Thread:Mathmagician/@comment-188432-20120827220853/@comment-4674838-20120828072843

CzechOut wrote:

There is no solution which will keep previous signatures looking right.

Mathmagician wrote:

I do not think it is necessary to change your signature on any pages where it is previously appearing


 * The previous signatures will continue to display properly if you leave your previous signature templates the way they were when they were working, as well as all pages where your signature currently is.
 * I don't expect -- nor have I asked, nor have I forced -- anyone to go changing a signature on 10,000 pages outside of Central, with or without a bot. That's unrealistic and unnecessary, old talk pages and forum posts are archived over time. The issue is with new posts.
 * The solution is as simple as making new signature templates to use from now on (or, as you suggested, signing posts manually) that don't disable the visual editor. This particular bullet point has been said in one form or another several times now. I said it in the original post. Eladkse said it in his post. I said it on my sandbox page. I'm saying it again.

With regards to staff's view of things, which is formed independent of (although may agree with) my own: Special:Contact, as they do not frequently have time to check their message walls.

If the signature issue is now resolved, as this is a tiny change that only requires creating a few new templates (while leaving the old ones in place in their previously working condition), can we end this discussion?