User talk:JLincoln

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Ezhiki
Ezhiki, is it your private and only personal template? I want some too:D JLincoln (talk) 14:26, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * No, it's for anybody to use; just a convenience thing. Just add on other person's talk page if you replied to that person's question on yours. "Section name" is the name of the section on your talk page.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 4, 2012; 14:34 (UTC)


 * Get it! Thanks:) JLincoln (talk) 14:49, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry, what was that next « | ts=—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 4, 2012; 15:11 (UTC)»? JLincoln (talk) 15:32, 4 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Was it automated signature filling? 83.149.8.139 (talk) 07:10, 5 August 2012 (UTC)

Sorry for the delayed answer&mdash;I am not usually on Wikipedia during weekends; last Saturday was one of the rare exceptions. Also, let me answer all of the questions on this page, so we don't have to jump back and forth.
 * 1) The "ts" parameter in the template is the message time stamp. It's usually omitted when the template is used for the first time, but when another reply is added on the other page, "ts= ~ " is added to trigger the "new message" yellow bar on the recipient's talk page. If another reply is added, then the expanded signature is replaced with ~ again, which generates the same signature, but with an updated time stamp (so the yellow bar is triggered again).
 * 2) Regarding a custom signature, did you find the "Signature" subsection on the first tab of your preferences? There are three parts in that subsection: your current signature, a text box for the code generating your signature, and a checkbox labeled "treat the above as wiki markup". When you are using a custom signature, the checkbox is usually in the checked state, and the textbox contains the wikimarkup responsible for generating your signature.
 * For example, if you want you signature to look something like this:
 * —I am JLincoln; leave me a message here!and it'd better be interesting!
 * then enter the following into the textbox and check the box below:
 * —I am JLincoln; leave me a message here!and it'd better be interesting!
 * You can incorporate any wikimarkup as well as html tags; just make sure the signature is not excessively distracting, clearly links to your user and talk pages, and meets other signature guidelines outlined in Signatures.
 * —Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 6, 2012; 14:56 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Unwell to register.
 * Оно само это всё пишет?
 * It won't generate the usual signature in the latter case? Thanks. /Josh
 * PS_ Цукерберг, сволочь, мне всю жизнь испортил. 83.149.8.194 (talk) 19:21, 7 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup, the four tildes will expand into the full signature once you save your edit.
 * Not sure what you mean by "usual signature"? If you mean editing while not logged in, then no, in that case your signature always defaults to your current IP address.
 * Best of luck with Zuckerberg; I always knew that not having a Facebook account would pay off in the future :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 7, 2012; 19:26 (UTC)


 * 1 и 2 - это про твои 1 и 2. 83.149.8.194 (talk):P
 * Ah, got it... I think... If you have a custom signature, the usual default signature will no longer be generated.—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 7, 2012; 19:41 (UTC)

Signature
I did it:D ;) Josh, linguist (welcome:)) 11:08, 8 August 2012 (UTC) PS: Oops - something isn't working:/ Josh, linguist (welcome:))
 * Test: Josh, linguist (talk) 11:18, 8 August 2012 (UTC) (that "welcome" appeared the proper link on the "preferences" page but wouldn't do it here!:\ ) Josh, linguist (talk)
 * Add: I did for wikitext properly (and it seemed working - yes!); now I've just filled plain text for the "User" part - it was all - and ticked the "wiki" box off back again:/ Josh, linguist (talk) 11:18, 8 August 2012 (UTC)
 * You don't really need the "#top" part. The reason the "welcome" link didn't work the first time is because you are testing your signature on the same page the link leads to (it's a feature, not a bug). It would have worked OK from any other page (except, obviously, on your user page, where the "Josh, linguist" part would have been bolded/unlinked).—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 8, 2012; 12:04 (UTC)
 * Oh! I can check it out in my sandbox, can't I?:) Josh, linguist (talk) 08:47, 9 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yup, that's what the sandbox is for&mdash;to test stuff :)—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 9, 2012; 11:58 (UTC)

Conversations in a foreign language
Yeah, on the talk pages of the editors involved it's OK. But since you are logged out, it's impossible for a third party to determine whether the IP belongs to one of us or not, hence the warning. Cheers,—Ëzhiki (Igels Hérissonovich Ïzhakoff-Amursky) • (yo?); August 7, 2012; 20:30 (UTC)
 * Thanks:)
 * JLincoln (talk) 10:44, 8 August 2012 (UTC)

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 * I'm not sure what your "DAB" is, so I left it back. I'm aware of that link. The point why I left it that way is that the article is sort of a stub and anyway to be constructed (the draft basic structure was proposed). Josh, linguist (talk) 10:53, 3 October 2013 (UTC)