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Fixes loophole nicely. {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 17:53, 1 May 2011 (BST)
Fixes loophole nicely. {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 17:53, 1 May 2011 (BST)


==Dictionary definitions==
==Dictionary definitions for "signature"==
{{quote|3=Merriam-Webster Dictionary|2=The name of a person written with his or her own hand}}
{{quote|3=Merriam-Webster Dictionary|2=The name of a person written with his or her own hand}}
{{quote|3=New Oxford American Dictionary|2=A person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a check or document or concluding a letter}}
{{quote|3=New Oxford American Dictionary|2=A person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a check or document or concluding a letter}}
{{quote|3=Answers.com|2=One's name as written by oneself.}}
{{quote|3=Answers.com|2=One's name as written by oneself.}}
Notice a common theme? I'm guessing something prompted this idea, but ''by definition'' a signature is when someone signs their ''name''. If someone is "signing" their comments without a handle, they're not signing their comments at all. Simple as that. You can't make comments without signing them, and you can't sign them without providing a handle. Take whatever idiot prompted this thing to A/VB. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 21:05, 1 May 2011 (BST)
Notice a common theme? I'm guessing something prompted this idea, but ''by definition'' a signature is when someone signs their ''name''. If someone is "signing" their comments without a handle, they're not signing their comments at all. Simple as that. You can't make comments without signing them, and you can't sign them without providing a handle. Take whatever idiot prompted this thing to A/VB. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 21:05, 1 May 2011 (BST)

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Looks good.--Yonnua Koponen T G P ^^^ 17:40, 1 May 2011 (BST)

^^^^^--Boobs.sh.siggie.gif   bitch  17:51, 1 May 2011 (utc)

Fixes loophole nicely. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾ 17:53, 1 May 2011 (BST)

Dictionary definitions for "signature"

Merriam-Webster Dictionary
The name of a person written with his or her own hand
New Oxford American Dictionary
A person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a check or document or concluding a letter
Answers.com
One's name as written by oneself.

Notice a common theme? I'm guessing something prompted this idea, but by definition a signature is when someone signs their name. If someone is "signing" their comments without a handle, they're not signing their comments at all. Simple as that. You can't make comments without signing them, and you can't sign them without providing a handle. Take whatever idiot prompted this thing to A/VB. Aichon 21:05, 1 May 2011 (BST)