Template:Unsigned

—This unsigned comment was added by

The following template description is not displayed when the template is inserted in an article.

Goal

This template is used when signing unsigned comments primarily on talk pages.

Usage

{{unsigned|time and date|user}}

time and date

Time and date of the edit. Preferably in hh:mm, d month yyyy format. Can be copied from the revision history in the "View history" tab.

user

Name of the user making the comment. Case sensitive. Will be used when linking to the users user page, talk page and contributions.

Example

{{unsigned|08:39, 4 December 2024|Johan G}}

—This unsigned comment was added by Johan G (Talk | contribs) 08:39, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Finding the specific edit

Finding an edit through binary search

To find the edit that added an unsigned comment you can use binary search (or successive approximation as it is sometimes also called).