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[[File:Wikipedia-The Missing Manual_I_mediaobject_d1e29984.png|frame|right|Here's what the page should look like after step 3: It's ready for you to enter a brief summary ("Possible vandalism" or "Birthplace seems wrong" or whatever) and then, below the summary line, to type in your full comment or question.]]

5. In the main edit box (see '''Figure 22-1''' again), explain the issue/question. At the end of the last line of your comment, add a couple of spaces and then put four tildes, next to each other (like this: -- <font style="font-family:Monotype Corsiva; font-size:15px;"nowiki>[[User:John Broughton|John Broughton]] ~~~~</fontnowiki> [[User talk:John Broughton |(♫♫)]] 16:08, 26 January 2009 (UTC)).

: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.