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There has been a massive ping problem, I think it’s template pings, but I don’t know what it is. This should be in help desk but Cassie wants it here. I think it’s templated signatures that are the issue. -Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 11:26, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

I think the root of the problem is users who use custom date formats in their signatures (like Cat the Colourful, Cassie, and Zana Dark). The MediaWiki extension that powers the notification system (Echo) requires that, for a ping to succeed, the edit must contain a ~~~~, and as such pings from someone who signs their comment as {{User:Cassie/s|~~~~~}} won't go through. (I have also un-nosubst'ed my signature to avoid problems.) JJP_Master 11:44, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

Hence why Charliebot has working pings, unlike me.  Cassandra  (talk) 11:50am  April 12, 2021

Good idea. I’ll do it later. -Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 11:52, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@Cassie: Did this ping go through? JJP_Master 11:56, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@JJPMaster: Yup, I was successfully pingeline'd.  Cassandra  (talk) 12:10pm  April 12, 2021

@Cassie: And I was not pungeline. JJP_Master 13:51, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

As you guys may remember, I have also had this problem for a very long time. It seems to come and go. Sometimes I get pings, but usually I don't. MrX blow me 13:55, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@Hipponias: are you recieving this ping? If so, remove your templated sig and try to ping me. -Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 14:00, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

@Shabidoo: Please ping me if you are recieving this ping. -Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 00:59, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

I've received that ping. ~ Hipponias^CUN - Talk - Contribs - Articles  15:51, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

@Hipponias: Remove your templates signature. Immediately. I think that’s causing the problems. -Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 16:40, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

@Hipponias: I also have a sig template but I do have the ping problem. So I doubt that simply removing sig templates will solve anything. MrX blow me 16:51, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Gale5050, demanding everyone to remove their template sigs because of a ping problem is just overreacting. While this is an issue, having template code mess up discussion pages is a lot worse. ~ Hipponias^CUN - Talk - Contribs - Articles  16:54, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

That's probably true if a signature is as long as yours, but mine is ~200 bytes, and plenty of users on Wikipedia have longer signatures. I'll take an example - wp:User:SQL. I understand your concern, maybe we could entirely get rid of these "time parameter" signatures and implement a limit. – Preceding unsigned comment added by Gale5050 (talk • contribs)

NOTE: I just did receive a ping/notification for being mentioned at Uncyclopedia talk:VFH/UnNews:Hurricane Beta released, hope this info is helpful. MrX blow me 18:24, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

FTR, it was in this edit. -Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 18:58, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

@Alula: do you see this ping? L10nM4st3r ^{ROAR at me!} / _{What my paws scratched} 09:35, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

No 12:15, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

@Alula: how about now? L10nM4st3r ^{ROAR at me!} / _{What my paws scratched} 08:16, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Yeah, it worked now. 08:30, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Well then, mystery solved. I think anyone who uses a template sig must instead link to the user's page in the edit summary instead of pinging them normally. Assuming you get pinged for this edit. L10nM4st3r ^{ROAR at me!} / _{What my paws scratched} 09:11, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

I wasn’t pinged by that, though. 09:29, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Hmmm. It does in wp. Maybe there's an extension somewhere to help improve or fix our pinging problems? L10nM4st3r ^{ROAR at me!} / _{What my paws scratched} 10:07, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

You're gonna have to ask the sysadmins. All i know is that the ping system is broken, and has been since the last time we updated. 12:11, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Vote: Get rid of templates sigs, make people substitute them

Withdrawing proposal. -Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 19:59, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

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This would not forbid custom signatures, but it would forbid it from being in a template and make the code leak out.

Score: -2

•  For. if it is causing site wide disruption, we need to get rid of it and allow pings to go more smoothly. -Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 16:41, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Strong against. This is completely ignoring the practical purposes of having sig templates. The solution to the ping problem is to fix the ping problem, not create a separate problem. Furthermore, the ping problem is a very, very small problem, not something we need to change everything for. MrX blow me 16:49, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

  I suggested a new proposal below, which would solve the problem, by have some rules for signatures. -Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 17:34, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

•  Against. More disruptive than helpful. ~ Hipponias^CUN - Talk - Contribs - Articles  16:54, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Against. because this problem can be fixed with an extension easily.  Cassandra  (talk) 04:59pm  April 13, 2021

  First though, we would need to big Lyrithriya to add one, and she has had some reluctance adding certain things, so I wouldn't be so confident in her ability to do it.

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Vote: Limit the scope of signatures

No consensus, close. --\78/T 09:49, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

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My new proposal is to forbid signatures from containing any more then 255 bytes, and to disallow "time-invoking-signatures".

Score: -1

•  For. These "time invoking signatures" can be disruptive, make it harder to find the time, and make it so we can't have any type of Lowercase Sigmabot III around here. All times would have to be in standard format, and it would prevent super long signatures. -Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 17:19, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
•  Against Again. Sigh. Per all the things said above. Gale5050, please stop proposing changes. MrX blow me 23:05, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

  There's a reason WP has such a strict sig policy. I know we aren't WP but that doesn't mean we should force ourselves to strain to the ping system.-Gale5050 aka Andrew5 let's talk! See me on WP! Do not click before August 00:04, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

•  Against.too strict. ㄧ$78Meow$ (T | Meow!) 09:44, 27 September 2023 (UTC)