NationStates Jolt Archive


NNLDI's Long Sig Reporting Thread

No Names Left Damn It
10-01-2009, 22:33
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14385107&postcount=151

I think I've reported him before, but anyway, it's 10 lines.
Kryozerkia
11-01-2009, 03:56
It's 7 lines by my count.
Ardchoille
11-01-2009, 04:21
Sorry -- that's because I pruned it and forgot to come back here and hang up the secateurs.
No Names Left Damn It
12-01-2009, 21:16
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=577533&page=17 Rather uber-long, wouldn't you say?
Frisbeeteria
12-01-2009, 22:29
Per my settings, that thread only has 7 pages, and I have sigs disabled. Therefore, it's pure guesswork as to which poster you mean.

Link to the post, not the page, please. For some odd reason linking to the profile doesn't work either, so stick to just the post.
Glen-Rhodes
12-01-2009, 22:55
Hm. I wouldn't wonder if it was http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14363771&postcount=241
Kryozerkia
12-01-2009, 22:58
Fictions; http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14363771&postcount=241 is the user with the long signature.

I counted more than 8 lines.

I reduced the number of lines.
No Names Left Damn It
14-01-2009, 19:48
After my recent crackdown, I haven't seen too many overlong sigs, but that's been changed! http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14398154&postcount=8
Kryozerkia
14-01-2009, 21:46
It doesn't appear to be more than 8 lines by my count.
No Names Left Damn It
14-01-2009, 22:09
It doesn't appear to be more than 8 lines by my count.
I thought borders count as lines?
The Most Glorious Hack
15-01-2009, 06:08
Ever so slightly edited.
No Names Left Damn It
16-01-2009, 22:36
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14405330&postcount=67
Fassitude
16-01-2009, 22:50
I have no sympathy for long sigs at all, and that's why I'd like to urge No Names Left Damn It, who has started reporting those of others, to "sweep in front of his own doorstep", as we way.

Your sig, while teetering on the edge of being too big according to the rules, is far too big than is necessary regardless of them and could easily go from the 8-9 line quote box monstrosity that it is today;

Formerly known as Adunabar. Please call me that, I hate being called by my new name.
It's like a jihad in my mouth!
Detention Chess Champ 08! :http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.ph...74&postcount=1

to a far more svelte, unintrusive and less hypocritical 2,5 line:

Formerly known as Adunabar. Please call me that, I hate being called by my new name.
Myedvedeya: "It's like a jihad in my mouth!" (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14371381#post14371381)
Detention Chess Champ 08! :http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.ph...74&postcount=1

See this as a polite request to consider the saying "Medice, cura te ipsum". Sigs don't need to break the rules to be obnoxious eyesores, as yours readily proves. Perhaps you'll have the discernment to ameliorate the situation.
No Names Left Damn It
16-01-2009, 23:31
I have no sympathy for long sigs at all, and that's why I'd like to urge No Names Left Damn It, who has started reporting those of others, to "sweep in front of his own doorstep", as we way.

Your sig, while teetering on the edge of being too big according to the rules, is far too big than is necessary regardless of them and could easily go from the 8-9 line quote box monstrosity that it is today;



to a far more svelte, unintrusive and less hypocritical 2,5 line:

Formerly known as Adunabar. Please call me that, I hate being called by my new name.
Myedvedeya: "It's like a jihad in my mouth!" (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=14371381#post14371381)
Detention Chess Champ 08! :http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.ph...74&postcount=1

See this as a polite request to consider the saying "Medice, cura te ipsum". Sigs don't need to break the rules to be obnoxious eyesores, as yours readily proves. Perhaps you'll have the discernment to ameliorate the situation.

I'd actually already changed it, because it was borderline, and because I'd put the wrong link in my sig.
No Names Left Damn It
16-01-2009, 23:32
"Medice, cura te ipsum"

Medicine cures itself?
Kryozerkia
16-01-2009, 23:43
...fixed.
No Names Left Damn It
16-01-2009, 23:48
You aren't annoyed with me doing all of this, are you?
Hydesland
17-01-2009, 01:18
You aren't annoyed with me doing all of this, are you?

