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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. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 21:05, 1 May 2011 (BST)
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. {{User:Aichon/Signature}} 21:05, 1 May 2011 (BST)
:You're proposing we get rid of image signatures, then? {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 21:11, 1 May 2011 (BST)
:You're proposing we get rid of image signatures, then? {{User:Revenant/Sig}} 21:11, 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.--[[User:Yonnua Koponen|<span style="color: DarkOrange">Yonnua Koponen</span>]]<sup>[[User_talk:Yonnua Koponen| <span style="color:Gold">T</span>]][[DvB| <span style="color: Goldenrod">G</span>]]</sup><sup><span class="stealthexternallink">[http://www.urbandead.com/profile.cgi?id=840689 <span style="color: DarkGoldenrod"> P</span>] </span></sup> [[User:Yonnua Koponen/Sandbox|<span style="color: Red">^</span>]][[Discosaurs|<span style="color: Red">^</span>]][[{{TALKPAGENAME}}#Donkey|<span style="color: Red">^</span>]] 21:17, 1 May 2011 (BST)

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

^^^^^--Boobs.sh.siggie.gif   bitch  17:51, 1 May 2011 (utc)

Fixes loophole nicely. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾ 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
Answers.com
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? ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾ 21:11, 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)