this code =). Thanks again! Ø tVaughn05 ^talk_contribs 00:29, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Is there any way that I can change the way that the time and date appear? - Ø tVaughn05 ^talk_contribs 02:09, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Problem with link colours

I placed the following in my signature:

<span style="font-family:monospace"> <span style="color:#008800">[[User:Nick R|Nick R]]</span><sup>[[User talk:Nick R|Talk]]</sup></span>

Which should make the link to my user page green. However (for me at least), it just comes out the colour of a link (or visited link):

Nick R^Talk

It works if I do it like this:

<span style="font-family:monospace">[[User:Nick R|<span style="color:#008800">Nick R</span>]]<sup>[[User talk:Nick R|Talk]]</sup></span>

But I'd rather not do it that way if possible, since Wikipedia:How to fix your signature says, It's also a good idea to put the tags outside the link if possible (for instance: [[User:Example|Example]]).

So, does anyone know why isn't it working for me? -- Nick R^Talk 19:42, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

This is exactly one of the situations where the "if possible" clause acts (sorry for the bogus example). The link is converted to an a element, which has a fixed colour. So, you have to change the colour inside the link. --cesarb 20:54, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

Thanks! --Nick R^Talk 22:35, 8 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] problem with long username maybe?

[[User:Phoebus Panagopoulos|Phoebus]] <sup>[[User talk:Phoebus Panagopoulos|@]]</sup>

Just a smile sig, but only the talk part works. The user part appears as bold text. Help or insight greatly appreciated! Phoebus^@ 14:44, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Hm. Nevermind! It works now. I don't know why, but when I previewed the username appeared as bold text. Phoebus^@ 14:46, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Were you doing the test preview on your own user page? If you're on a particular page and you add a self link, it will appear in bold and not as a link. E.g. Wikipedia talk:How to fix your signature --Nick R^Talk 16:46, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

This is really good information. I had the same problem--could we add this to the main article?--Rob ^T 20:43, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I second that: I was just battling with my signature for a long time before I came to this talk page and discovered that little feature. digfarenough (talk) 15:09, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I put something in this effect in the main page. See what you think (is it clear, etc). -- nae'blis 18:00, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I'm a noob

Good idea to create this page. Thanks. I still have to find out though if it works with my signature (meaning if I'm able to make head or tail of what it says here).

Lots of people will have to modify their signatures. Many of them will know a lot about computing, many (myself included) won't. Since they are all Wikipedia contributors, they are all likely to be curious people.

So let me ask a question: What does "raw" mean as in "raw signature"? What is the opposite of "raw"?

Looking forward to keeping on learning, <KF> 17:35, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

The whole point of this page is to help the ones who do not know much about computing. If it's too technical, feel free to edit to make it more clear — even if it needs to get to the level of "click here" complete with screenshots ☺.

"raw signatures" is the name of the preference option. "raw" here means the code is not interpreted, escaped or formatted by the software (you have to do all the escaping and formatting yourself).

I hope I made myself clear.

--cesarb 17:59, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

Raw means that MediaWiki won't wrap the whole thing in a link to your user page. Rob Church (talk) 00:29, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

It says that mine is invalid NO matter what I put. Even just VoA.Voice of All(MTG) 22:55, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Information Missing!

This article doesn't tell me if it's okay to use templates in a non-raw signature. --[[User:Username132|Username132 ([[User talk:Username132|talk]]) {{GBR}}{{NED}}]] 00:28, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Non-raw signatures don't parse wikicode, templates wouldn't work in them. —JeremyBanks Talk 03:57, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] !!! Nothing is working here !!!

Uh, guys, I'm having some problems fixing my signature here, every time I do this, it didn't work. Anyone have ideas here? Thanks!
--RCT Locomotion Wikipedia 02:28, 5 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I got it right now.