It's so annoying, you have no clue. I lie awake thinking about it, about how your quest to rid NSG of long sigs really bothers me and I find it to be a massive cause for concern.
Ardchoille
17-01-2009, 01:25
Medicine cures itself?

Physician, heal thyself.

Your quest is damn annoying on days when I have other things to do, but it is undoubtedly good for my moral development to be annoyed in this fashion. So long as it's even-handed, not just chasing particular players, you're simply reporting rule breaches and stacking up Good Netizen kudos.

Besides, it keeps us both out of mischief.:D
No Names Left Damn It
17-01-2009, 15:52
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14408212&postcount=30
Katganistan
17-01-2009, 16:27
:(
What, I don't need moral development?
Kryozerkia
17-01-2009, 16:28
...and the masses gave up on me a long time ago! :D *wallows in immortality*

But on a serious note. What's the problem with that post exactly?
No Names Left Damn It
17-01-2009, 16:40
...and the masses gave up on me a long time ago! :D *wallows in immortality*

But on a serious note. What's the problem with that post exactly?

What have all my posts in moderation for ages been about?
No Names Left Damn It
17-01-2009, 17:20
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14408933&postcount=45 Uber long.
Kryozerkia
17-01-2009, 17:21
What have all my posts in moderation for ages been about?

Signatures, which is what I checked first. And it was under.
No Names Left Damn It
17-01-2009, 17:25
Signatures, which is what I checked first. And it was under.

It's 10 lines long. Borders are included in sig lengths.
Chazakain
17-01-2009, 17:25
I only count 8 lines counting the spaces. you're slipping:p
No Names Left Damn It
17-01-2009, 17:28
Ah, but the bits in larger font take up 2/3 lines. I counted 10.
No Names Left Damn It
17-01-2009, 17:51
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14409049&postcount=7 Another lengthy sig soon to be confined to a coffin. *Cackles*
Chazakain
17-01-2009, 18:51
Ah, but the bits in larger font take up 2/3 lines. I counted 10.

ah, didn't realize the bigger font thing.

9 lines is a bit long (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14409055&postcount=174) no?
JuNii
17-01-2009, 20:03
perhaps... NNLDI, you can create one thread, a reporting long sig thread and just update that thread with your reports.

keep them all in one place...
JuNii
17-01-2009, 20:05
Ah, but the bits in larger font take up 2/3 lines. I counted 10.

don't know if font size has any impact on sig length...
Dondolastan
17-01-2009, 20:55
I don't get it.
Dondolastan
17-01-2009, 20:58
Meh, the sigs don't even show up on my computer.
Whereyouthinkyougoing
17-01-2009, 20:59
Or you could, you know, start counting right and only report ones that are actually too long. Just a thought...
Kryozerkia
17-01-2009, 21:20
I've noticed a surplus in threads on the topic. Merging them all into a single thread.
Kryozerkia
17-01-2009, 21:35
All sigs reported up to the time of 3:34 have been dealt with. All new reports will be merged here and dealt eventually.
DaWoad
17-01-2009, 21:55
Medicine cures itself?

doctor heal your self. . .or physician actually i think.
Tagmatium
18-01-2009, 01:42
The SigFinder General's at it again...

:p
Blouman Empire
18-01-2009, 14:18
After my recent crackdown, I haven't seen too many overlong sigs, but that's been changed! http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14398154&postcount=8

Who died and made you boss Andunabar?
No Names Left Damn It
18-01-2009, 14:59
Who died and made you boss Andunabar?

Nobody, I just started reporting lengthy sigs, and then it turned into a pathetically sad pastime.
No Names Left Damn It
18-01-2009, 15:00
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14278860&postcount=2

MODEDIT: Squeezed.
No Names Left Damn It
18-01-2009, 15:02
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14411891&postcount=7

MODEDIT: Shaved slightly.
No Names Left Damn It
18-01-2009, 15:07
Not you too, Londim... http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14409542&postcount=41

MODEDIT: No, it's fine.

