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==How to sign a comment== | ==How to sign a comment== | ||
Signing your comments is easy: simply type four tildes <nowiki>(~~~~)</nowiki> after your post. This will automatically translate into your signature when you save the page. Alternately, you can click the "your signature with a timestamp" button (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_sig.png) on the editing toolbar (just above the editing window). In both cases, the result is the same. | Signing your comments is easy: simply type four tildes <nowiki>(~~~~)</nowiki> after your post. This will automatically translate into your signature when you save the page. Alternately, you can click the "your signature with a timestamp" button (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/w/skins/common/images/button_sig.png) on the editing toolbar (just above the editing window). In both cases, the result is the same. | ||
===Dealing with unsigned comments=== | ===Dealing with unsigned comments=== | ||
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==Customize your signature== | ==Customize your signature== | ||
By default, a user's signature will link back to their user page and user talk page. If a | By default, a user's signature will link back to their user page and user talk page. If a user desires, the signature can be customized, but it is required that you keep within the following guidelines and common sense when customizing your signature. | ||
===Signature guidelines=== | ===Signature guidelines=== | ||
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===How to customize your signature=== | ===How to customize your signature=== | ||
Users can customize their signature in [[Special:Preferences|your preferences]]; type the signature you want to use in the Nickname field, to replace your username with the desired nickname when signing (remember to keep the signature a reflection of your username, to avoid confusion with other users). | |||
For slightly more advanced users, wikicoding can be included into the signature to further personalize it. In this case, be sure to check the "Raw Signatures" box under the Nickname field in your preferences (otherwise, the coding won't work). You'll need to manually link to your user page in this case. | For slightly more advanced users, wikicoding can be included into the signature to further personalize it. In this case, be sure to check the "Raw Signatures" box under the Nickname field in your preferences (otherwise, the coding won't work). You'll need to manually link to your user page in this case. | ||