[Denied] Disallow quotes/codes in signatures

Signature Violations: Maximum of 350 pixels in height including all quotes/text/pictures in it and a maximum of 650 pixels in width with all text/quotes/pictures. Additionally, images in your signature may not contain NSFW images/text nor exceed a file size of 10.00 megabytes.

This is according to The Official Sythe.org Rules. I've seen multiple staff members using quotes in their signatures now and after consulting them about it, it appears the rule is somehow differently interpreted. This resulted me in making this suggestion. In my opinion it's unclear when you have a rule in place that forbids exceeding a max amount of pixels, yet quotes and codes are somehow allowed (despite the mention 'quotes' in the rules).

Either way, the ruling right now is unclear and considering a rework of the forum functionality takes a million years to be changed, let's just forbid quotes and codes in people's signatures, because it only makes stuff unclear.

 

Maybe we should rephrase the rule, but why would you want to disallow quotes / codes in the first place?
I think that it's fine as it is now and don't see a reason to disallow quotes, so no support.

This text does not exceed 650px in width

@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ This text does exceed 650px in width @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

 

Maybe we should rephrase the rule, but why would you want to disallow quotes / codes in the first place?
I think that it's fine as it is now and don't see a reason to disallow quotes, so now support.

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In both cases however the quote exceeds the max width. It seems extremely straightforward and obvious to me especially with the extra mention of “quotes” in the rules.

 

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Instead of making it an official rule, why not just use the approach of 'common sense applies'. Those that currently have signatures exceeding the above due to quotes, just ask them to amend their signatures. I doubt this is a common occurrence, that it warrants an official rule.

 

Instead of making it an official rule, why not just use the approach of 'common sense applies'. Those that currently have signatures exceeding the above due to quotes, just ask them to amend their signatures. I doubt this is a common occurrence, that it warrants an official rule.

The rule is already in place imo however it appears that staff interprets it differently. This suggestion is clear out any doubt in regards to the ruling and make it an actual rule. If this indeed is already a rule and staff is showing the wrong example; then using common sense is not enough it seems. If this is not a ruling yet, I don't see how common sense could make this ruling any clearer, because at it's current state it's not clear.

 

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The rule is already in place imo however it appears that staff interprets it differently. This suggestion is clear out any doubt in regards to the ruling and make it an actual rule. If this indeed is already a rule and staff is showing the wrong example; then using common sense is not enough it seems. If this is not a ruling yet, I don't see how common sense could make this ruling any clearer, because at it's current state it's not clear.

I'm a bit confused, as you say it's already an official rule, yet also say it needs to be made an actual rule? Then you're questioning if it is even a rule, by asking, '...if this is indeed...', and finally you ask the question again if it is even a rule by saying, 'if this is not a ruling yet.'.

Correct me if I'm wrong, what I presume you're trying to say is that, this rule already exists, but is rarely enforced or followed, and thus there needs to be a bit more scrutiny around it?

 

The reason for the signature max size thing is for mobile or at least that's what I was told by someone a long time ago, with that being said if it's causing issues on mobile sure I support, if not no, ill go check on my iPhone and android and edit this at later date if it is.

Edit: doesn't cause an issue, so no support.

 

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I think @BlackBlasses's post explains how we want to approach these issues. The quote functionality is bad and doesn't stop at the width of the quote, but I'm not sure we should hold this against users as long as the text in the quote complies with the rules.

 

As long as the text within the quote does not exceed the width limit it is fine.