- Add this template to a user's talk page in the following manner:
{{subst:The Red Barnstar}}
- Your signature, the time and date are automatically added when you click Publish changes.
- You may customize the message with your own text:
{{subst:The Red Barnstar|1=(Additional customizing text may be added here.)}}
- Note: The "
1=" may be omitted as long as your message follows the first pipe:
{{subst:The Red Barnstar|(Additional customizing text may be added here.)}}
- This barnstar has an alternate version. To use it instead, add
|alt to the end as follows:
{{subst:The Red Barnstar|alt}}
- If additional text is included, then
|alt must still be added to the very end:
{{subst:The Red Barnstar|Put your message here. ~~~~'''|alt}}
- This produces the older (Barnstarv1) version:
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|
The Red Barnstar |
| Put your message here. ~~~~ |