MediaWiki:Wikieditor-toolbar-help-content-signaturetimestamp-syntax cannot be edited as it gets substituted with personal signature
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	Ivan-r
	Sep 6 2025, 3:43 PM

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MediaWiki:Wikieditor-toolbar-help-content-signaturetimestamp-syntax can't be edited because it contains code that is expanded when saved.

You need to replace this message with what is done in MediaWiki:Discussiontools-signature-prefix for the Discussiontools extension.

steps to reproduce:

open MediaWiki:Wikieditor-toolbar-help-content-signaturetimestamp-syntax on any wiki
click to Create button
click to Save Button

Instead --~~~~ will be saved you signature

It is assumed that the code that will be substituted during saving will not be used in the system message

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open		None	T403891 MediaWiki:Wikieditor-toolbar-help-content-signaturetimestamp-syntax cannot be edited as it gets substituted with personal signature
		Open		None	T426462 Limit pre-save transforms in MediaWiki namespace

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Ivan-r created this task.Sep 6 2025, 3:43 PM

Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptSep 6 2025, 3:43 PM

Also, as I can see, there is no equivalent of Discussiontools in this extension, and the signature cannot be changed in any way. For example, to replace these two silly hyphens with a single large dash.

Hi @Ivan-r, thanks for taking the time to report this! Unfortunately this Wikimedia Phabricator task lacks some information.
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You can edit the task description by clicking Edit Task. Ideally, a good description should allow any other person to follow these steps (without having to interpret steps) and see the same results. Problems that others can reproduce can get fixed faster. Thanks again!

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Ivan-r renamed this task from Cursed system message to Non-editable system message.Sep 6 2025, 4:32 PM

Aklapper renamed this task from Non-editable system message to MediaWiki:Wikieditor-toolbar-help-content-signaturetimestamp-syntax cannot be edited as it gets substituted with personal signature.Sep 6 2025, 5:27 PM

Aklapper changed the task status from Stalled to Open.

Pppery added a project: I18n.Sep 8 2025, 3:13 AM

happy5214 mentioned this in T426462: Limit pre-save transforms in MediaWiki namespace.Fri, May 15, 7:18 PM

happy5214 added a subtask: T426462: Limit pre-save transforms in MediaWiki namespace.

SomeRandomDeveloper subscribed.Fri, May 15, 7:20 PM

This can be fixed by changing the default content model to plain text