I fixed the colour of my signature here, so you can see it. And added “monospace” to it here.
--RCT Loco Wiki | Talk 20:42, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] i just cant get it to work.

ive been trying for 2 hours now to get my sig to work. i want it to look like this (chubbstar) ^{— talk | contrib | 09:06, 11 July 2006 (UTC)} .... which it does, but only when i copy and paste it. i want the simplicity of just being able to hit the "Sign your name" thing below. ive rearranged it millions of different ways according to the Wikipedia:How to fix your signature but to no avail.

i've come up with this:

<span style="font-family: monospace; font-size: larger">[[User:(chubbstar)|<font style="border: solid 2px orange; background-color: #991199" color=white>(chubbstar)]]</span></font> <sup><small> — <font color="#FF4F00">[[user_talk:(chubbstar)|talk]]</font> | <font color="#FF4F00">[[Special:contributions/(chubbstar)|contrib]]</font> | <font color="#CD00CD"> ~~~~~ </font></sup></small>

any help that anyone could offer would save me a lot of frustration.... thanks.

Have you noticed how long your signature is in code mode? Could you consider dropping the colors in it? What about something like:

<tt>'''[[User:(chubbstar)|(chubbstar)]]</tt> <sup> — [[user_talk:(chubbstar)|talk]] | [[Special:contributions/(chubbstar)|contrib]] | ~~~~~</sup>

which should give something like: (chubbstar) ^{— talk | contrib | 16:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)}

-- nae'blis _(talk) 16:35, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Fixed after a discussion on User talk:ais523 and User talk:(chubbstar). --ais523 16:09, 2 October 2006 (U T C)

[edit] idu

i dont understand that fix ur sig--Adam J. Book 01:21, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

What sort of sig are you trying for? I suggest that it should at least have a link to your userpage on. --ais523 12:50, 6 October 2006 (U T C)

[edit] my new sig

if you have any suggestions for modifications, please tell me on my talk page. Megalodon99 _(Talk) 02:11, 27 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Signature {user : hopiakuta}

Part of your signature seems to be broken, leaving wiki code and odd characters strewn about the talk pages. You might want to fix it. eaolson 03:26, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

Please do try inputting it; possibly, you would see my goal.

Is there a page where I could learn what characters I might try?

Thank You.

hopiakuta ; [[ <nowiki> </nowiki> { [[%c2%a1]] [[%c2%bf]] [[ %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 03:35, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I can't make suggestions, because I don't know what you're trying to do. You might take a look at Wikipedia:How_to_fix_your_signature. Perhaps you need to specify "raw signature" in your preferences. eaolson 03:56, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

If that page has character substitution suggestions, then I could not locate them on the various occasions when I'd tried it. Wherever it would be, that's what I would need.

Although raw signature does make a change, it's too far in the opposite direction. When I'm on an unsigned page, I often need something that I can quickly copy|paste, in order to distinguish what I've scribed.

This has been far faster than anything else that I've tried.

So, halfway between raw, & not raw, would be my preference.

Thank You.

hopiakuta ; [[ ]] { ¡ ¿ ~~~~ } ; 04:15, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

hopiakuta ; [[ <nowiki> </nowiki> { [[%c2%a1]] [[%c2%bf]] [[ %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 04:20, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not sure what you mean by "cut and paste". You should be able to insert your signature by using 4 tildes ~~~~, so no cut and pasting should be necessary. eaolson 13:46, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

No, cut. Yes, copy. The paste is not f/ the signature, only the distinction {distinguish, separation}. I do not like the appearance of a run-on hodge podge comment, unless it is sincerely mine, where I'm attempting to comment on several issues.

When other persons' comments appear that way, it is very difficult to figure what I'm responding to, & whom, historylogs, et al.

Thank You.

hopiakuta ; [[ <nowiki> </nowiki> { [[%c2%a1]] [[%c2%bf]] [[ %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 14:17, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

I do hope that the reason to paste this here is self evident.

Thank You.

hopiakuta ; [[ <nowiki> </nowiki> { [[%c2%a1]] [[%c2%bf]] [[ %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 14:28, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Two weeks ago,

I'd requested assistance.

