Woo 3 lines now! (Before: Stop trying to evade signature restraints.)

[StachuK1992]

When you're creating a signature, evading the two-line limit is not funny, cool, or clever.
Using

a few times in order to evade this is very obvious to mods, and we have this system set in place for a reason.

You will get an infraction if you obviously evade these restraints, and we won't feel bad. It's mainly a handful of people that do this repeatedly and act surprised when their signature is changed. Please stop.​

 

[emolover]

Why can we only have two lines?

Becuz mod be butthurt?

 

[StachuK1992]

Because it's a waste of space and people abuse it.
Especially when people try to put pictures in their signatures, because that increases loading/scrolling times.

 

[radmin]

Perhaps some css could enforce it more. Still punish though.

.signaturecontainer{
height:15px;
overflow:hidden;
}

 

[5BLD]

Mods don't like people to find loopholes because it makes them feel like their enforcement of petty rules is not watertight.

 

[ben1996123]

Mods don't like people to find loopholes because it makes them feel like their enforcement is not watertight.

lol mods disabled your sig

[20:20:29] 5BLD: <insert text here>

edit: I would like to request permission to have a signature.

 

[Thompson]

i dont mind a little bit of extra loading time

 

[5BLD]

lol mods disabled your sig

[20:20:29] 5BLD: <insert text here>

edit: I would like to request permission to have a signature.

[20:24:17] fivebldcubing: dont bother requesting, íf they give you the privilege back they will feel upset for the next few days that you have 'gotten away with it'
[20:24:21] Fluttershy: lol
[20:24:27] fivebldcubing: <insert reserved text here>

 

[ben1996123]

ok so, umm, yay i have a sig

[/thread]

 

[Tyjet66]

Was the horizontal width limited? My signature used to be only two lines but I just noticed it became three so I had to change it...

It used to read:


3X3 1/5/12: 22.14/27.18/27.89 BLD PB: 11:42.74 Success rate: 20/37
OLLS:19/57

 

[5BLD]

Was the horizontal width limited? My signature used to be only two lines but I just noticed it became three so I had to change it...

It used to read:


3X3 1/5/12: 22.14/27.18/27.89 BLD PB: 11:42.74 Success rate: 20/37
OLLS:19/57

Thats only because of wrapping. There's a 200 character limit. So sorry, you have not found a legitimate loophole...

 

[Tyjet66]

Thats only because of wrapping. There's a 200 character limit. So sorry, you have not found a legitimate loophole...

I wasn't trying to find a loophole. I was trying to ensure that I didn't get my signature privilege revoked. So my previous one was fine?

 

[Olji]

I honestly don't see why people would need more than two lines of text anyway, and I find signature pictures rather annoying when I browse around, so I'm glad those are banned.

 

[qqwref]

I think the giant amount of wasted space between the end of the post and the start of the signature is a much bigger deal than someone having an extra line or two. Look at this post for an example.

I still agree we shouldn't have images and tons of garish stuff, of course. I just don't think a slightly bigger signature is a problem, especially when anyone who doesn't want to see signatures can just turn them all off.

edit: Here is some of the problem.

(from css.php)
.postbitlegacy .after_content {
      clear:both;
}
...
.postbitlegacy .postrow.has_after_content {
      padding-bottom: 4em;
}

 

[5BLD]

I wasn't trying to find a loophole. I was trying to ensure that I didn't get my signature privilege revoked. So my previous one was fine?

I was semi-sarcastically highlighting the sheer silliness of worrying over signatures that have just one line more than your garden variety. I mean, the only place where a signature that is three lines long would be more influential than the post itself is if the post is two lines long- thats simple maths. And if a post is that long you should worry more about whether your post is actually worthwhile. Not your sig.

I would like to ask why a three or four line signature is such a fuss. My old signature looked messy with only two 'lines' broken up by many little forward-slashes. It looked beautiful with four distinct lines. Until it was brutally mauled to literal nothingness a day later.

To blindly infract someone simply because the rules say so is very petty in my opinion. I don't feel personally upset at all about my infraction; I only feel like the mods are losing personal judgment. Discretion must be taken, me thinks. Extremists like mr-55-line-sig-and-cube-picture are where it's too far.

 

[Julian]

I use multiple indents in my sig, but that's so it will not be broken up mid-puzzle (although it might still be anyway for some people because of different browsers/zoom levels).

 

[Edward]

I think the giant amount of wasted space between the end of the post and the start of the signature is a much bigger deal than someone having an extra line or two. Look at this post for an example.

I still agree we shouldn't have images and tons of garish stuff, of course. I just don't think a slightly bigger signature is a problem, especially when anyone who doesn't want to see signatures can just turn them all off.

edit: Here is some of the problem.

(from css.php)
.postbitlegacy .after_content {
      clear:both;
}
...
.postbitlegacy .postrow.has_after_content {
      padding-bottom: 4em;
}

If this were implemented, is there a way to turn off individual users sigs? That way we can hid the annoying, inevitable huge sigs, but still be able to see the smaller ones.

 

[5BLD]

If even edward can't see the point behind that post, i am upset :/

 

[Michael Womack]

Because it's a waste of space and people abuse it.
Especially when people try to put pictures in their signatures, because that increases loading/scrolling times.

Now go over here http://twistypuzzles.com/forum/ and compare theres to ours they have the ability to put photos in theirs that can be clicked to go to a webpage.

 

[ottozing]

What's your point, Michael?