When you add a contribution to a Wikipedia talk page (but not an article), it is customary to sign your contribution with four tildes, thus: ~~~~. This then gets expanded into your signature (by default a link to your user page) plus a time stamp. See WP:SIGN. --Lambiam 12:52, 1 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, Ccbowman! Welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. You may benefit from following some of the links below, which will help you get the most out of Wikipedia. If you have any questions you can ask me on my talk page, or place {{helpme}} on your talk page and ask your question there. Please remember to sign your name on talk pages by clicking or by typing four tildes "~~~~"; this will automatically produce your name and the date. If you are already excited about Wikipedia, you might want to consider being "adopted" by a more experienced editor or joining a WikiProject to collaborate with others in creating and improving articles of your interest. Click here for a directory of all the WikiProjects. Finally, please do your best to always fill in the edit summary field when making edits to pages. Happy editing! Brendon ishere 06:50, 2 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]