MY EDIT: No, it's got 9 lines.

MODEDIT: Not by my count. It stays.
Ardchoille
18-01-2009, 15:15
Who died and made you boss Andunabar?

Nice one, BE, it's a national obligation for Australians to be wary of bosses. :tongue:

Seriously, though, there is nothing official about this. Nobody appointed anybody. Any poster may at any time report too-long sigs.

Doing so maliciously would, of course, be as actionable as any other form of mods-as-weapons.

NS has an official limit on sig size to keep threads readable.

NNLDI's assumption of the Sigfinder-General hat, cloak and staff seems to me a mild enough diversion, in keeping with other tropes that lighten up forums.
No Names Left Damn It
18-01-2009, 15:26
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14411428&postcount=31
No Names Left Damn It
18-01-2009, 15:59
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14410086&postcount=19
Kryozerkia
18-01-2009, 16:04
The long signature has been nuked. Only post long signatures here.
Blouman Empire
18-01-2009, 17:48
Actually OMAC also has limits that limit it to 500 characters as well. Just in case anyone didn't know this.
Gun Manufacturers
18-01-2009, 20:31
Not to jump on the bandwagon, but it looks like this sig is still too long, at 10 lines.

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14411891&postcount=7

MODEDIT: I counted 10 lines; fixed.
No Names Left Damn It
18-01-2009, 21:42
Lol why do people change their sigs back after they're edited?

MODEDIT: Possibly they don't realise that doing so could lead to mod action. Making a new, shorter sig is fine, but going over the eight-line limit again is not.
No Names Left Damn It
19-01-2009, 20:58
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14415841&postcount=1

MOD EDIT - dealt with.
No Names Left Damn It
19-01-2009, 21:30
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14416080&postcount=1
No Names Left Damn It
19-01-2009, 22:19
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14416339&postcount=10
No Names Left Damn It
22-01-2009, 21:16
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14428101&postcount=1

MOD EDIT - dealt with.
RhynoD
22-01-2009, 23:35
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14428101&postcount=1

MOD EDIT - dealt with.

My sig was not too long. I know this for a fact because I've been yelled at for having a too-long sig and I fixed it before and haven't changed it since.
Kryozerkia
23-01-2009, 00:40
My sig was not too long. I know this for a fact because I've been yelled at for having a too-long sig and I fixed it before and haven't changed it since.

The lines on the quote box count toward that limit.
Ardchoille
23-01-2009, 02:25
Was I the one who told you it was OK, RhynoD? Because I went through a stretch of thinking the limit was nine lines, not eight. Sorry if I gave you the wrong gen.
Chazakain
23-01-2009, 23:29
Not NNLDI but since I don't like clutter
Long sig (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14431761&postcount=13)

MOD EDIT - fixed.
Skallvia
24-01-2009, 03:31
Lol why do people change their sigs back after they're edited?

MODEDIT: Possibly they don't realise that doing so could lead to mod action. Making a new, shorter sig is fine, but going over the eight-line limit again is not.

I know that Im not supposed to post anything but long signatures...

But, just wanted to make a suggestion that maybe you should tell them first...

Mine kept getting changed and Itd happen without me even knowing it, I kept changing it back cause no one was telling me before hand...
Kryozerkia
24-01-2009, 03:40
Telling people often doesn't work. Drastic action is required to get the attention of those few.
Skallvia
24-01-2009, 03:42
Telling people often doesn't work. Drastic action is required to get the attention of those few.

I cant argue with that, But, maybe a notification, like a PM as you take action might help those, like myself, that are trying to follow the rules, just dont know theyre breaking them...

But, just a suggestion, sorry for wasting space, lol...
Shazbotdom
24-01-2009, 06:17
Just a note. Here's a long one. I count 9 lines total.
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14433374&postcount=33

MOD EDIT - Removed the spaces
The Mindset
24-01-2009, 09:59
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14431197&postcount=1

Not sure how many lines it counts as as the font size is quite large, but it's certainly more than eight.

