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

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? 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)

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)