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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Mnidaydwisww (talk | contribs) at 12:21, 4 October 2011 (→Your signature). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.


The Signpost: 19 September 2011

The Signpost: 26 September 2011


Your signature

unfortunately contained a non-free image (the San Antonio Flag). Per WP:NFCC#9, such images cannot be used outside mainspace. Also, our goal is to reduce the amount of non-free material to a minimum, which is clearly impossible if it is increased every time you sign a page. Thanks, Black Kite (t) (c) 15:55, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for notifying me! :) –Mnid (Let's talk about it!) 15:57, 2 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
As an aside, you also should avoid using a template in your signature; it can cause a lot of problems. (I won't go into the gory details here, but some of the potential difficulties and unintended consequences are described at Wikipedia:Signatures#Transclusion of templates.) Instead, you can put the content of User:Mnidaydwisww/sig in as your signature content under Special:Preferences. That has the same effect, and avoids the problems. Bonus points are awarded, however, for removing unnecessary decorative markup from your sig—it's best to be known and recognized for your words, rather than for your John Hancock. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 13:07, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Do you mean substring is Ok? Or isn't it? —mnid (t⁄c) 22:21, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
No, using subst: in your signature isn't permitted. Your sig should be entirely contained within the signature field in the preferences. (Ideally, one's signature ought to be appreciably shorter than what that box permits, but there's a hard 255-character limit above which one cannot go.) TenOfAllTrades(talk) 23:49, 3 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
 Signature-changing is complete. And I also have a new signature! Mnid (Let's talk about it!) 00:54, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for fixing that. Though I am a bit concerned at how few of your Wikipedia contributions are to the encyclopedia, and how many are to your user page and signature. It might be a good idea to focus your efforts a bit more on the project and a bit less on decoration in the future. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 01:13, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
What I am trying to do is that first, and then do more encyclopedic things so I don't have to change that too often. –Mnid (Let's talk about it!) 12:21, 4 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]
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