I wanted to make this template so it would automatically includes the sig and time stamp of the person using it. Why, given that it isn’t hard to add a sig? Because I noticed that adding the sig and time placed it on a new line, without the same indentation as the rest of the message. Didn’t look good. There may be a way to fix that, but I didn’t find it. Plus, why do two steps if you can do one?
Yes, I’m aware that sigs in templates are discouraged, but I presume that is because many templates are intended for use in articles, where a sig is not appropriate. This template should only be used in help discussions, where a sig is appropriate.
When I first added a sig to the text, it converted it to a static sig, which meant the original time, and more importantly, my sig would be in each use. Not what I want.
I think I found the right advice here Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)/Archive_64#Add_signature_to_template
so I implemented it by adding <includeonly>~~~~</includeonly> to the end. If that isn’t appropriate, please let me know.SPhilbrickT 13:21, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
- I never did find out how to incorporate a sig in a template, but as I as save commonly used clips, I have saved a clip as follows:
- {{subst:NEA}}--~~~~
- Note that there is also a shortcut template {{NEA}}, which is simply a shortcut to this template, and the template should be substituted --SPhilbrickT 13:17, 16 May 2010 (UTC)