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{{nutshell|A signature should clearly indicate who the user is, and should contain a link to the user's | {{nutshell|A signature should clearly indicate who the user is, and should contain a link to the user's user page. Images and line breaks are not permitted in signatures.}} | ||
Signing your comments on talk and discussion pages is considered good etiquette, serving to identify the author of a comment. To this end, it is important to sign your comments with a signature that is both recognizable and non-disruptive. | Signing your comments on talk and discussion pages is considered good etiquette, serving to identify the author of a comment. To this end, it is important to sign your comments with a signature that is both recognizable and non-disruptive. | ||
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* '''Signatures cannot contain images or external links.''' | * '''Signatures cannot contain images or external links.''' | ||
:Signatures should be text-only when rendered (viewed on the page); images are disallowed, due to the slow load times they can cause on talk pages, and the server stress it can cause occasionally. | :Signatures should be text-only when rendered (viewed on the page); images are disallowed, due to the slow load times they can cause on talk pages, and the server stress it can cause occasionally. | ||
:External links are also disallowed, as this is viewed as a form of advertising; exceptions to the rule are interwiki links or link templates. (If the link uses [single brackets] or no brackets at all, it's an external link. Keep this sort of stuff on your | :External links are also disallowed, as this is viewed as a form of advertising; exceptions to the rule are interwiki links or link templates. (If the link uses [single brackets] or no brackets at all, it's an external link. Keep this sort of stuff on your user page.) | ||
* '''Signatures should not exceed 80 characters on-screen when rendered.''' | * '''Signatures should not exceed 80 characters on-screen when rendered.''' | ||