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==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]].[[WP:HEP#Wiki_markup|Wiki markup]] and [[HTML element|HTML markup]] ''do not'' function in the Nickname field any longer, ''unless'' the <code>Raw signatures</code> option is checked in [[Special:Preferences|preferences]].

With recent changes to the software, more complex signatures cannot be set this way. [[WP:HEP#Wiki_markup|Wiki markup]] and [[HTML element|HTML markup]] ''do not'' function in the Nickname field any longer, ''unless'' the <code>Raw signatures</code> option is checked in [[Special:Preferences|preferences]].

For example, placing the following in the default Nickname field