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)

And for those who don't use Firefox..? Fou-Lu 14:37, 12 June 2009 (BST)

Start using it. Or, you know, ignore the message.--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 14:47, 12 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)
• Sigs. But if it totally was barred I wouldn't lose any sleep.--SirArgo ^Talk 22:09, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Sigs.--Zombie Lord 22:17, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Everything except Group and User pages. --Honestmistake 22:58, 10 June 2009 (BST)
• Just sigs. Ephraim 16:31, 11 June 2009 (BST)

Done :) --xoxo 05:13, 13 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)

Still here.--Thadeous Oakley 22:39, 10 June 2009 (BST)

Still ignoring an arbitration case too.--Mr. Angel, Help needed? 22:42, 10 June 2009 (BST)

I like that, you find a way to turn something like this around and use it to emphasise your existance on the wiki... There are other more prominent users around that use blinking you know. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 05:22, 13 June 2009 (BST)

Nope

Never used blinking 'til now, but it's never bothered me. Is this a health-related concern for epileptics? And why does Giles Sednik support banning blinking sigs when those little roaming ball thingies in his sig aren't much different? Not being critical, just curious.--Necrofeelinya 23:12, 11 June 2009 (BST)

Okay, after taking a look at it as a header, it is kind of obnoxious, but not enough to change my mind.--Necrofeelinya 23:14, 11 June 2009 (BST)

To answer your question Necro, I'd like to see this change implemented so that I become the king of obnoxious signatures. How am I doing? --_GANG Giles Sednik _CAPD 23:29, 11 June 2009 (BST)

Well, the good news is it doesn't make my head hurt. :). The bad new is that the yellow one doesn't sync up with the others. :( --Mr. Angel, Help needed? 23:35, 11 June 2009 (BST)

I love it. Can you make the little black ball the others orbit around do a tiny hop on every third orbit? That'd be wicked cool.--Necrofeelinya 01:02, 12 June 2009 (BST)

The difference is that animated gifs in sigs are occasionally annoying/obnoxious, blinking text in sigs is pretty much always obnoxious -- boxy ^{talk • teh rulz} 23:43 11 June 2009 (BST)

I figure it's useful for attention getting, but something concrete to allow ruling.. _■^■ 18:05, 12 June 2009 (BST)

Disable blinking text yourself if it gets you that annoyed. Use Adblock Plus against annoying gifs. This is pointless. --Anotherpongo 13:16, 13 June 2009 (BST)

(not everyone uses Firefox) --Cyberbob 13:17, 13 June 2009 (BST)

Well they should. ;D --Anotherpongo 18:50, 13 June 2009 (BST)

hahaha that's pretty awesome ;D --Cyberbob 18:56, 13 June 2009 (BST)

The new line

is it concrete enough to someone who would want to work around such an alteration?--xoxo 05:17, 13 June 2009 (BST)

Lets see. Blinking texts in signatures= no. I think it's cemented enough. D^ANCED^ANCER^EVOLUTION (TALK | CONTRIBS) 05:24, 13 June 2009 (BST)

Yep. Any workarounds can be dealt with too (such as blinking text that's really an animated gif.) It's fine. Linkthewindow  Talk  08:49, 13 June 2009 (BST)