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==What to do if you see a billboard signature==

In practice, Wikipedia's guidelines about signatures are enforced inconsistently, and the community has shown reluctance to codify additional specific restrictions. Therefore it is not sufficient to simply link to the guideline and demand someone change their signature. Ask politely, and explain that it is distracting. Remember that although the effect of a signature billboard signature is distraction from discussion and undue focus on the signature itself, users often do not design a signature for this reason. Signatures are a means of personal expression, and a user with a distracting signature probably does not realize that it negatively affects other people's ability to engage with or focus on discussions in talk pages.

==Seeing your own signature==