MOD EDIT - removed the extra spaces and reduced the size of the font.
No Names Left Damn It
24-01-2009, 19:34
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14436221&postcount=76

MOD EDIT - That signature did not exceed the limits.
No Names Left Damn It
24-01-2009, 22:16
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14436612&postcount=9

MOD EDIT - I counted 8 lines. It's fine.
No Names Left Damn It
24-01-2009, 22:20
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14434801&postcount=13

Way over the limit, counting the spaces.

MOD EDIT - shortened it. Though, I find myself wondering if NNLDI is spending all of his time looking for signatures that break the rules.

MY EDIT: Haha, no. But when I come across sigs that look borderline, I count the lines.
No Names Left Damn It
25-01-2009, 11:28
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14437969&postcount=1

MODEDIT: Nope. Eight.


MY EDIT: Quote boxes take up 5 lines, he also has 4 lines of text. That's 9.
No Names Left Damn It
25-01-2009, 12:31
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14437454&postcount=73

MODEDIT: Squeezed.
No Names Left Damn It
25-01-2009, 14:33
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14393876&postcount=46

MODEDIT: Scrunchified.
RhynoD
25-01-2009, 23:51
Was I the one who told you it was OK, RhynoD? Because I went through a stretch of thinking the limit was nine lines, not eight. Sorry if I gave you the wrong gen.

I don't recall who it was, but I do recall a mod specifically fixing it and then counting out the lines myself to make sure it was within whatever limit I was told.

The lines on the quote box count toward that limit.

How many lines, exactly, does the quote box take? I've never known for sure.

Either way, I took the last line out so if it's still above the limit I blame the mod who fixed it last time, whoever that was.
Frisbeeteria
26-01-2009, 00:40
How many lines, exactly, does the quote box take? I've never known for sure.

It's a minimum of five lines, depending on content.

Quote:
---Line---
Originally Posted by
message
---Line---
No Names Left Damn It
27-01-2009, 22:47
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14444311&postcount=220

MODEDIT: Compressed.
Chazakain
28-01-2009, 01:37
long sig
(http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14449099&postcount=1)

MOD EDIT - They'll be sure to keep their signature 8 lines or less in the future... :D
No Names Left Damn It
28-01-2009, 18:31
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14449741&postcount=28
No Names Left Damn It
28-01-2009, 18:32
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14451168&postcount=35

MOD EDIT - not more than 8 lines. The quote box creates the illusion of an extra line.
No Names Left Damn It
29-01-2009, 20:49
I thought quote boxes were 5 lines, right? At least that's what Fris said.
No Names Left Damn It
29-01-2009, 21:39
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14455868&postcount=574

MODEDIT: Condensed.
No Names Left Damn It
31-01-2009, 00:03
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14459945&postcount=57
MODEDIT:Crunched.
No Names Left Damn It
01-02-2009, 11:04
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14463957&postcount=64

MODEDIT: It's fine.
No Names Left Damn It
01-02-2009, 11:06
Also, slightly off topic, but is this the longest ever thread in Moderation?
Philosopy
01-02-2009, 11:24
Also, slightly off topic, but is this the longest ever thread in Moderation?
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=279723
No Names Left Damn It
01-02-2009, 15:14
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14463764&postcount=97

MODEDIT - removed the quote box but not the quote.
No Names Left Damn It
01-02-2009, 15:15
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=279723

Wow.
No Names Left Damn It
01-02-2009, 15:25
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14304854&postcount=17

MODEDIT - it has 8 lines, even if the font size isn't under size 2.
No Names Left Damn It
01-02-2009, 15:25
Uber-massive: http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14306926&postcount=22

MODEDIT - reduced to 7 lines.
No Names Left Damn It
01-02-2009, 15:27
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14320311&postcount=46

MODEDIT - condensed.
Hydesland
01-02-2009, 20:56
So, I've found that the best way to put loads of information in your sig is to just wrap it in spoiler tags, as I have done. You can literally fit pages of information inside a spoiler tag. Perhaps, mods, if there is a sig too long, and you have to delete some of the information inside it to shorten it - you could instead wrap the whole thing in spoiler tags, and add a message underneath saying something like "do not remove the spoiler tags unless you reduce the size of your sig to 8 lines".
Katganistan
01-02-2009, 22:04
Or people could do that themselves, because we're not signature designers?
Hydesland
01-02-2009, 22:07
Or people could do that themselves, because we're not signature designers?

