User talk:Gemayelc

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Nice work!

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Posted automatically via sandbox guided tour. Gemayelc (talk) 20:10, 19 October 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Jastrow

Please see Talk:Joseph Jastrow. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 22:52, 12 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gemayelc, I'm entering my sig several different ways so you can see what they produce ...

Two tildes ~~
Three tildes SandyGeorgia (Talk)
Four tildes SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:12, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Five tildes 00:12, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Your sig is looking like this:

gemayelc 23:18, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

See that there is no link back to you-- that your name is just text? So, it looks like maybe you are entering your name manually followed by five tildes ??? Test the out below ... Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:12, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Response

@SandyGeorgia: Below is what Wikipedia outputs when I use the written number of tildes. I am doing no editing or text input beyond the tildes. Is there an issue with my account, as I have no link back to the account.

Two tildes ~~
Three tildes gemayelc
Four tildes gemayelc 00:24, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
Five tildes 00:24, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

gemayelc 00:24, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

'Tis a mystery to me ! I will ask someone else to come over and have a look. Best, SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:26, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Here you go! Someone should come along to educate both of us :) See here. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 00:44, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I'll keep a watch on it. Thanks for all your help! gemayelc 01:30, 13 December 2014 (UTC)

Gemayelc, in your Preferences (a link to your preferences exists at the top of any page), check if you have entered something in the "Signature:" box.

If you enter "gemayelc", the four tildes signature is simply "gemayelc 03:08, 13 December 2014 (UTC)"
If you also uncheck "Treat the above as wiki markup", the signature is "gemayelc 03:08, 13 December 2014 (UTC)"[reply]
If you check the "Treat the above..." and enter [[User:Gemayelc|Gemayelc]] [[User talk:Gemayelc|talk]], you get "Gemayelc talk 03:08, 13 December 2014 (UTC)"[reply]

Hope this helps. --Fauzan^{✆ talk}_{✉ mail} 03:08, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That's exactly what I needed to know. Thank you both for the assistance! Gemayelc talk 03:12, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Great, your sig is working now! (Thanks Fauzan.) I have a busy Saturday ahead, but will get to your other queries on article talk as soon as I can. SandyGeorgia (Talk) 10:45, 13 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Article guidelines

Hi. A Wikipedia editor, SandyGeorgia, has very helpfully offered some useful guidelines for editing, which are in response to editing by students in your class. All of these may not apply specifically to articles that you have edited, but many of them are likely to be very helpful tools for improving your contributions. Please look over these at Education_Program_talk:University_of_California,_Los_Angeles_(UCLA)/Psychology_220A_(Fall,_2014)#Some_suggestions. Thanks. Ian (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:56, 15 December 2014 (UTC)[reply]