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Line 3: Changes made in November 2005 to the version of the [[MediaWiki]] software running Wikipedia altered the way [[WP:SIG\|signatures]] work. If your signature is not working now (but was working previously), you will need to make some changes to your [[Special:Preferences\|Preferences]] page. ==If you are not using "~~Law~~raw signatures."== MediaWiki makes the creation of simple, straightforward signatures relatively easy. For ~~sample~~example, if User:~~ample~~Example wants a signature that displays as [[User:~~ample~~Example\|~~ample~~Example]], he would simply have to enter "~~ample~~Example" in the Signature field in [[Special:Preferences\|Preferences]]. The software automatically places "~~ample~~Example" in <nowiki>[[User:Example\|</nowiki>''here''<nowiki>]]</nowiki>, to form <nowiki>[[User:Example\|Example]]</nowiki>. When saved in a page, this markup displays as "[[User:Example\|Example]]". [[WP:HEP#Wiki_markup\|Wiki markup]] and [[HTML element\|HTML markup]] ''do not'' function in the Signature field, ''unless'' the "'''Treat the above as [[wiki markup]]'''" option is checked in [[Special:Preferences\|Preferences]]. For example, placing the following in the default Signature field