Help:How to fix your signature: Difference between revisions

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;Unclosed entities :If you have a [[HTML entity]] which is lacking the final <code>;</code>, you need to add it; if you have a bare <code>&amp;</code>, it must be replaced by <code>&amp;amp;</code> (a bare <code>&amp;</code> is always a mistake in either HTML or wikicode).

;Unescaped special characters :If you are using one of <code>&amp;</code>, <code>&lt;</code>, or <code>&gt;</code>, and want it shown as text, it must be escaped as <code>&amp;amp;</code>, <code>&amp;lt;</code>, or <code>&amp;gt;</code>, respectively.

===Problems with HTML entities===

As of January 2006, some users have reported problems with HTML entities (for instance <code>&amp;ne;</code> or <code>&amp;mdash;</code>). As a workaround, change them to their numeric equivalent (for instance <code>&amp;#8211;</code> for <code>&amp;mdash;</code>) or to their raw (unescaped) equivalent (for instance <code>—</code> for <code>&amp;mdash;</code>).

See http://www.cookwood.com/entities/ for a list of numeric equivalents.

''Update:'' Looks like the problem was fixed.

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