UDWiki talk:Administration/Policy Discussion/Signatures Require Links

Looks good.--Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 17:40, 1 May 2011 (BST)

^^^^^--   bitch  17:51, 1 May 2011 (utc)

Fixes loophole nicely. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 17:53, 1 May 2011 (BST)

Dictionary definitions for "signature"

Merriam-Webster Dictionary

The name of a person written with his or her own hand

New Oxford American Dictionary

A person's name written in a distinctive way as a form of identification in authorizing a check or document or concluding a letter

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One's name as written by oneself.

Notice a common theme? I'm guessing something prompted this idea, but by definition a signature is when someone signs their name. If someone is "signing" their comments without a handle, they're not signing their comments at all. Simple as that. You can't make comments without signing them, and you can't sign them without providing a handle. Take whatever idiot prompted this thing to A/VB. —Aichon— 21:05, 1 May 2011 (BST)

You're proposing we get rid of image signatures, then? ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 21:11, 1 May 2011 (BST)

No, just that they need to include a handle (which can be an identifying mark or image), which has always been the case. But I just re-read things, checked A/VB, saw what prompted this, and realized how I misunderstood what the policy said (I was thinking someone wasn't putting in a handle, whereas it's a case of someone making one that's virtually invisible). Now that I understand better, I fail to see why this is an issue. There's already precedent for escalating people that are intentionally making their signature handle difficult to read or see (e.g. Iscariot got escalated for posting his handle in light-colored text that blended into the background). It's clearly bad faith that runs contrary to the purpose of the original sig policy, which was to help people find out more about the person behind the comments. —Aichon— 21:19, 1 May 2011 (BST)

It shouldn't be an issue, but it's easier to update the policy on it than it is to have a huge argument every time it comes up.--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 22:35, 1 May 2011 (BST)

He was taken to VB, and it was found to be vandalism, but loads of people bitched about the decision. Frankly this is just a nice ribbon on top.--Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 21:17, 1 May 2011 (BST)

You guys made the right call, and you all really need to start exercising #3 in the punishment section of the sig policy if people are doing stuff like this. The week-long wait is for folks who aren't posting and generally just made a mistake, but if someone is intentionally avoiding changing a sig that is in violation and is still posting, you can and should take them to A/VB immediately. —Aichon— 21:26, 1 May 2011 (BST)

Let me know if we are going to start following the "definition" of things on the wiki. --Akule ^{Maker of fine, hand-crafted UDWiki sass since 2006 -- Akule School's back in session™} 21:20, 1 May 2011 (BST)

Shared Signatures

Not that I think this policy really needs to be put in place but as long as we're spelling out such obvious "loopholes" in the policy, why not stating that Signatures should be unique and not shared by any person. Also acceptable would be Don't be a fucking moron, moron. ~ _{21:22, 1 May 2011 (UTC)}

You know what else would be nice? The anti-meatpuppetry clause I've been asking for for over a year.--Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 21:23, 1 May 2011 (BST)

As if we couldnt deal with copied signatures under both clarity and impersonation arguments. Tsk. --Rosslessness 21:28, 1 May 2011 (BST)

Oh no, people aren't voting for you. Time to call shenanigans because boo-fucking-hoo. Or you could man the fuck up and realize that maybe, just maybe, people believe Revenant will do a better job than you. Impossible to imagine, I know, but you could try. --|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 21:51, 1 May 2011 (BST)

Sorry, mysterygoon, I don't really care what you think.--Yonnua Koponen ^{T G P} ^^^ 22:19, 1 May 2011 (BST)

How about we handle everything through A/VB? As long as we enforce some common sense this isn't necessary. -- Thadeous Oakley Talk 22:16, 1 May 2011 (BST)

I would have thought so, but the page-long argument we just had somewhat disproves that theory.--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 22:21, 1 May 2011 (BST)

That would require you to have common sense which you've proven time and again you just don't have. As for this silly bit of potential WIKI LAW why not cut out all the bullshit and force linkable sigs onto people? Maybe include a photo because who knows if it's actually the person they say they are! And don't forget, this would force people to actually use their username not some stupid image or a name different than your username because that could be impersonating that picture and/or name and we certainly don't want that. --|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 22:34, 1 May 2011 (BST)