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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>{{UnsignedIP}}</nowiki></code> – instead, please use <code><nowiki>{{subst:UnsignedIP}}</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|UnsignedIP}}</code> – instead, please use <code><nowiki>{{subst:UnsignedIP}}</nowiki></code>.


This template is used to append a '[[signature]]' to anonymous unsigned comments on a [[talk page]] from an '[[IP editor]]'; as no [[User page]] should exist for anonymous IPs.  This template is similar to {{template|Unsigned}}.
This template is used to append a '[[signature]]' to anonymous unsigned comments on a [[talk page]] from an '[[IP editor]]'; as no [[User page]] should exist for anonymous IPs.  This template is similar to <tt>{{template|Unsigned}}</tt>.


==Usage==
==Usage==
<pre><nowiki>{{subst:UnsignedIP | IP address | time, day month year (UTC)}}</nowiki></pre>
<pre><nowiki>{{subst:UnsignedIP | IP address | time, day month year (UTC)}}</nowiki></pre>
;IP address: [[IP address]] of user who left comment.
;IP address: [[IP address]] of [[user]] who left comment;
;time, date: time and date stamp from edit history.
;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 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.
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;Without time and date parameter(s)
;Without time and date parameter(s)
Typing: <tt><code><nowiki>{{subst:UnsignedIP|255.255.255.255}}</nowiki></code></tt> will yield:
Typing: <code><nowiki>{{subst:UnsignedIP|255.255.255.255}}</nowiki></code> will yield:


<small>— preceding [[Signature|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/255.255.255.255|255.255.255.255]] ([[User talk:255.255.255.255|talk]]).</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->
<small>— preceding [[Signature|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/255.255.255.255|255.255.255.255]] ([[User talk:255.255.255.255|talk]]).</small><!-- Template:UnsignedIP -->


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Wikipedia:Talk page]]
*[[Meta-Wiki:Help:Signature]] — MediaWiki editor handbook at [[Wikimedia Meta-Wiki]]
**[[Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines]]
*[[Wikipedia:Signatures]] — at [[English Wikipedia]]
*[[Wikipedia:Signatures]]
*[[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]] — at [[WikiIndex]]
*[[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