UDWiki talk:Administration/Policy Discussion/Blinking Text Is Annoying

This is going to need a rewrite. --Cyberbob 05:43, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Prior to voting yes, but first i want to see if there's interest in it. If not then fuck wasting my time on that bullshit, it's fairly clear about what is being proposed.--xoxo 05:43, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Pretty much

I agree blinking text should be banned, but I would just make it only in signatures. I think that is where most of the annoyance comes from anyway. Most people who use blinking text just put it in their sigs so in effect we would basically be banning it from everywhere and stop its spamming, but the people who only use it occasionally on pages to emphasize points or post something important still will be able to use it.--SirArgo ^Talk 05:53, 10 June 2009 (BST)

^--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 06:03, 10 June 2009 (BST)

+1. Linkthewindow  Talk  07:17, 10 June 2009 (BST)

It might be rare outside of sigs but when it is used elsewhere it tends to be huge and far more annoying.--Honestmistake 08:02, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Is it fair to ban it on sigs and not ban on pages? We would need to justify this.--C Whitty 08:56, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Your signature appears every time you post; often multiple times on a page (this number can skyrocket in long discussions). Not many people use blinking text outside of their signatures, so it isn't anywhere near as obnoxious in that context. --Cyberbob 09:05, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Thats a fair point--C Whitty 10:33, 10 June 2009 (BST)

I agree, it's only really been a problem in sigs, but perhaps a note that overuse of it on community pages may be viewed as vandalism -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 10:57 10 June 2009 (BST)

Thats a good clause that we could place - ie reasonable use--C Whitty 11:45, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Agreed

Nuff said. Conndraka^{mod TAZM CFT} 05:55, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Yep.--– Nubis ^NWO 13:53, 10 June 2009 (BST)

ditto -- Asheets 16:25, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Disable It Yourself

Instructions. Also, I find blinking gifs much more annoying than blinking text. --Midianian^{¦T¦DS¦SP¦} 08:24, 10 June 2009 (BST)

As above. --Pyrranha 18:44, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Just Sigs or Everything?

• I would prefer everything (obviously) but if it's got a better chance to pass as just sigs i'm cool with that. an asterisk, one word and 4 tildes will suffice. --xoxo 09:23, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Yes on just sigs --_GANG Giles Sednik _CAPD 16:36, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Yes on just sigs. i use blinking text on a few pages and would like the option of keeping that. plus i like shiny blinky things.----Sexualharrison 16:53, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Sigs. --Midianian^{¦T¦DS¦SP¦} 17:48, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Sigs. --Haliman - Talk 18:32, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Sigs, because whilst I would consider supporting the whole shebang, my immediate thoughts are that we shouldn't start limiting formatting options on a wiki (despite how annoying blinking is). Group and user pages should have the rights to use it to piss off anyone they want. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 18:38, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Sigs. - User:Whitehouse 18:46, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Sigs. Fine. --Thadeous Oakley 18:48, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Sigs. TripleU 21:21, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Bandwagon (sigs). Linkthewindow  Talk  21:23, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Sigs--Orange Talk 21:29, 10 June 2009 (BST)

EU

Don't worry, the next elections for the European parliament are not until somewhere in 2013. Until then, I'll probably won't use blinking anymore >:D, --Thadeous Oakley 18:44, 10 June 2009 (BST)

You won't be using it then either. Also that smiley is a fucking travesty; I've never seen it used in a way not looking to overstate one's importance. Not once. --Cyberbob 18:52, 10 June 2009 (BST)

D: . Whatever Bob. --Thadeous Oakley 18:57, 10 June 2009 (BST)

i thought i read somewhere you were going away?----Sexualharrison 21:59, 10 June 2009 (BST)