User talk:The Dark Fiddler/Archive 1

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Thank you, and have a good time editing here! --~$aturn¥oshi ^{THE VOICES} 15:56, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

shipping templates

I found some cool templates.

{*{User Favorite Shipping|AdvanceShipping.jpg|AdvanceShipping}}
{*{User Favorite Shipping|AshMay&Ribbon.jpg|AdvanceShipping}}

Remove the asterisks and see how they look like.

thank me later XD Sp1derp1g 00:27, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Hey, for your "This user's favorite shipping is Advanceshipping tag, this picture'll look good

File:AshMay&Ribbon.jpg

Thanks Rob, looks great! Rawr I say! 10:58, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

Signature policy

According to our signature policy, users' signatures have to at least indicate their username. That means, despite "Rawr I say!" being an admittedly cool phrase, your sig has to include "The Dark Fiddler" in some way, shape, or form. You could do something using "Rawr I say" to link to your talk page. The policy page has more information about customizing your signature, so I'd recommend checking that out for more information. --((Marton imos)) 22:51, 8 October 2008 (UTC:I)

I thought it did link to my page, I think it did for me... Rawr I say! 22:54, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

No not that. It has to say your username or at least some variation of it~Ποκεμανιακα0β 22:55, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Correct. It links to your page, yes, but the on-screen text also has to include "The Dark Fiddler," or at least indicate it. --((Marton imos)) 22:56, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

*Sigh* Double edit conflict. I was going to say that I misunderstood what was being told to me. Thank you for alerting me to my violation. I will change it immediatley... but do I need to manually link it, or will it automatically link to my page? Rawr I say! 22:58, 8 October 2008 (UTC)

Manually link...eh?~Ποκεμανιακα0β 22:59, 8 October 2008 (UTC)