MarioWiki:Signatures

Your signature is automatically created for you when you create an account. It should be used when writing comments on talk pages, voting on deletions, etc, and is left by typing ~~~ after your comment. ~~~~ leaves your signature and datestamp (~~~~~ leaves just a date). Signature and datestamp are preferable.

Personalized signatures are allowed, by

1. editing the designated field on Special:Preferences,
2. creating a userspace subpage at Special:Mypage/sig (it must be /sig, and just one subpage), then following the instructions Help:Signature to "include" the subpage in your signature field.

However, some rules must be followed when doing so:

1. Your signature must include a text version of your username, with a link to your user page. If you use a shortened or altered form of your official name, it must be something that suggests your username (for example, Mariousername → Some Mario themed username; Yoshiface → Yoshiface P34).
2. You may only have one signature page. You may use signatures other than the one on your signature page, but they cannot be custom sigs (i.e. only {{User}}, or a simple link to your userpage).
3. Your signature may include links to your talk page, contributions, or other applicable pages, but not to other user pages. You may have a maximum of 5 word links, internal or external.
4. A small image may be used, limited to 35 pixels in height. The image should be approximately square and must not interfere with line spacing or collide with either of the lines above and below it. Preferably a signature would include no more than one image, tagged with {{personal-image-sig}}. If you add your own image, it counts as one of your personal images. Images that are distracting are not allowed. Likewise, animated images are strongly discouraged.
5. Your signature can be one or more different colors, provided they are readable. A background color must come with a defined text color (even if it is the default, black, users with different skins will also be able to see the text by defining this). Any such background must be confined to the immediate text area. Borders or blinking (or anything else that gives undue salience to a signature) are not allowed.
6. Your total signature size can only be single-lined, and limited to around 20 or 25 characters. In other words, it must fit inside this box: . To test your signature's size, use the {{sigbox}} template (or see the personal check).
7. Some users have a variable in their sig to add varying text to the end of their signature. This is OK, but the additional text shouldn't be too lengthy (~60 characters guideline).
8. Some users also change their sigs during certain holidays. Though allowed, these sigs must also conform to all previous rules, and it is suggested to only do this a couple of times a year at most.
9. Your signature cannot have more than two static images or one animated image.
10. Your signature must be visible on your signature subpage (if you have one).