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The trouble is, I can't do anything in the my preferences page anymore. Also I started using the "Signature and timestamp" button in the toolbar, and it stopped working tonight. ----DanTD 01:31, 7 September 2012 (UTC) <!-- Template:Unsigned --><small class="autosigned">—&nbsp;Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:DanTD|DanTD]] ([[User talk:DanTD#top|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/DanTD|contribs]]) 01:31, 7 September 2012 (UTC)</small>

== Help Please ==

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<code><nowiki>[[User:Schiffy|<font color="000999">Schiffy</font>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<font color="FF6600">Speak to me</font>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<font color="FF0000">What I've done</font>]])</nowiki></code>

Apparently, the vertical line (<nowiki> | </nowiki>) between the links to my talk page and my contributions page breaks some templates, because it's used not as part of a link, but rather just as an individual character. It was suggested I go into my preferences and change that vertical line to <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki>, which I did, but when saving my preferences, it is automatically changed to <nowiki>{{SUBST:!}}</nowiki>, which still breaks the templates. Unless I go in and manually copy and paste my signature with the <nowiki>{{!}}</nowiki> in it, the signature messes up something. Is there a way to fix this in my preferences page so I can still use the <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> without breaking any kinds of templates? [[User:Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#000999;">Schiffy</fontspan>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FF6600;">Speak to me</fontspan>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FF0000;">What I've done</fontspan>]]) 17:27, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

:You can try the HTML replacement for the pipe "&amp;#124;"

:I hope you can get it working with that

:[[User:My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#00A0FF;">M</fontspan>''']][[User Talk:My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FFa000;">y</fontspan>''']][[Special:Contributions/My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#80dd00;">1</fontspan>''']] 17:34, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

::I unfortunately have not used that before. I just need some help with the syntax in that regard. [[User:Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#000999;">Schiffy</fontspan>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FF6600;">Speak to me</fontspan>]]|[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FF0000;">What I've done</fontspan>]]) 17:44, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

:::you simply have to delete the pipe and add in the HTML replancement "&amp;#124;" (without the "").

:::Regards, [[User:My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#00A0FF;">M</fontspan>''']][[User Talk:My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FFa000;">y</fontspan>''']][[Special:Contributions/My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#80dd00;">1</fontspan>''']] 17:46, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

::::Well, when I try that, "&amp;#124;" is showing up in my signature, and is not replaced by anything. This is the current status of said sig. [[User:Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#000999;">Schiffy</fontspan>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FF6600;">Speak to me</fontspan>]]&amp;#124;[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FF0000;">What I've done</fontspan>]]) 19:07, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

:::::are you really using the &amp; sign and NOT its HTML replacement "&amp;amp"???

::::: Regards, [[User:My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#00A0FF;">M</fontspan>''']][[User Talk:My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FFa000;">y</fontspan>''']][[Special:Contributions/My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#80dd00;">1</fontspan>''']] 19:10, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

::::::I'm using it with the "amp;" added after the actual ampersand, followed by a "#124;" If I try ''just'' the ampersand followed by a "#124;", I get a warning saying my signature has an error. [[User:Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#000999;">Schiffy</fontspan>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FF6600;">Speak to me</fontspan>]]&amp;#124;[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FF0000;">What I've done</fontspan>]]) 20:14, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

:::::::Your signature here has: ampersand, a, m, p, semicolon, hash sign, one, two, four, semicolon. What's wanted is: ampersand, hash sign, one, two, four, semicolon. This should display as &#124; -- [[User:John of Reading|John of Reading]] ([[User talk:John of Reading|talk]]) 20:45, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

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but he already said that with the &amp; only that there ia an error

[[User:My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#00A0FF;">M</fontspan>''']][[User Talk:My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FFa000;">y</fontspan>''']][[Special:Contributions/My1|'''<fontspan colorstyle="color:#80dd00;">1</fontspan>''']] 20:58, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

:Now it's working, for some reason, actually. I don't know if the trouble was on my end or Wikia's end, but no matter, it works. [[User:Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#000999;">Schiffy</fontspan>]] ([[User_talk:Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FF6600;">Speak to me</fontspan>]]&#124;[[Special:Contributions/Schiffy|<fontspan colorstyle="color:#FF0000;">What I've done</fontspan>]]) 21:05, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

== Solutions not working ==

I have tried some of the suggestions listed on the section for using "raw" signatures, and none of them are working, it still says it's invalid on my preferences page. Here is the original signature, am I missing something?

[[User:PaleoGeekSquared|<span style="font-family: Garamond; background:#ffffff; color:red; padding:2px;">▼PσlєοGєєк</font>]][[User talk:PaleoGeekSquared|<span style="background:#000000; color:red; padding:2px; font-family: Tw Cen MT;">ƧɊƲΔƦΣƉ▼</span>]] 00:39, 24 April 2018 (UTC)

== Only 256 characters?!!! ==

Goddamn please make it longer. I can't even place links to talk page. It is quickly runs out of available space.

<br>It is really frustrating. <span style="font: 900 1em0.8em &quot;Lato&quot;">[[User:Alexander_Davronov|<span style='color:#a8a8a8'>DAVRONOV</span><span style="color:#000">A.A.</span>]] [[User talk:Alexander_Davronov|✉]] [[Special:Contributions/Alexander_Davronov|⚑]]</span> 21:2542, 31 May 2018 (UTC)