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Software change

The mw:New requirements for user signatures will begin on Monday, 6 July 2020. This is a change to MediaWiki software that will prevent editors from accidentally setting certain types of custom signatures, such as a custom signature that creates Special:LintErrors (such as <span>...<span> instead of <span>...</span>) or a signature that does not link to the local account.

Few editors will be affected. If you want to know whether your signature (or any individual editor) is okay, you can check your signature at https://signatures.toolforge.org/check You are not required to fix an invalid custom signature immediately. Starting Monday, editors will not be able to create new invalid signatures to Special:Preferences. Later, we will contact affected editors. Eventually, invalid custom signatures will stop working. There will be an announcement in m:Tech/News then. You can subscribe to m:Tech/News. You can also put mw:New requirements for user signatures on your watchlist.

If you have questions, then please ping me or ask questions at mw:Talk:New requirements for user signatures.

User:Darkfrog24, would you please do me a favor and make sure that any tech-oriented folks here know about this? I don't *think* that you'll get many questions, but I don't want people to be surprised, just in case. Thanks, Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 02:54, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'll see what I can do. Darkfrog24 (talk) 13:49, 2 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, Darkfrog24. (I just fixed the URL in the second paragraph. It should work now.) Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 02:35, 3 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

hi 2603:7080:6D00:6CFD:C875:BB8:12BA:D3C4 (talk) 21:33, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]

youre welcome 2603:7080:6D00:6CFD:C875:BB8:12BA:D3C4 (talk) 21:34, 3 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]