Help:Signatures



When leaving messages on Talk/Discussion pages and Forums, always sign your name on your message. Signatures should not be placed on changes made to any of the following pages: characters, songs, episodes, Help pages and any other system pages.

The editor provides two quick ways for you to add your signature. The first is to click on the signature button above the editing window, which looks like this:. The other is below the editing window. Both allow you to add your name with the date and time.

Customizing your signature
Use the following steps to create a custom signature that you can preview to make sure it is correct before activating it in your preferences.


 * 1) Click Create a new article in the menu on the left side of the screen.
 * 2) For the Title, type in User: followed by your user name and then /sig. Example:  User: YourUserName /sig  (replacing "YourUserName" with your actual user account name, of course).
 * 3) Inside the main Text box, fill out your signature as you would like it to appear.
 * 4) Use the Preview button to make sure it looks okay before you click on Save page.
 * 5) When it is to your liking, go to your Preferences page.
 * 6) In the "User profile" section, add the following to the "Signature" box:   
 * 7) Click on the box next to "Custom signature" to place a check mark in it. If you do not do this, then any color or formatting commands in your signature will show up as text, rather than being an actual command.
 * 8) Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Save.

Whenever you want update your signature, go back to the /sig page you created and follow the steps above, starting at Step 3.

Signature content
Your signature must include your User name and a link to your Talk page. Beyond that, you may add to it, with the following provisions:


 * If you use color in your signature, please limit the number of colors you use. See Help:Editing for instructions on color selection.


 * If you want to change the color of a link, put the SPAN command inside the link, like this:
 *  the coaster   


 * Images are not permitted inside signatures.
 * If you add a quotation to your signature, please choose a short quote. We do not want situations where your signature is longer than the message you're entering.
 * All other formatting commands like fonts, superscript and subscript should be used with restraint. An overly-fancy signature can drown out what you are trying to say in your message.

To set up a standard default signature, copy the following line and use it for the steps listed above. Change "YourUserName" to your actual user account name in both places.


 *  User: YourUserName ( leave a message )  

Using the PF Test account as an example, it will appear as this:


 * PF Test ( leave a message )

If you have a recommendation for information that should be added here, leave a message on the Discussion page.