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Changes made in November 2005 on 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|my preferences]]" page.

==If you are not using "raw signatures"==

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MediaWiki makes the creation of simple, straightforward signatures relatively easy. For example, if User:Example wants a signature that displays as [[User:Example|Example]], he would simply have to enter <code>Example</code> in the Signature field in [[Special:Preferences|my preferences]]. The software automatically places <code><nowiki>[[User:Example|</nowiki></code> in front of and <code>]]</code> behind the entry, to form <code><nowiki>[[User:Example|Example]]</nowiki></code>; this escapes as [[User:Example|Example]]. [[WP:HEP#Wiki_markup|Wiki markup]] and [[HTML element|HTML markup]] ''do not'' function in the Signature field, ''unless'' the <code>Treat the above as wiki markup.</code> option is checked in [[Special:Preferences|preferences]].

For example, placing the following in the default Signature field

:<code><nowiki>Example]] | [[User talk:Example|talk]]</nowiki></code>

will result in a signature that looks like

:[[User:Example|Example]] &#124; &#91;&#91;User_talk:Example&#124;Talk]]

instead of

:[[User:Example|Example]] | [[User talk:Example|Talk]]

This is because Wiki markup (and HTML markup) are now escaped as HTML entities when placed in the default Signature field, e.g. <code>&amp;#91;</code> instead of <code><nowiki>[</nowiki></code>. If you would like a signature that requires markup within the Signature field, please check the <code>Sign my name exactly as shown</code> option and enter the ''full'' signature string into the field. For instance, to produce the signature

:[[User:Example|Example]] | [[User talk:Example|Talk]]

place

:<code><nowiki>[[User:Example|Example]] | [[User talk:Example|Talk]]</nowiki></code>

within the Nickname field and check <code>Treat the above as wiki markup</code>.

==If you are using "raw signatures"==

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Remember that ''all'' wikilinks show up as [[Wp:How to fix your signature|bold black text]] on the page they link to, so if you are testing your signature on your userpage/talk page and the user/talk part of it doesn't show up as a link, that may be why.

==A note on long signatures==

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The markup for your signature is visible in the edit window; if it is too long, it makes editing the page harder. Try to keep the markup length below about one line of text. Also, the signature length is, since 2007-06-13, restricted to 255 [[byte]]s ([[bugzilla:8458|bug #8458]], [[rev:22960|r22960]]), later changed to 255 [[codepoint|character]]s ([[bugzilla:10338|bug #10338]], [[rev:23389|r23389]]).

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