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[edit] Signature Location

Hello all. I've noted that most signatures—and most signature lines—appear at the end of a document, signaling that one consents to whatever may have been specified above. What do you think? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.19.44.242 (talk) 02:18, 13 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Forum Signature

Something should be made for the subject of forum signatures. They are not only common, but are very popular in the graphics comunity. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.1.27.217 (talk • contribs) 01:07, 11 August 2007 (UTC).

This is already covered in Signature block. Geoff Riley 07:33, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Crosses under signatures

I looked in this article to find information on the meaning of little crosses (x's) under a signature. This information should, IMHO, be provided somewhere on Wikipedia, possibly in this article. Also, there's probably geographical variations of the meaning of these crosses. Marc K 23:48, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

In (very) informal letters in the USA, X means a kiss and O means a hug. These are most often used in letters to or from children. If you meant something else, perhaps you could provide a picture. --Gerry Ashton

[edit] history

what about signature history? do you know how old is this "thing"?

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I'm wondering the same thing. Signatures are an integral part of almost all Western culture and law. What is the legal foundation of the use of signature to create binding agreements? I found only one site that even seens to discuss it at all, and it refers to a thing called the "Prescription of Fontainebleau"? --SpeedBump

Normally I sign my name as C Pergiel. It is sort of legible, but it is definitely recognizable. I have seen lots of signatures that are completely illegible, but recognizable. I had to sign some stock certificates once upon a time, and "they" wanted my complete name written out, first, middle and last. To me, this wasn't my signature, it was me writing my name. So I am wondering what constitutes a legal signature? Must the name be legible? This question has bugged me off and on for years, but I have never gotten a satisfactory answer.

ccp —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.111.94.113 (talk • contribs) 7 June 2006

Your legal signature is whatever you make it. You can literally draw a big X and call that your signature, and it becomes so. In fact, you can change your legal signature just by switching to a new one. I, for example, switched from my full name to simply "KAZ", in stylized caps with shared lines. It's on my driver's license, all legal documents I've signed since that time, et cetera. --Kaz 18:04, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
I could see them asking you to print your name, under your signature, but to me it always seems odd when I see the instructions, "Please sign your name legibly." Like you said, it's not my signature, that way. --142.242.2.248 23:01, 22 August 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Autopens

"I understand" there are a number of occasions when these continued operating after the "owner's" unexpected death. What would the legality of the document/signature be? Jackiespeel 17:12, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Biometric signatures

I think the recent addition of the phrase "effectively preventing the threat of signature fraud" is too optimistic a phrase to use at this time. I've not heard of any reliable studies that demonstrates this technology is contributing to a reduction in signature fraud in the real world. --Gerry Ashton 19:57, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Asian seals

User:Anakata recently changed the Mechanically produced signatures section as follows: "In Japanese Asian culture, people typically use name-seals or inkan with the name written in tensho script (seal script) in lieu of a handwritten signature (also see Calligraphy)." Are these name-seals known as inkan in countries other than Japan? Also, is the same script used in all the Asian countries, and if so, is it called tensho in all the Asian countries?

Ideally a reference would be added to this passage, because even if the Wikipedia articles that are cross-referenced have good references now, that might not be true in the future. --Gerry Ashton 22:53, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] X in Louisiana names

The following sentence was recently added: "The 'X' was sometimes added to the end of a name already written on the paper, thus why many surnames in Louisiana of French descent are French names with an added 'x' on the end, i.e., Boudreaux." I have moved the sentence here because no source was provided for the information. --Gerry Ashton 15:57, 27 November 2006 (UTC)


[edit] Signatures start page

user: Gamepr0 as there are so much things wich are called signatures (and now i think by example a signature is also an image (normally produced in Adobe photshop)to use in signature blocks on forums, and several other meaningfull things called signature, why should'nt the page you get when you search for signatures be a page with links to all things called signatures with their own page instead of a page about one of them with a small page with a link to another page with links to other pages about other types of signatures?

[edit] Signatures and copyright

Does anyone know if there are any general rules regarding signatures and copyright? Could for example an image of Winston Churchill's be considered copyrighted? /Slarre 02:20, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] discussion of styles?

In the US, signatures are often one's name handwritten in the usual script that one uses for writing. In India, they are often small and underlined. Anyone notice this? Any references? Congolese 05:24, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal

Way to remove the dozens of signatures that were on this page and drive the quality of this article into the ground, you idiots. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.183.39.245 (talk) 23:25, 22 May 2008 (UTC)