User talk:Aecwriter

Moved tilde discussion to talk page
I think you're on the right track. Wikipedia could use more editors like you. I noticed that you've recently signed your posts three times by either manually typing or cut & pasting your signature (e.g., "AECwriter 09:33, 16 February 2012 (UTC)", causing the automated User:SineBot to "clean up" after you by re-signing your comment with " — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aecwriter (talk • contribs) ". Since this has been pointed out three times on your talk page (User talk:Aecwriter) and you have yet to edit your talk page, I'm mentioning it here, in case you have not yet noticed your talk page. Signing my comment by typing four consecutive tildes (click the show preview button to see what that looks like before you click save page), Wbm1058 (talk) 14:22, 16 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks very much. Question: If I used four tildes to make my post, and then went in later and bolded some sentences, would the signature revert to "unsigned"? I might have made a user error, but could swear I used the tildes. AECwriter 16:24, 16 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aecwriter (talk • contribs)
 * You did type four tildes this time, in your edit summary comment: . You can look at that any time by clicking on View history in the upper right of your browser window.  However, the tildes should be typed at the end of your message rather than in the edit summary.  If you are doing that, then you may have found an error in how the wiki software handles your browser configuration.  You can go back and make minor edits to your previous comments without effecting the original signature.  If you make substantial revisions, it's a good idea to sign the comments a second time, or I've seen some update the date & time of the original signature.  Wbm1058 (talk) 18:30, 16 February 2012 (UTC)
 * testing 1–2–3 Wbm1058 19:57, 16 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wbm1058 (talk • contribs)   I duplicated the behavior of your SineBot-assisted signatures by typing my username Wbm1058 followed by five tildes.  The standard procedure is to not type in your username and use just 4, not 5 tildes.  See Signatures for further information. --Wbm1058 (talk) 20:10, 16 February 2012 (UTC)

About
I am a professional editor of marketing materials and live in Oakland, California. I have a background in journalism and contributed partial revisions to three Wikipedia articles. I am a reluctant crowdsourcer. User:AecwriterAECwriter 20:40, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

and now for something completely different....
http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/08/05/the-trouble-with-too-much-democracy/

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Your signature
Hello, Aecwriter. While responding to your message at Talk:Haymarket affair, I noticed that your signature doesn't comply with WP:Signatures. In particular, an editor's signature should include a link to the user's page, talk page, or contributions per WP:SIGLINK, and your signature doesn't have any links.

Please add a link to your talk page or contributions to your signature. Thank you. — Malik Shabazz Talk/Stalk 02:49, 6 September 2017 (UTC)

I am sure I used four tildes, and it's my understanding that's all that's required. AECwriter 19:14, 22 September 2017 (UTC)

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