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{{tl|{{PAGENAME}}}} is used to label unsigned comments on Talk pages left by a registered user. To label comments left by an unregistered user, use template {{tl|unsigned IP}} instead.

== Usage ==
The timestamps in the edit history list for any talk page appear in [[UTC]], or in the local time that is set in your preferences. If you did not adjust the time in your preferences, then the times in the edit history list are in UTC.
:'''Talk page times should always be in UTC.''' So be sure to use UTC time when using this unsigned template. Adjust the time, if necessary, using the difference you designated between the server UTC time and local time. If this is too difficult to figure out, or you are in a hurry, then leave out the time, and only put in the date. Note that failing to provide a timestamp in exactly this format (including the "UTC" in parentheses) can cause talk page archiving bots to fail to archive the thread.

<code><nowiki>{{subst:Unsigned|user name|time, day month year (UTC)}}</nowiki></code>

=== Examples ===
* Typing: <code><nowiki>{{subst:Unsigned|Example|</nowiki>{{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} <nowiki>(UTC)}}</nowiki></code>
: will yield: {{Unsigned|demo=yes|Example|{{CURRENTTIME}}, {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}} (UTC)}}
* Typing: <code><nowiki>{{subst:Unsigned|Example}}</nowiki></code>
: will yield: {{Unsigned|demo=yes|Example}}

== TemplateData ==
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<templatedata>
{
	"description": "Labels unsigned comments in a conversation.",
	"params": {
		"1": {
			"label": "User name",
			"type": "string/wiki-user-name",
			"required": true,
			"description": "Name address of the user who left the comment. The value is case-sensitive."
		},
		"2": {
			"label": "Time and date",
			"type": "string",
			"description": "Timestamp from the edit history.",
			"suggested": true
		}
	}
}
</templatedata>

== See also ==
* {{tls|Unsigned2}} – Does not require reordering time and user information when copy-pasting from page history
* {{tls|Unsigned IP}} – For messages by IP addresses
* {{tls|Undated}}  – For messages by anon or registered accounts, that are signed but not dated
* {{tls|Spa}} – For comments from [[Wikipedia:Single purpose account|single purpose accounts]]
* {{tls|uw-tilde}}
* {{tl|Interrupted}}
* {{tls|Xsign}} – A wrapper for {{tl|Unsigned}} that parses input copied and pasted directly from revision history
* [[User:Anomie/unsignedhelper]] and [[User:Andrybak/Scripts/Unsigned helper]] – scripts that add a toolbar button to add {{tl|unsigned}} with the correct parameters

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