31.223.130.175

Changing signatures

Please don't change signatures to non-existent usernames. Although the original user has left the project, the replaced username you are changing it to is not currently in use, and could plausibly be used by another editor in the future. --McGeddon (talk) 10:10, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Hi

That's my comments. I leaved Wikipedia by vanishing done by user Fumitaka Joe. The problem remained is my name left in those signatures. Do you have any other ideas how could I handle this?

Sorry for this. I was not aware of issue you mentioned.

We can use this page for talk. I bookmarked it.— Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.223.130.175 (talk • contribs) 11:26, 20 August 2015‎

WP:VANISH says that "in some cases collapsing or blanking is possible", regarding old signatures - I'd assume that the best thing to do would be to change the signature comments to User:Vanished user 8ij3r8jwefi, but am not entirely sure. Try asking at Wikipedia talk:Courtesy vanishing. --McGeddon (talk) 10:28, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. I don't have time for this today anymore. Could we keep in touch next days?

Regards— Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.223.130.175 (talk • contribs) 11:37, 20 August 2015‎

Sure. Just leave a message on my talk page or type "User:McGeddon" as a link in a comment somewhere else so that I get WP:PINGed about it. --McGeddon (talk) 10:41, 20 August 2015 (UTC)

Thank you. :-)

To User:McGeddon:

As far as I can see this vanishing rule wasn't implemented to the end:
"Note that signatures (on user talk pages, article talk pages and project discussion pages) will not be changed, and will, by default, be redirected to the new user name."
I'm not sure could I do it by myself.

This part you mentioned:
"Old signatures embedded in past posts cannot be changed due to technical limitations of the MediaWiki software, although in some cases collapsing or blanking is possible."
refers to practice of user name changing, but it seems it could be valid in general. On the other hand, it's true that old signatures can be modified one by one as I did. It seems that first part of sentence refers to automatic changing.

This is what I get from Fumitaka Joe after process of vanishing regarding this issue:
"Regarding changing signatures, I can't offer you any advice there. I would recommend simply leaving the signatures alone, as changing them would draw a lot more attention than leaving them be. It's up to you if you wish to change them, and then up to you how you want to go about changing them."

Anyhow, I plan to contact someone at Wikipedia talk:Courtesy vanishing as you adviced me. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.223.130.205 (talk) 12:09, 21 August 2015 (UTC)

Your recent edits

Hello and welcome to Wikipedia. When you add content to talk pages and Wikipedia pages that have open discussion (but never when editing articles), please be sure to sign your posts. There are two ways to do this. Either:

1. Add four tildes ( ~~~~ ) at the end of your comment; or
2. With the cursor positioned at the end of your comment, click on the signature button ( or ) located above the edit window.

This will automatically insert a signature with your username or IP address and the time you posted the comment. This information is necessary to allow other editors to easily see who wrote what and when.

Thank you. --SineBot (talk) 16:31, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

You

You deleted my page >:( Why?? I'll never stop asking.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Xxfireblazer123xx (talk • contribs) 23:21, 22 September 2015‎

This IP address did not delete anyone's page. I think Xxfireblazer123xx was trying to message me instead. --McGeddon (talk) 11:18, 23 September 2015 (UTC)

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