User talk:Dr ishmael/~.sig

Three tildes: &mdash;Dr Ishmael #19:14, 10 Dec 2010 (UTC)#

Set sig in preferences to. Set up ~.sig page with to insert the time where you want. Sign with 3 tildes so timestamp is not appended automatically.

The end result will look like.

Voila, a non-substed sig that can apply custom style to the timestamp.

Except that the wiki is still configured to force-subst sig templates. &mdash;Dr Ishmael #19:14, 10 Dec 2010 (UTC)#


 * The problem is that it won't be cached since it uses a parameter, resulting in a template call for each signature used on a talkpage. I don't think we ought to go there. --◄mendel► 10:44, 11 December 2010 (UTC)


 * Why do you always have to piss on my ideas? Not everyone is going to use sig templates in the first place, and out of them, very few are going to use it like this.  And the overall page can still be cached.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael Diablo_the_chicken.gif 14:07, 11 December 2010 (UTC)


 * I "pissed on it" when it wasn't your idea yet, see [ MediaWiki talk:Common.css]. Why stop now? ;)
 * We have some fairly active talkpages that you're fairly active on, and each time a new comment is added all templates need to be re-evaluated, leading to delay in previewing and saving the page. I think it is for that reasoning we've been encouraging people to subst: their ec and ri templates, though I may remember that wrong. --◄mendel► 05:51, 13 December 2010 (UTC)


 * What does it matter if *I* am "fairly active" on a talk page? I'm not going to use my template like this, because I don't apply any CSS to the timestamp.  Only users who want to add CSS to the timestamp are going to do this, and I was trying to emphasize above that it would be an extremely small percentage of users who would do this.  Therefore, I don't think the lack of chachability is as serious of an issue as your usual doomsday scenarios predict.  &mdash;Dr Ishmael Diablo_the_chicken.gif 13:59, 13 December 2010 (UTC)