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==General Comments & Overall Structure==
==General Comments & Overall Structure==
Is it OK if I make a couple of punctuation fixes? {{User:Bob Moncrief/Sig}} 03:54, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Is it OK if I make a couple of punctuation fixes? {{User:Bob Moncrief/Sig}} 03:54, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
:Sure, although I expect to add/change it over the next few days <small>-- [[User:Boxy|boxy]] 05:59, 11 October 2015 (BST)</small>


==Why do we need signatures==
==Why do we need signatures==
Shouldn't the signature be required to link to the user's page (or character page) "and/or" their talk page? (or maybe "and"?) {{User:Bob Moncrief/Sig}} 03:51, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Shouldn't the signature be required to link to the user's page (or character page) "and/or" their talk page? (or maybe "and"?) {{User:Bob Moncrief/Sig}} 03:51, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
:Yep, "and/or" <small>-- [[User:Boxy|boxy]] 05:59, 11 October 2015 (BST)</small>


==Personalized signatures==
==Personalized signatures==
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==Disruptive signatures==
==Disruptive signatures==
Better, but I still say limit the visible length to the 255 character limit of the Nickname field in Preferences. --[[User:Axe Hack|<span style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid red; background-color: #000000; text-align: justify; box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px silver; padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px; color: white; font-size:smaller;">•▬ ▬••▬ •</span>]] [[User talk:Axe Hack|<span style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid red; background-color: #000000; text-align: justify; box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px silver; padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px; color: white; font-size:smaller;">•••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬</span>]] <sup><sup><sup><sup><sup><i>#nerftemplatedsigs</i></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup> 05:30, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
Better, but I still say limit the visible length to the 255 character limit of the Nickname field in Preferences. --[[User:Axe Hack|<span style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid red; background-color: #000000; text-align: justify; box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px silver; padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px; color: white; font-size:smaller;">•▬ ▬••▬ •</span>]] [[User talk:Axe Hack|<span style="width: 50%; border: 1px solid red; background-color: #000000; text-align: justify; box-shadow: 2px 2px 5px silver; padding: 2px 5px 2px 5px; color: white; font-size:smaller;">•••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬</span>]] <sup><sup><sup><sup><sup><i>#nerftemplatedsigs</i></sup></sup></sup></sup></sup> 05:30, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
:I really think we should worry about defining hard limits in separate amendments later (for ones that arn't already in place) <small>-- [[User:Boxy|boxy]] 05:59, 11 October 2015 (BST)</small>

Revision as of 05:59, 11 October 2015

This is basically my view of what signatures should be. Basically they are there for identification. Personalisation is a good thing to encourage, but shouldn't impact on the primary purpose of the sig (identification) or the wiki itself -- boxy 02:50, 11 October 2015 (BST)

General Comments & Overall Structure

Is it OK if I make a couple of punctuation fixes? Bob Moncrief EBDW! 03:54, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Sure, although I expect to add/change it over the next few days -- boxy 05:59, 11 October 2015 (BST)

Why do we need signatures

Shouldn't the signature be required to link to the user's page (or character page) "and/or" their talk page? (or maybe "and"?) Bob Moncrief EBDW! 03:51, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

Yep, "and/or" -- boxy 05:59, 11 October 2015 (BST)

Personalized signatures

Disruptive signatures

Better, but I still say limit the visible length to the 255 character limit of the Nickname field in Preferences. --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ #nerftemplatedsigs 05:30, 11 October 2015 (UTC)

I really think we should worry about defining hard limits in separate amendments later (for ones that arn't already in place) -- boxy 05:59, 11 October 2015 (BST)