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Well, it's not exactly a template, so I wasn't sure if it's allowed or not. When I sign, it would do this: <pre> ~~~~ → <nowiki>{{subst:User:The Exterminator/Sig}}</nowiki> → <nowiki>[[User:The Exterminator|blah blah blah]]</nowiki></pre> It works fine and hasn't glitched with the text alignment and stuff yet, but the policy about no templates had me questioning. [[User:The Exterminator|The Exterminator]] 18:58, 11 October 2010 (UTC) | Well, it's not exactly a template, so I wasn't sure if it's allowed or not. When I sign, it would do this: <pre> ~~~~ → <nowiki>{{subst:User:The Exterminator/Sig}}</nowiki> → <nowiki>[[User:The Exterminator|blah blah blah]]</nowiki></pre> It works fine and hasn't glitched with the text alignment and stuff yet, but the policy about no templates had me questioning. [[User:The Exterminator|The Exterminator]] 18:58, 11 October 2010 (UTC) | ||
:It does the same thing as using the signature box in the preferences, since it just puts in the coding that's on the page. [[User:The Exterminator|The Exterminator]] 19:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC) | :It does the same thing as using the signature box in the preferences, since it just puts in the coding that's on the page. [[User:The Exterminator|The Exterminator]] 19:07, 11 October 2010 (UTC) | ||
::Using curly brackets to include it on another page is pretty much the definition of a template, making it a sig template, which is not allowed. Also, {{bp|Signature Policy#Signature guidelines|there is a limit}} of 80 rendered characters, but I believe that the preferences box will also only accept about 130 odd characters. <span class="sc">[[User:Werdnae|<span style="color:#2D4B98;">Werdnae</span>]]</span> <small>[[User talk:Werdnae|<span style="color:#009000;">(talk)</span>]]</small> 19:13, 11 October 2010 (UTC) | |||