Help:How to fix your signature: Difference between revisions

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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.

[[User:Shabbirbhutta|Shabbirbhutta]] 12:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)==You are not using "raw signatures"==

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 Nickname 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]].