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Signature line restrictions, WTF
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Bud
It is what it is.
Visian
look out!!!
it was never intended to be something that you were compliant with or not. it was a *guideline* that gave a general sense of an approach that would suit the interests of most members. three lines, four lines, 200 characters, 250... it really doesn't matter as long as it's not one big "hey look at me" that takes up a lot of page space and makes it difficult to scan the content.
it really is an issue of how much one wants to attract attention to themselves vs. be respectful of other members and accepted practices of legibility.
unfortunately, it got blown up into this big "orwellian" subversion of fundamental individual liberties.
this has, unfortunately, turned a non-issue into just one more example why our forum just ain't quite there. yet.
ian
merrittgene
2006 K1200GT, 1986 K100
Here's what I wanted:
Gene Merritt - Ames, IA - BMWMOA#111610 - IBA#21886 - Webmeister, Bahnsturmers
"Hey you, with the helmet on. Go put gas in my bike." SRAB, June 25, 2005, West Salem, OH.
"Hey you, with the helmet on. Go put gas in my bike." SRAB, June 25, 2005, West Salem, OH.
This is 244 characters, but it displays as 170 characters and it's only 3 lines long. So, I don't think it's obnoxious, or overly intrusive. And, users can toggle them off completely, although I've never found myself distracted by them...I know it's a .sig, so I mentally skip them anyway.
Actually, my original .sig was 5 lines long, and was nearly 400 characters, but that was probably a little excessive.
In summary, I don't have an issue with the 200 character limit, or the 3 line maximum, but I wish that the HTML code was excluded from the the character count, since the users never see it anyway.
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knary
looking for a coal mine
Bud
It is what it is.
it was never intended to be something that you were compliant with or not. it was a *guideline* that gave a general sense of an approach that would suit the interests of most members. three lines, four lines, 200 characters, 250... it really doesn't matter as long as it's not one big "hey look at me" that takes up a lot of page space and makes it difficult to scan the content.
it really is an issue of how much one wants to attract attention to themselves vs. be respectful of other members and accepted practices of legibility.
unfortunately, it got blown up into this big "orwellian" subversion of fundamental individual liberties.
this has, unfortunately, turned a non-issue into just one more example why our forum just ain't quite there. yet.
ian
Sorry, I have to strongly disagree. It was not presented as a "guideline" at the board meeting I attended where it was approved. It was stated as policy.
This quote, from the forum titled User Conduct and Posting Policy, seems to support my point.
Sig lines
As the world changes we are working to adapt the forum to be increasingly useful for members. We've debated various sig line policies and would like to use the one below as an initial experiment. We may modify it in the future depending on how it works out.
This policy was then implemented by changes to the forum software which prevented any changes to current sig lines or new sig lines to be outside the policy.
And, as always, I remain sig line compliant.
Bud
It is what it is.
I think you should have it. Anyone who would publicly admit to being a gas jockey for SRAB should be able to say so in their sig line.
RJM2096
New member
My signature line was shunk
My signature line was shrunk from about 10 lines to just a few lines. I just listed my rides (past and present). It can't be a matter of memory, it is more a appearance issue. I can see restrictions on the Sig Line, but I am not sure 200 characters is reasonable.
I am also a member of an HD blog and we are allowed to have elaborate graphics on the sig line. I tend to find that the images distract from the messages left on a thread.
My signature line was shrunk from about 10 lines to just a few lines. I just listed my rides (past and present). It can't be a matter of memory, it is more a appearance issue. I can see restrictions on the Sig Line, but I am not sure 200 characters is reasonable.
I am also a member of an HD blog and we are allowed to have elaborate graphics on the sig line. I tend to find that the images distract from the messages left on a thread.
I will say it again, this can be done with the current options in vBulletin...
It's just a matter of whether or not the powers that be are willing to use this functionality.
Roy.Jackson55@aol.com
You stupid, fix it!
+1, same thing happened to me...
MOTOR31
New member
Good synopsis Paul. The "you can't make me" part is still true.
Actually that is not true.
Bud
It is what it is.
From your experience, it isn't true for everyone.
knary
looking for a coal mine
Just pointing out that your statement that "they can't make me", is untrue. They can and in my case did.
I don't believe we did. No one, that I know of, directly edited your signature. You may, however, have attempted to edit it yourself and then run into the new restrictions.
M
Machone
Guest
Mach One
Wow this is it, this is where we have come to, talking about Sig lines on a forum???
Wow this is it, this is where we have come to, talking about Sig lines on a forum???
knary
looking for a coal mine
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Stuff2c
Guest
Personally, I think giant sigs are just plain tacky. MHO. YMMV.
Personally...I like em, gives me some indication what the person is like before i ever meet em.
Mostly boils down to a power play. IMO
knary
looking for a coal mine
With no power at stake, I don't see how that could be. This is a forum for a motorcycle club, not the U.N..
MOTOR31
New member
I don't believe we did. No one, that I know of, directly edited your signature. You may, however, have attempted to edit it yourself and then run into the new restrictions.
What you believe in this case is immaterial and has no basis in reality. You are entitled to think what you wish however your supposition is not based in fact. The fact that the system does not log who makes changes is greatly regrettable.
It simply stands that the sig lines folks have here on the forum are left at the sufferance of the mods.
