Thread: No sig lines means no sig lines

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

It is my reaction, I can over do it if I like.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

What we have here is a failure to communicate

On who's part?

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

To everyone who is concerned with this change .... The policy of doing away with sigs was not something that came out of the blue nor was it arbitrary with no good reasons. It was discussed at length and, as with the general membership, there was not unanimity on the policy. The majority of the moderators and developers were in agreement with doing away with the sigs and so be it. I was one of those who dissented in the beginning but by the time the discussion was over I had changed my mind and agree with the policy. It is not for me to get into all of the reasons but suffice to say that it was considered to be for the benefit of SRP to institute this policy.

And the reasons were?

Originally Posted by Bruno

Did you perchance miss the post where I say we are looking into the name thing?
Instead of shouting at us for for not getting everything 100% right first try while at the same time fullfilling mutually exclusive requirements, you could at least try to a) have patience while we discuss the issues, b) accept that not everything will be 100% ideal, c) understand that we are doing all this in our free time, or d) all of the above.

NO ONE WAS SHOUTING!!!!!!

Originally Posted by Bruno

It's a sig line guys. Not your firstborn.
As to the comments about the fact that there are other issues as well: we know. And some things can be fixed with some time, and others would require drastic changes.

If you really feel the need to complain, ask yourself if you would spend 1 or more hours of your free time almost every single day to make the place run. If the answer is negative, at least have the courtesy to do some in a constructive manner, instead of being sarcastic or incensed.

I really feel the need to complain, ain't that why you posted this stuff? Otherwise why have a place to leave comments? If you only want to hear the good stuff, take down the comments section.

The lack of sig lines doesn't much bother me. I enjoyed some folks' and used them as quick links to find parts of the wiki that like to play hide and seek. The ones for vendors were rather nice. There are other forums that I peruse that annoy me greatly with huge walls o' sigs (video game avatars back when I used to be a dork and play WoW, etc).
I don't claim to be a code type person beyond some basic HTML I learned about a decade ago so I don't know if the forum software allows it or if it does but it requires too much out of our mods but my suggestion for the vendors is to have the little blue button that says "Vendor" above their avatar actually be a link to the vendor thread or website that pertains to them? You could even charge a fee for for a link that goes external vs. one that just links to the vendor thread here.
I'm sure that if it is possible the logistics of doing it to an external site and having folks pay for it might be challenging, but it could turn out as a decent way for the forum to get more advertising dollars to cover costs and help some of the smaller vendors who can't yet afford one of the regular banner ads.

This is an interesting thread. While I do feel somewhat stifled that I cannot close a post the way I'd like to, I suppose for me personally it's not really that big of a deal. I've never had a signature line, and it really doesn't bother me personally one way or another. But I'll go back to a post I made previously. Aren't you making more of a headache for moderators? I don't know how many new members this site gets in a month (that exact number exists somewhere, I'm sure) but when new members make their first post they aren't going to know this rule. And, to be friendly, they'll end their posts with something like "happy to be here!, Roger" or maybe even a p.s. I would wager that after even 100 posts they will not know this rule UNLESS someone goes out of their way to tell them "hey buddy, no signature." I've seen a lot of the moderators get fed up with answering the same questions to new guys over and over. Won't this be just one more thing they're likely to loathe?

I suppose you could put something in the terms of use page, but how many new guys read that like seasoned attorneys? Be honest, everyone, just like me, scans those things at best.

Just a question for thought! Thanks!

I think comments and complaints are good. But at some point they can get counterproductive.

Let's imagine somebody spends their time organizing a meeting for other like minded people to come together talk about shaving. And they have found a fine establishment where attendees can purchase say yuengling and everybody's happy. Except that at meeting number 10 the tap is switched to budlite and certain fraction of the attendees start complaining that the greatness of the gathering has diminished immensely and they are not even allowed to bring in their own yuengling but are forced to just suck it up. It's pretty easy something like this to grow out of proportion and kill something that everybody enjoyed.

As I previously noted, how important is it ? But it is the principle of the thing you say ..... sounds too familiar ..... sort of like the house and senate.

I guess we're just being difficult. A little revolution now and then is a good thing, don't you think?

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. -Aesop

Originally Posted by Jimbo7

I guess we're just being difficult. A little revolution now and then is a good thing, don't you think?

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. -Aesop

The dollar is plummeting, the economy is in the tank, thousands are homeless, and you're talking about revolution over a sig line.
This must be the internet

[QUOTE=Bruno;824051]The dollar is plummeting, the economy is in the tank, thousands are homeless, and you're talking about revolution over a sig line.
This must be the internet

Indeed! I recently saw the Hunt for Red October again and that Sean Connery line is one of my favorites. I guess it means that sometimes the pot just needs stirring. Occasionally, I'm up to the task!

What I have seen on other forums where use of a real name was mandatory (for legal reasons) was that the user profil had a custom field 'Real name' which the user had to fill in. This was then displayed with the user info like number of posts, thanks, etc.
In our case we would make the field optional, and if it was filled in, it would be displayed.

Hypothetically of course.
I am looking into making the custom field, and I have asked the devs to see how easy it would be to display that field.
Work in progress.

Of course, the main thing why we are here is straight razor shaving, right?
Sig lines and other trivia are only marginally significant compared to that.

Originally Posted by Bruno

What I have seen on other forums where use of a real name was mandatory (for legal reasons) was that the user profil had a custom field 'Real name' which the user had to fill in. This was then displayed with the user info like number of posts, thanks, etc.
In our case we would make the field optional, and if it was filled in, it would be displayed.

Hypothetically of course.
I am looking into making the custom field, and I have asked the devs to see how easy it would be to display that field.
Work in progress.

Of course, the main thing why we are here is straight razor shaving, right?
Sig lines and other trivia are only marginally significant compared to that.

Would we have to use a period after our middle initial? If we have more than one middle name, do we have to use all of them and can we list them in alphbetical order? I'm sure that other questions will follow; I just wanted to help prepare you for the barrage.

you're welcome, anytime