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Please note that this {{tag|People templates|template}} '''must be [[wp:Wikipedia:Substitution|substituted]]'''. Do <u>not</u> merely use <code><nowiki>{{ | Please note that this {{tag|People templates|person template}} '''must be [[wp:Wikipedia:Substitution|substituted]]'''. Do <u>not</u> merely use <code><nowiki>{{Unsigned}}</nowiki></code> — instead, please use <code><nowiki>{{Subst:Unsigned}}</nowiki></code>. | ||
This template is used to | This template is used to append [[Signature|unsigned]] comments from a registered user in a [[talk page]] conversation with their appropriately [[wikilink]]ed details. This template is similar to {{template|UnsignedIP}}. | ||
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
<pre><nowiki>{{ | <pre><nowiki>{{Subst:Unsigned | user name | time, day month year (UTC)}}</nowiki></pre> | ||
;user name: name of registered [[user]] who left comment; | |||
;time, date: time and date stamp from [[edit history]]. | |||
The time stamps in the edit history list for ''any'' [[talk page]] appear in [[wp:UTC|UTC]], or in the local time ''if'' that is set in your preferences. If you did not adjust the time in your preferences, then the times in the edit history list are in UTC. | |||
The time stamps in the edit history list for any [[talk page]] appear in [[wp:UTC|UTC]], or in the local time that is set in your preferences. If you did not adjust the time in your preferences, then the times in the edit history list are in UTC. | |||
:'''Talk page times should always be in UTC.''' So be sure to use UTC time when using this unsigned template. Adjust the time, if necessary, using the difference you designated between the server UTC time and local time. If this is too difficult to figure out, or you are in a hurry, then leave out the time, and only put in the date. | :'''Talk page times should always be in UTC.''' So be sure to use UTC time when using this unsigned template. Adjust the time, if necessary, using the difference you designated between the server UTC time and local time. If this is too difficult to figure out, or you are in a hurry, then leave out the time, and only put in the date. | ||
==Working example== | ==Working example== | ||
Typing: | Typing: | ||
<code><nowiki>{{Subst:Unsigned| | <code><nowiki>{{Subst:Unsigned|MarkDilley|11:15, 1 June 2005 (UTC)}}</nowiki></code> | ||
will yield: {{Unsigned| | will yield: {{Unsigned|MarkDilley|11:15, 1 June 2005 (UTC)}} | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Wikipedia:Talk | *[[Meta-Wiki:Help:Signature]] – MediaWiki editor handbook at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]] | ||
**[[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines]] | *[[Wikipedia:Signatures]] — at [[English Wikipedia]] | ||
*[[ | *[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki#Namespaces|MediaWiki#Namespaces]] — a brief overview of 'namespaces', including talk pages in MediaWiki – at English Wikipedia | ||
**[[Wikipedia:Help:Introduction to talk pages|Help:Introduction to talk pages]] — at English Wikipedia | |||
[[ | **[[Wikipedia:Help:Talk pages|Help:Talk pages]] — at English Wikipedia | ||
**[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|Talk page guidelines]] — at English Wikipedia | |||
*[[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions]] | |||
*[[Meta-Wiki:Help:Talk page|Help:Talk page]] – MediaWiki editor handbook at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki | |||
*[[Meta-Wiki:Help:Substitution|Help:Substitution]] – MediaWiki editor handbook at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki | |||