UDWiki:Administration/Policy Discussion/Signatures Require Links

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The Signature Policy will be updated to make it clear that you are required to include a handle with a link. The text of the signature policy would be amended to include something along the lines of (changes in bold):

Required Link

There must be a visible handle portion of your signature which must link to your user page or one of its subpages so that it is easy for readers to learn more about the person behind the signature. Superscript adornments, images and other parts of your signature may link to other locations provided that such links do not violate the rules below.

Voting Section

Voting Rules
Votes must be numbered, signed, and timestamped. They can take one of two forms:
  • # comments ~~~~
    or
  • # ~~~~

Votes that do not conform to the above will be struck by a sysop.

The only valid voting sections are For and Against. If you wish to abstain from voting, do not vote.

For

  1. I'd suggest, "The handle portion of your signature must clearly link to your user page..." as a simpler change to the wording of the original policy.--GANG Giles Sednik CAPD 13:40, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  2. Because some people apparently need to get it hammered into their face. -- Spiderzed█ 14:55, 5 May 2011 (BST)
    yup. this now.-- Boobs.sh.siggie.gif   bitch  15:07, 5 May 2011 (utc)
  3. IV ~Vsig.png Amurica. Fuck. Yeah 15:12, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
  4. Cinco de Mayo - ~~ Chief Seagull ~~ talk 15:58, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  5. G F J 16:37, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  6. For This Seems Like A Legitimate Issue That Is Most Certainly Becoming Problematic In Light Of Recent Events--MeatPuppet 17:10, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  7. Common sense innit. ~ Kempy “YaketyYak” | ◆◆◆ | CAPD | 17:21, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  8. Voter #2, I know who you are by now, but I highly doubt anybody new would know who you are, and frankly, since you changed your sig recently, I didn't even know who you are at first. I'm sorry, that has to change.--ShadowScope'the true enemy' 17:29, 5 May 2011 (BST)
    Did you mean voter #3? Yeah, with this policy SH would have to include a visible handle is his sig. Several people would. ~Vsig.png Amurica. Fuck. Yeah 17:53, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
    Think he meant Kat in the against votes below. -- Spiderzed█ 17:56, 5 May 2011 (BST)
    SH has a visible handle? So does Katthew...--Yonnua Koponen T G P ^^^ 18:17, 5 May 2011 (BST)
    Eh? Guess I've misinterpreted the policy addition. So this is strickly to prevent people making their handle invisible by either making it too small or by some means of masking it (like white text on white background? Ok, that's fine. ~Vsig.png Amurica. Fuck. Yeah 18:31, 5 May 2011 (UTC)
    Literally the five or so bold words are the only thing this policy changes.--Yonnua Koponen T G P ^^^ 19:16, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  9. --Yonnua Koponen T G P ^^^ 18:17, 5 May 2011 (BST)

Against

  1. What do you mean "some people"? This would not be an issue if any group but GOONSOMGDIE were doing it. --The Malton Globetrotters#19 - DrPain TMG 15:43, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  2. I shouldn't need to link to anything. People should know who I am by now. --カシュー, ザ ゾンビ クィーン (ビープ ビープ) Katthewsigtag.gif @ 16:09, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  3. Yeah fuck those Goons right guys let me just change the policy because they aren't breaking any rules at the moment woopwoop. Yeah, no. --Achtung! Goonden!||||||||||||||||||||| 16:28, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  4. No Louis Vernon 17:06 5 May 2011 (BST)
  5. Oh no, not the goons! --ShaqFu 17:42, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  6. LEAVE MAH BOOBIES ALONE!-- Boobs.sh.siggie.gif   bitch  18:01, 5 May 2011 (utc)
    It doesn't affect your signature (as long as the boobs are visible, you're fine).--The General T U! P! F! 19:29, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  7. yeah let's flood av/b with more officious bullshit. WIKI LAW is sufficient y'all. --RiseAchtung! Goonden!|||||||||||||||||||||above 18:11, 5 May 2011 (BST)
  8. Im also voting for Ralph Nader in 2012 Weed.jpgArthur DentWeed.jpg BIN LADEN IS DEAD!!!!! 19:27, 5 May 2011
  9. I'm not at all a fan of writing additional rules in the way this came up. I'm a firm believer that excessive "legislature" makes a wiki too restrictive to editing by newbies and bogs down the system via processing through admin pages. This kind of rule sets a precedent that allows sysops to "make rules as we go" instead of addressing more fundamental problems down the line. Given how my first post was received, I feel like the sysops should consider exactly what kind of environment they're creating and what kind of example they're setting when one non-sysop has to comment on a ban before it gets assessed properly.--Deadman Walken 20:17, 5 May 2011 (BST)
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