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    URGENT ( ish ) PROTEST! ( regarding Sigs.... )

    I had finally collected my favourite quotes and was ready to update my profile.

    However it tells me that there is a maximum length of 4 lines.

    So not only can I not add to it, I can't even keep it like it is now and change the rest of my profile.

    I realise it is maybe a bit petty but so is putting a maximum length on it too. I mean are the sigs over 4 lines long REALLY making that much of a problem? After all half the forum posters have sigs over 4 lines. I'm not sure if I'm the first one to notice this but I seem to be the first one to complain.

    Please take the maximum length off.

    Pretty please.

    Or set it to something more reasonable like 10
    A witty quote proves nothing. - Voltaire
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  • #2
    If you need more than four lines because you are using multiple quotes, try using only one quote and changing it periodically. A ten line signature is silly when most of the posts around here are barely that long.
    Peace, Wisdom, and No Karma

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    • #3
      do people actually read the sigs any more, i know after a while i dont notice if some one has changed their sig...
      GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71

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      • #4
        10 lines for a sig?

        NO WAY!
        Co-Founder, Apolyton Civilization Site
        Co-Owner/Webmaster, Top40-Charts.com | CTO, Apogee Information Systems
        giannopoulos.info: my non-mobile non-photo news & articles blog

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        • #5
          Oh come on!?!?!

          7??

          How about 7.

          7s my lucky number.

          I like 7, yes siree.

          Oh come on Markos mellow out, it's not like it makes THAT much difference. Let me have my fun
          A witty quote proves nothing. - Voltaire

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          • #6
            Do what Wraith and DCA do, manually attach a random quote at the end of each message.

            I am not going to tolerate messages where the signature is longer than the body.
            (\__/) 07/07/1937 - Never forget
            (='.'=) "Claims demand evidence; extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence." -- Carl Sagan
            (")_(") "Starting the fire from within."

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            • #7
              just pick one quote tht sticks out as being worthwhile rather than clouding the waters with too many. One good quote is worth ten mediocre ones anyway. Your sig IMHO should hav emore to do with who you are than just what some person said once upon a time
              GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71

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              • #8
                No russian novels as sigs please!

                I find that many of the sigs are more interesting then the posts, but 7-10 lines is a bit much.

                I remember that just recently, a guy had a post that was something like "Yes, your right", but he had a passage from the "odyessy" as his quote, and it was half a page long!

                No, let's not let that be the norm.

                UR has the right idea, if you need to say more, just cut and paste it in.
                I believe Saddam because his position is backed up by logic and reason...David Floyd
                i'm an ignorant greek...MarkG

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                • #9
                  I agree, there has to be a limit. The idea of rotating sigs is a good one. Perhaps you can lure people into following your posts just to see the next installment of your sig.
                  "I say shoot'em all and let God sort it out in the end!

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                  • #10
                    Just shrink the size down.
                    My brand new sig, written by Mr MarkG. (he didn't like the one about Ming being a goofy toofy.

                    "ok, fine.
                    from now on, i can refer to this thread whenever someone mentions acol as a place of freedom where you can post whatever you want and where noone is banned...."
                    --MarkG
                    and by MikeH
                    she's only illegal because of your ridiculous age of consent ages.

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                    • #11
                      Faboda:
                      Have you ever posted to a news-group?
                      If you have, did you read the news-etikett before posting?
                      It namely states that four (4) lines is the recommended maxlength of a signature.

                      So IMHO Apolyton has done correct in copying that rule here too.
                      You can say it four lines...

                      Btw. Did you know that light style don't show signatures?

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                      • #12
                        Jeje2: Yes it does. Well, it does if you choose to have signatures on (there is a checkbox buried somewhere in the preferences section, I think).

                        Myself, I think that my sig is one of the best sigs that I have had for ages (posting in the hope that the HTML works...):

                        <font class=sf ><br>
                        __________________<br>
                        ... I've heard people talk about getting tithes from Mikes and Bachs, or the Cure For Alexander's Horse, but I can't confirm it.

                        -- Father Beast</font>
                        This is Shireroth, and Giant Squid will brutally murder me if I ever remove this link from my signature | In the end it won't be love that saves us, it will be mathematics | So many people have this concept of God the Avenger. I see God as the ultimate sense of humor -- SlowwHand

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                        • #13
                          I've heard people talk about getting tithes from Mikes and Bachs, or the Cure For Alexander's Horse, but I can't confirm it.
                          i dont think there is a cure for AH ....
                          GM of MAFIA #40 ,#41, #43, #45,#47,#49-#51,#53-#58,#61,#68,#70, #71

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                          • #14
                            Oh yes. There is indeed no cure for AH's disease of posting. Just read:

                            http://www.rubberrooms.net/rooms/fjorxc/toxicwaste/apolytonica/civfm1.html


                            Edit: Ahh... should have checked that. It was right from the time when you were the most active at OT.
                            This is Shireroth, and Giant Squid will brutally murder me if I ever remove this link from my signature | In the end it won't be love that saves us, it will be mathematics | So many people have this concept of God the Avenger. I see God as the ultimate sense of humor -- SlowwHand

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Jeje2
                              Faboda:
                              Have you ever posted to a news-group?
                              If you have, did you read the news-etikett before posting?
                              It namely states that four (4) lines is the recommended maxlength of a signature.

                              So IMHO Apolyton has done correct in copying that rule here too.
                              You can say it four lines...

                              Btw. Did you know that light style don't show signatures?
                              (insert "eager beaver smilie") Newsgroups? They use branching threads--th proper wayof the internet!

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