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| Shall we pass this? [[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>(talk)</tt>]] 02:51, 13 November 2012 (UTC) | | Shall we pass this? [[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>(talk)</tt>]] 02:51, 13 November 2012 (UTC) |
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− | :I think it's a losing battle. It happens all the time on Wikipedia. I don't think if they can't get it under control, that we could do much better. But that's the defeatist in me. [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 03:18, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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− | ::If we give up trying, we'll never solve it. Maybe they're missing the text at the top of the page cuz it's not immediately obvious, and they can't see it. My proposed text should alleviate that.[[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>(talk)</tt>]] 04:01, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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− | :::What about if we did something like
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− | {{notice|'''Sign your posts! <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>'''}}
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− | :::Eh? [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]] ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 20:56, 13 November 2012 (UTC)
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− | ::::A little rewording:
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− | {{notice|'''Sign your posts with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>'''}}
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− | ::::Just making it a bit more obvious.
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− | ::::EDIT: So apparently, you can't make text bigger in a notice template. Mediawiki fixplx. [[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>(talk)</tt>]] 00:04, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
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− | :::::I'm all for the notice, but partial to politeness in a volunteer setting.
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− | {{notice|'''Please sign your posts with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>'''}}
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− | :::::That said, we should probably see about a bot that comes in and fixes up unsigned posts, which (as was pointed out) is likely to continue to happen despite our ongoing urging... -- [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 06:23, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
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− | ::::::SineBot of Wikipedia doesn't have available source, but there's a mediawiki extension called abusefilter that I see other wikis using to warn people when they make an unsigned talk post. Also, IronyChef's version of the talk page message looks good enough to me. '''Vote'''. [[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>(talk)</tt>]] 08:42, 14 November 2012 (UTC)
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− | :::::::I'm for it. I think the info box will be eye-catching enough that a few more people will notice it. [[User:Lcarsos|lcarsos]]<span title="I'm an admin. I can help.">_a</span> ([[User talk:Lcarsos|talk]]) 01:25, 15 November 2012 (UTC)
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− | ::::::::Do we have a consensus? And could someone delete this page after the OK'ed changes are made? [[User:Davidy22|<span title="I want you."><u><font color="purple" size="2px">David</font><font color="green" size="3px">y</font></u><sup><font color="indigo" size="1px">22</font></sup></span>]][[User talk:Davidy22|<tt>(talk)</tt>]] 13:26, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
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− | :::::::::{{Done}}. But why would we delete this page? Such discussions are usually preserved as archives. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 02:28, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
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− | ::::::::::And thanks to that this discussion can still be read 10 years later. —[[User:While False|While False]] ([[User:While False/explain xkcd museum|'''museum''']] | [[User talk:While False|talk]] | [[special:Contributions/While_False|contributions]] | [[special:Log/While_False|logs]] | [[Special:UserRights/While_False|rights]] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&printable=yes printable version] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=User:While_False&action=info page information] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere/User:While_False what links there] | [https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChangesLinked&days=30&from=&target=User%3AWhile_False related changes] | [https://www.google.com Google search] | current time: {{CURRENTTIME}}) 18:06, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
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− | Update: I just set this up so it doesn't show for admins. It can happen that a admin will occasionally forget to sign, but that shouldn't happen as frequently as to require the reminder. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 03:38, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
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