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I've encountered this a couple of times, and it's annoying. Not signatures that show a clear abbreviation of the username, but those that show an entirely different name. It makes it difficult, for example, to compare edit histories with the content of talk pages, or to determine who a user is in some text-based browsers. I would like to suggest that "Correct username must appear in signature" or similar become part of the guideline. [[User:ProhibitOnions|<span style="color:white;background:#700"> <span style="background:#800">Pr<span style="background:#900">oh<span style="background:#a00">ib<span style="background:#b00">it<span style="background:#c00"><b>O</b></span><b>ni</b></span><b>o</b></span><b>n</b></span><b>s</b></span> </span>]] <sup><font size="-2">[[User talk:ProhibitOnions|(T)]]</font></sup> 13:52, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
*I completely agree. I thought about suggesting this addition to the guidelines myself. I think signatures first and foremost need to be useful and that creativity should not interfere with their function, which is to a) identify the user making the comment; b) provide a convenient link to the user. —[[User:Doug Bell|Doug Bell]] <sup>[[User talk:Doug Bell|talk]]</sup> 23:01, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
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