UDWiki:Administration/Policy Discussion/Signature Compatibility

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Not anything world-changing, but it has been bothering me for a while so.

This makes me a sad panda. It caught my attention whenever I used schoolcomputers who run Internet Explorer instead of good ol' Firefox. Several users did or still use signatures, that on IE, simply don't work. They break format, or don't link through pages. This makes things a mess for everyone using IE. Now, I know allot of you use Firefox or Chrome but don't forget the majority of interwebs still use IE. It hurts the accessibility of wiki for new people. Now this would only go for signatures and such. I know some people have entire pages which don't work in IE, but that's their own business.

This doesn't change any rules, signatures are already subjected to certain standards detailed in Signature policy, this just makes those standards enforceable through all browsers.

Now, what I propose, is adding an extra chapter to the Signature Policy, something like this:

Compatibility

Users should note that all signatures are to be compatible with Internet explorer, a web-browser developed by Microsoft. What this means in practice is that people who use a different browser, like Firefox or Chrome, should always check whether or not their signature does not break when viewed through Internet Explorer. This because IE does not always correctly portray wiki code, resulting in breaking of format or links not working.

Or more simple:

What wouldn't be allowed

  • Signatures which have images higher then 14 pixels high.
  • Signatures which generally break the wiki in some way either through formatting or other means.
  • Signatures which impersonate another user.
  • Signatures which link to any of the following special pages: Special:Userlogout or Special:BlockIP.
  • Signatures which link to external links that perform malicious actions (closing the browser for example).
  • Signatures which contain images larger then 50kb.
  • Signatures which causes any of the above through incompatibility issues with Internet Explorer

--Umbrella-White.pngThadeous OakleyUmbrella-White.png 23:31, 14 October 2010 (BST)

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