Wikipedia talk:Signature tutorial

Could someone point out what I'm doing wrong in this signature?
I made the code for a signature I like, but it is not working. The code is this: Waddles 🗩 🖉 ...and it appears as this: Waddles 🗩 🖉. When I try to save it, the message "Invalid raw signature. Check HTML tags." comes up. I really like it, so I would like to know if someone could point out any mistakes in it that I missed, since I checked and everything looked fine to me. WaddlesJP13 (talk &#124; contributions) 03:21, 17 August 2021 (UTC)


 * i mean this is really late and all but if you're still having trouble, maybe try putting quotes for the colors of your icons? like this: 🗩 hope this helps! phrogge   'sup?  23:57, 23 December 2022 (UTC)

"Real-life examples"
Are all of the "Real-life examples" in the list on this article page approved for use? I recently copied my own signature from a user named and when I asked about it in the Teahouse, the point was raised that, "...the link to your talkpage is unnecesseraly tiny." Am I, or am I not, allowed to use the signature that I now have put together. I like it a lot! — Moops  ⋠ T ⋡ 15:57, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

How to add signature when editing?
Came here because my signature was not automatically added when I edited a talk page. (Although doing it through this box seems to add it.)

How can I force it to be added? NickArgall (talk) 01:58, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Signatures are never automatic in open prose. You have to type the ~, which it appears you did here. Also note that WP:HD exists for this kind of question, and you'll usually get a faster response there. &#8213; Mandruss  &#9742;  02:10, 16 July 2024 (UTC)