This template should always be substituted (i.e., use {{subst:User actual }}). Any accidental transclusions will be automatically substituted by a bot.
Usage
Intended for use for users who add comments while not logged in or when logged in under a different name. Please always substitute this template with {{subst:User actual|Name given in signature |Name of actual editor }}.
Dates
Use the third parameter for the timestamp from the edit history (ideally in Coordinated Universal Time , with "(UTC)" appended to it). If a different time was given, add it as it was given in the fourth parameter.
See also
Demo user used is User:Example
Templates Examples of template output {{User link }}, {{U }} Example {{User0 }}, {{Usert }} Example (talk ) {{User }}, {{User1 }}, {{BUser }}, {{Userv }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ) {{Usertcb }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽block user ) {{User2 }}, {{Usertcc }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽count ) {{User3 }}, {{Usertcl }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ) {{User4 }}, {{Usertce }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽email ) {{Usercf }} Example contribs | filter log ) {{User5 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽deleted contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽page moves ⧼dot-separator⧽block user ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ) {{User6 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽count ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ⧼dot-separator⧽page moves ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ) or (with |email=y)Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽count ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ⧼dot-separator⧽page moves ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ⧼dot-separator⧽email ) {{User6b }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽message ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽count ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ⧼dot-separator⧽email ) {{User7 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽count ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ⧼dot-separator⧽email ) {{User8 }}, {{Usertcce }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽central auth ⧼dot-separator⧽count ⧼dot-separator⧽email ) {{User10 }}, {{Usertccl }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽count ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ) {{User11 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽count ⧼dot-separator⧽api ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ) {{User12 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽page moves ⧼dot-separator⧽block user ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ) {{User13 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ) {{User14 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽global contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ) {{User15 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽count ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ⧼dot-separator⧽page moves ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ⧼dot-separator⧽edit summaries ) {{User16 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽message ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽page moves ⧼dot-separator⧽edit summaries ⧼dot-separator⧽count ⧼dot-separator⧽api ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ⧼dot-separator⧽email ) {{User17 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽uploads ) {{User19 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽global contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽page moves ⧼dot-separator⧽user creation ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ) {{User21 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽deleted contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽page moves ⧼dot-separator⧽block user ⧼dot-separator⧽logs block log arb rfc lta SPI ⧼dot-separator⧽cuwiki ) {{User23 }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽deleted contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ⧼dot-separator⧽target logs ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ⧼dot-separator⧽list user ⧼dot-separator⧽global contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽central auth ⧼dot-separator⧽Google ) {{User-dev }} {{User-multi }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽count ⧼dot-separator⧽logs ⧼dot-separator⧽page moves ⧼dot-separator⧽block log ⧼dot-separator⧽block user ⧼dot-separator⧽email ⧼dot-separator⧽central auth ⧼dot-separator⧽deleted contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽list user ⧼dot-separator⧽global contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽target logs ) With this template, you can specify which links you want displayed. The above example includes some of the available links. {{User plus }} Example contact {{User summary }} Example (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽deleted contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽blacklist hits ⧼dot-separator⧽AbuseLog ⧼dot-separator⧽what links to user page ⧼dot-separator⧽count COIBot ⧼dot-separator⧽user page logs x-wiki status ⧼dot-separator⧽Edit filter search ⧼dot-separator⧽Google ⧼dot-separator⧽StopForumSpam ) {{User toolbox }}
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{{Useranon }} 192.0.2.42 talk ) {{IP summary }} 192.0.2.42 (talk • contribs • deleted contribs • blacklist hits • AbuseLog • what links to user page • COIBot • count block log x-wiki Edit filter search WHOIS • RDNS • tracert • robtex.com • StopForumSpam • Google • AboutUs • Project HoneyPot ) {{IPuser }} 192.0.2.42 (talk ⧼dot-separator⧽contribs ⧼dot-separator⧽WHOIS )
Templates Examples of template output {{Signing }} —Example (talk • contribs ) 00:00, 13 Oct 2025 (UTC) {{Quotedfrom }} — Preceding text originally posted here Example (talk ⋅contribs ) 00:00, 13 Oct 2025 (UTC) {{Undated }} — Preceding undated comment added 00:00, 13 Oct 2025 (UTC) {{Uns-ip }} — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.0.2.42 (talk • contribs • WHOIS {{Unsigned }}Unsigned2 }} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talk • contribs ) 00:00, 13 Oct 2025 (UTC) {{Unsigned IP }}UnsignedIP2 }} — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.0.2.42 (talk ) 00:00, 13 Oct 2025 (UTC) {{Unsigned2Fix }} — Preceding comment added by Example (talk · contribs ) 00:00, 13 Oct 2025 (UTC); original signature removed while fixing wiki markup errors {{UnsignedIP2Fix }} — Preceding comment added by 192.0.2.42 (talk ) 00:00, 13 Oct 2025 (UTC); original signature removed while fixing wiki markup errors {{User actual }} — Preceding comment signed as by Example (talk · contribs ) actually added by Example2 (talk · contribs ) {{User proxy }} — Preceding comment posted at the request of Example (talk · contribs ) actually added by Example2 (talk · contribs ) {{Warning origin }} — Preceding warning somewhere by Example2 (talk ⋅contribs ) 00:00, 13 Oct 2025 (UTC) {{Xsign }} — Preceding unsigned comment added by Example (talk • contribs ) 00:00, 1 January 2000 (UTC)
