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==Changing your Username==

Your username is displayed in the edit histories of all the articles you contribute to and is linked to your user and talk pages.  You choose your name when you first register on the Taijitu wiki and it is usual to stay with the same name throughout your time on the project, though it is possible to [[Taijitu:Changing username|request a change of username]].

Signatures are customised using the preferences under "User profile" where they are referred to as your "Nickname".  You should always [[Taijitu:Signing Posts|sign your posts]] on talk pages and many users choose to customise the way their signature appears.

You can use any wikitext as your nickname. If "Raw signatures (without automatic link)" is unchecked, the software enters "<nowiki>[[User:Name|</nowiki>" in front of, and "]]" after your nickname wikitext.

===Adding a link to your talk page===
Perhaps the most common signature choice is to add a link to your talk page.  To do so, add "<nowiki>[[User:Name|Name]] | [[User talk:Name|Talk]]</nowiki>" as your signature.  Be sure to check "Raw signature", as this is necessary for the software to recognize the markup.  The result will look like this:  [[Name]] | [[Talk]].

The separator is optional, but some way of visually distinguishing your nickname from any additional links is advisable.

''Note: If you post your signature to your own talk page, the word "Talk" in the above example will be black rather than an active link; that's to avoid a link on a page that points to its own page.''

===More complicated options===
When you check the 'raw signatures' box, you specify that full wikitext is to be used between the two dashes and the timestamp. This gives more versatility, and in cases like above the code is less cryptic.

You can also include font tags and colours.

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