SporeWiki:Signature guidelines

Usage
You sign a post by adding four tildes to the end of it, without adding linebreaks. These are automatically converted to your signature and a timestamp. You change your signature in Special:Preferences

"Code"
Sometimes people make real fancy sigs, and use a lot of html/wikicode in it. That can make it harder for people to see what is comment and what is signature when editing the talk page. Therefore a lot of users place their signature code on a user subpage. This requires a little trickery. The signature setting on Special:Preferences must say something like, and Special:Mypage/sig/subst must say.

Content
Your signature is just your signature. It tells people who said what. It's not supposed to be your personal motto or your entire lifestory. It should contain your name, a link to your userpage and a link to your talk page.

Wrong
Bob - Animadvertistine, ubicumque stes, fumum recta in faciem ferri? 13:24, June 29, 2010 (UTC)

Right
Bob (talk) 13:24, June 29, 2010 (UTC)

Look
Your sig may be designed so that it's recognisible. However, it should not stand out too much among the text. An image used must not be taller than the line of text it is on. You may make part of your sig smaller, but don't make any part of it bigger than the text.

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