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Do this by signing your posts with four tildes ~~~~ </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Custom_signatures:" data-mw-thread-id="h-Custom_signatures:-Signatures"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Custom_signatures:-Signatures"></span>Custom signatures:<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Custom_signatures:-Signatures"></span></h3></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences" title="Special:Preferences">Special:Preferences</a> allows you to create a custom signature, that may differ from your username. </p> <ol><li>must not be offensive, misleading or promotional as described above.</li> <li>must link prominently to your user page and/or your talk page.</li> <li>must not use any templates.</li> <li>should be fairly easy for the typical English speaker to recognize and remember. 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