User talk:Jatibi

Problem with your custom signature

You have a custom signature set in your account preferences. A change to Wikipedia's software has made your current custom signature incompatible with the software.

The problem: Your preferences are set to interpret your custom signature as wikitext. However, your current custom signature does not contain any wikitext.

The solutions: You can reset your signature to the default, or you can fix your signature.

Solution 1: Reset your signature to the default:

1. Find the signature section in the first tab of Special:Preferences.
2. Uncheck the box (☑︎→☐) that says "Treat the above as wiki markup."
3. Remove anything in the Signature: text box. (It might already be empty.)
4. Click the blue "Save" button at the bottom of the page. (The red "Restore all default settings" button will reset all of your preference settings, not just the signature.)

Solution 2: Fix your custom signature:

1. Find the signature section in the first tab of Special:Preferences.
2. Uncheck the box (☑︎→☐) that says "Treat the above as wiki markup."
3. Click the blue "Save" button at the bottom of the page.

More information about custom signatures is available at Wikipedia:Signatures#Customizing how everyone sees your signature. If you have followed these instructions and still want help, please leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Signatures. Thank you. 18:03, 7 September 2020 (UTC)

Help me!

'Please help' me with...Merging Accounts. I joined Wikipedia a long time ago, and somehow when Wikipedia created different Wiki's I ended up with 2 User names. jatibi and Wizbang_FL. At that point I tried to merge the 2 under the Wizbang_FL user id so I created a "nickname" but now I received an error notice about the signature. Not sure how to get things organized as I have tried for years.

Thank you for any help! wizbang_fl (talk) 05:34, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

I'm surprised you weren't told that merging two user accounts on English Wikipedia is not currently possible.

There are alternatives, though.

One, is to simply abandon one of the accounts and never log into it again. That's always allowed.

If you want to do more, you can stick to just the one account you want to continue using, but leave some explanation about the relationship between the two accounts or have the user and user talk pages of the abandoned account redirect to the active account.

For the current issue, however, you have made an error in setting up your signature. The simple technical error is that you have the box checked that says to interpret the signature as Wikitext without putting any Wikitext into the signature box. The other problem is that the policy strongly suggests that you choose a signature that reasonably allows an editor to connect the signature with your username. So pick the account that matches the signature you want to use and abandon the other one! — jmcgnh^{(talk) (contribs)} 08:00, 18 September 2020 (UTC)