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Users can easily '''sign''' their posts at the end of a comment. The common format to type a signature -- two hyphens (or a dash) followed by four tildes (-- '''<nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>''') <kbd>--</kbd> is derived from the computer network Usenet, where two hyphens mark a signature block. The actual signature string, the tildes, automatically get substituted with username (linked to the appropriate user page) and timestamp (time/date), when you save a signed edit. This helps other users to follow the chronological order of discussions, and to identify the author of a particular comment. Signing is normally done on [[Help:Talk pages|talk pages]] only, not on conjointly written articles. Signatures do not work in edit summaries (they do not translate from <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> there).

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