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{{Documentation|doc}}{{TOCright}}
{{Documentation|doc}}{{TOCright}}
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>.
Please note that this '''{{BASEPAGENAME}}''' {{tag|People templates|person template}} '''must be [[wp:Wikipedia:Substitution|substituted]]'''.  Do <u>not</u> merely use <code>{{template|Unsigned}}</code> — instead, please use <code><nowiki>{{subst:Unsigned}}</nowiki></code>.


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}}.
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 <tt>{{template|UnsignedIP}}</tt>.


==Usage==
==Usage==
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:'''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 examples==
Typing:
;With time and date parameter(s)
<code><nowiki>{{subst:Unsigned|MarkDilley|11:15, 1 June 2005 (UTC)}}</nowiki></code>
Typing: <code><nowiki>{{subst:Unsigned|MarkDilley|11:15, 1 June 2005 (UTC)}}</nowiki></code> will yield:


will yield: {{Unsigned|MarkDilley|11:15, 1 June 2005 (UTC)}}
<small>— preceding [[Signature|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:MarkDilley|MarkDilley]] ([[User talk:MarkDilley|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/MarkDilley|contribs]]) – 11:15, 1 June 2005 (UTC).</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
 
;Without time and date parameter(s)
Typing: <code><nowiki>{{subst:Unsigned|Smiddle}}</nowiki></code> will yield:
 
<small>— preceding [[Signature|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Smiddle|Smiddle]] ([[User talk:Smiddle|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Smiddle|contribs]]) – .</small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Meta-Wiki:Help:Signature]] MediaWiki editor handbook at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
*[[Meta-Wiki:Help:Signature]] MediaWiki editor handbook at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
*[[Wikipedia:Signatures]] — at [[English Wikipedia]]
*[[Wikipedia:Signatures]] — at [[English Wikipedia]]
*[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki#Namespaces|MediaWiki#Namespaces]] — a brief overview of 'namespaces', including talk pages in MediaWiki – at English Wikipedia
*[[Wikipedia:MediaWiki#Namespaces|MediaWiki#Namespaces]] — a brief overview of 'namespaces', including talk pages in MediaWiki – at English Wikipedia
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**[[Wikipedia:Help:Talk pages|Help: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
**[[Wikipedia:Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines|Talk page guidelines]] — at English Wikipedia
*[[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions]]
*[[WikiIndex:Namespace conventions]] — at [[WikiIndex]]
*[[Meta-Wiki:Help:Talk page|Help:Talk page]] MediaWiki editor handbook at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki
*[[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
*[[Meta-Wiki:Help:Substitution|Help:Substitution]] MediaWiki editor handbook at Wikimedia Meta-Wiki

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