Now, it's nearly gotten my account deleted.

Please?

hopiakuta ; [[ <nowiki> </nowiki> { [[%c2%a1]] [[%c2%bf]] [[ %7e%7e%7e%7e ]] } ;]] 23:33, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

It's not at all obvious what you're trying to do with your signature. Can you write a description of what you want so we can help you sort it out? --ais523 08:41, 10 November 2006 (U T C)

The first thing to do would be to enable the "raw signature" option (it looks like it's disabled, judging by the specific damage it seems to have). After that, explain what's wrong with the signature so we can try to help you (if you get the "check HTML tags" error, check the code for errors, as explained in the project page). --cesarb 01:53, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fonts in Sigs

I would like my sig be Fleagle, in Harlow Solid Italic font. Either 12-point or 14-point font is fine. So, how do I do this? Fleagle11 21:38, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

Your request translates as something like Fleagle, coded as

<span style="font-family:Harlow Solid Italic; font-size:12px;">[[User:Fleagle11|Fleagle]]</span>

--ais523 10:56, 21 November 2006 (U T C)

Thanks a bunch. Fleagle 17:44, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Sig With Rainbow Text and Papyrus Font

FloaterFluss

It should look like this: FloaterFluss

Can you help me out? --Floaterfluss

Wait, nevermind. I got it. FloaterFluss ^{(talk ) (contribs)}

Dear gods, please don't do that. Your signature is 20 lines long on my edit screen. If you must have a complex signature, please consider something like:

FloaterFluss ^{(talk) (contribs)}

Multicolored text is extremely hard to read, code-heavy, and lends undue weight to your signature compared to your comment or other people's comments. At the very least, your current signature contains a redlink to User:FloaterFluss (your name is not CamelCase). -- nae'blis 15:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Alright. How's this then? Only one and a half lines of text. ^{(user) (talk) (contribs)} 22:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

...except that images are discouraged in signatures, too. It's a server drain and (still) an undue weight issue. What you can do, though, is post your colorized signature in large text/image on your user page and talk page, and then anyone visiting will see your artistic skill. Seem like a workable compromise? -- nae'blis

throws up hands in defeat* DAMMIT!!! YOU BLEW IT UP!!! DAMN YOU!!!!!!!!!! DAMN YOU ALL THE WAY TO HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

returns to sanity* Alright, you win. I'll settle for a navy blue papyrus signature. ^{(user) (talk) (contribs)}

Here it is. *sigh* FloaterFluss ^{(user) (talk) (contribs)}

Thank you for being so understanding. :) -- nae'blis 08:26, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] urg

why won't this sig work? i tryed everything!!! Xiade n 16:01, 5 December 2006 (UTC)

It looks like it's working to me; if you say what's wrong with it, I may be able to help. (Is it that you're using '0f' in colour codes? That looks virtually the same as '00', so it may not be what you intend.) --ais523 16:15, 5 December 2006 (U T C)

nevermind, it's a bug... it doesn't work when i post it on my talk page.

Pages can't link to themselves; your talkpage link therefore becomes bolded text when placed on your own talkpage. --ais523 17:13, 8 December 2006 (U T C)

OooOhhhyhheeaa... srry, nd thanks.Xiade n 18:42, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

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Wikipedia talk:How to fix your signature

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Contents

[edit] Thanks

[edit] Help

[edit] A signature suggestion

[edit] Mac Safari

[edit] automatic talk page link

[edit] I dont get it

[edit] What happened?

[edit] hmm...What did I do??

[edit] Problem with link colours

[edit] problem with long username maybe?

[edit] I'm a noob

[edit] Information Missing!

[edit] !!! Nothing is working here !!!

[edit] I got it right now.

[edit] i just cant get it to work.

[edit] idu

[edit] my new sig

[edit] Signature {user : hopiakuta}

[edit] Two weeks ago,

[edit] Fonts in Sigs

[edit] Sig With Rainbow Text and Papyrus Font

[edit] urg

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