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Preferences return "Invalid raw signature. Check HTML tags." error, when the HTML is alright.
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Author: alvareo

Description:
Hi,

I have a problem with entering a signature. The Preferences tell me it's invalid and that it has wrong HTML tags when a sandbox test tells me it's totally valid.

The steps to reproduce are:

  1. Go to the Preferences
  2. Enter:

<span style="background:Black">&nbsp;<span style="color:White">&nbsp;'''≤'''&nbsp;</span><sup>[[User:alvareo|<span style="color:White">&nbsp;alvareo&nbsp;</span>]]</sup><small>[[User_talk:alvareo|<span style="color:White">&nbsp;[talk to me]&nbsp;</span>]]</small><span style="color:White">&nbsp;'''≥'''&nbsp;</span></span>
as a signature.

  1. Click Save, and the named error will show up.

The expected result is having the signature available for me to use.

The actual result is the named error, "Invalid raw signature. Check HTML tags."

Thank you.

Version: unspecified
Severity: minor
URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Preferences

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bz16941

Event Timeline

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 21 2014, 10:26 PM
• bzimport added a project: MediaWiki-Special-pages.
• bzimport set Reference to bz16941.
• bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).
• bzimport created this task.Jan 8 2009, 6:59 PM
Lejonel added a comment.Jan 10 2009, 1:00 PM

Signature length is limited (by default to 255 characters). Your example is longer than that, so it is cut off before all tags are closed.

It would be good if cut-off signatures were detected this and more useful error message ([[MediaWiki:badsiglength]]) was displayed.

• demon added a comment.Feb 6 2009, 10:07 PM

Changing to MediaWiki, not a Wikimedia issue.

• bzimport added a comment.Feb 6 2009, 10:30 PM

alvareo wrote:

Is there any way to make the signature limit longer if it's composed majorly by HTML tags?

• bzimport added a comment.Feb 6 2009, 10:31 PM

alvareo wrote:

Is there any way to make the signature limit longer if it's composed majorly by HTML tags?

Platonides added a comment.Feb 6 2009, 10:35 PM

Is there any way to make the signature limit longer if it's composed majorly by
HTML tags?

I doubt that would be done. It's still a long signature even though it isn't shown.
Note that you can bypass the limit, setting a template substitution as signature.

• bzimport added a comment.Jul 15 2011, 4:53 AM

EN.WP.ST47 wrote:

Closing invalid as the signature is being length-limited, and therefore is not a valid signature.

• bzimport added a comment.Feb 22 2012, 6:10 AM

sumanah wrote:

Alvaro, can you still reproduce this problem?

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Danny_B moved this task from To triage to Special:Preferences (replaced by #MediaWiki-User-preferences) on the MediaWiki-Special-pages board.Jan 22 2016, 6:20 PM
Liuxinyu970226 edited projects, added MediaWiki-Core-Preferences; removed MediaWiki-Special-pages.Oct 10 2018, 12:52 PM
matmarex closed this task as Invalid.Nov 7 2019, 11:12 PM
matmarex subscribed.

Per the comments in 2011 :)

Also, I submitted a patch to hopefully make the length limit more obvious: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/c/mediawiki/core/+/549663

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