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:The four tildes tell the Wikipedia software to put a signature and date-stamp there. '''Figure 22-1''' shows an example of a comment after being typed in.
[[File:Wikipedia-The Missing Manual_I_mediaobject_d1e30001.png|frame|right|Here's what the input screen shown in Figure C-14 looks like after someone has entered a section heading (summary) and a comment. It's now ready to be
{{WTMM-note|The Wikipedia software records, in the page history, exactly the same information that displays when you add four tildes. So you're not revealing anything by "signing" your comment. If you don't, an automated editor (a ''bot'') does it for you, and that may make it harder for other editors to notice your comment. See [[Help:Wikipedia: The Missing Manual/Name of Part of the Book/Name of the Chapter#Section heading|the section about xx]] for more on signatures.}}
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:Voilá! You've posted a comment to Wikipedia, thereby contributing to the improvement of an article (or bringing missed vandalism to the attention of other editors).
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