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Changes made in November 2005 on the version of the MediaWiki software running Wikipedia altered the way signatures work. If your signature is not working now (but was working previously), you will need to make some changes to your "my preferences" page.

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If you are using "raw signatures"

If you have been using "raw signatures" all along but find that your signature is now not working, you may find the following message displayed in your preferences:

Invalid raw signature; check HTML tags.

This means you are using invalid markup on your signature. Some possible causes with their corresponding solutions:

Unclosed tags
If you are opening a tag without the corresponding closing tag (for instance:
[[User:Example|<span style="color:white">Example]]), you should close the tag (for instance: [[User:Example|<span style="color:white">Example</span>]]). It's also a good idea to put the tags outside the link if possible (for instance: <span style="font-family: serif">[[User:Example|Example]]</span>).
Mismatched or incorrectly nested tags
If the tags are mismatched (for instance: <s><u>hi</s></u>), fix them (for instance: <s><u>hi</u></s>).
Unquoted attributes
It's also recommended to use quotes on all attributes (for instance, use <span style="color:white"></span> instead of
<span style=color:white></span>).
Unclosed entities
If you have a HTML entity which is lacking the final ;, you need to add it; if you have a bare &, it must be replaced by &amp; (a bare & is always a mistake in either HTML or wikicode).
Unescaped special characters
If you are using one of &, <, or >, and want it shown as text, it must be escaped as &amp;, &lt;, or &gt;, respectively.
  • Do not use a table. A table causes the signature to display on more than one line. Use span instead.

Remember that all wikilinks show up as bold black text on the page they link to, so if you are testing your signature on your userpage/talk page and the user/talk part of it doesn't show up as a link, that may be why.

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