Well, you are sometimes. I think the mods have redesigned my sig twice now, deleting eeeverything (which was a big pain), and replacing it with 'sigs are limited to 8 lines only'. Instead of the deleting everything part, why not replace that with the wrapping it in spoiler tags part?
Ardchoille
01-02-2009, 22:26
Well, you are sometimes. I think the mods have redesigned my sig twice now, deleting eeeverything (which was a big pain), and replacing it with 'sigs are limited to 8 lines only'. Instead of the deleting everything part, why not replace that with the wrapping it in spoiler tags part?
Or, as Kat said, why don't the sig writers do that? Ever since I saw your sig, I've been wondering why others don't copy the idea.

Losing all their work is one of the penalties for overlong sigs. There are others, as Kyro inventively demonstrated: My signature exceeded 8 lines, so I must now dance around like a headless chicken, clucking "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
Hydesland
01-02-2009, 22:30
Losing all their work is one of the penalties for overlong sigs.

That's just mean. :p But I forgot about how mods were evil and everything.

MODEDIT: *strokes obscenely fluffy white cat*
I saw what you did there, Hydesland.... Touche, Mr Bond.
No Names Left Damn It
02-02-2009, 20:35
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14468821&postcount=20

MODEDIT - shortened.
Bears Armed
03-02-2009, 11:29
So, I've found that the best way to put loads of information in your sig is to just wrap it in spoiler tags, as I have done. You can literally fit pages of information inside a spoiler tag. Perhaps, mods, if there is a sig too long, and you have to delete some of the information inside it to shorten it - you could instead wrap the whole thing in spoiler tags, and add a message underneath saying something like "do not remove the spoiler tags unless you reduce the size of your sig to 8 lines".
Hr'rmm. So what's the coding for those 'spoiler tags'?
Quintessence of Dust
03-02-2009, 11:40
Where is Bob? = Here is Bob!
Bears Armed
03-02-2009, 11:54
Where is Bob? = Here is Bob!As simple as that? Thank you!
Tmutarakhan
03-02-2009, 19:46
Hydesland, you should know that for whatever reason, your second hide-text box doesn't actually open when clicked on.
No Names Left Damn It
03-02-2009, 21:11
Hydesland, you should know that for whatever reason, your second hide-text box doesn't actually open when clicked on.

Works fine for me.
Spartzerina
03-02-2009, 23:45
I think I've found one, though I'm not NNLDI:

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14471973&postcount=16

I count 9 lines in it.

MODEDIT - fixed.
Sur Abruzzi
04-02-2009, 08:09
Wow, I didn't realize this was as bad as it appears to be across the Forum. Good idea for a thread (I am being serious here, it is a really good idea!)
No Names Left Damn It
04-02-2009, 19:36
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14475803&postcount=31
MODEDIT: Squished.
No Names Left Damn It
04-02-2009, 19:58
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14475167&postcount=1
MODEDIT: shrunk like a Cashmere sweater in a hot dryer.
Frisbeeteria
05-02-2009, 03:07
MODEDIT: shrunk like a Cashmere sweater in a hot dryer.

I've done that. I think that's why she divorced me.
Shazbotdom
05-02-2009, 04:44
I've done that. I think that's why she divorced me.

*pats Fris on the back*
I'll be okay. Here, want a cookie?
Katganistan
05-02-2009, 04:55
I've done that. I think that's why she divorced me.
Sad thing is: my mom did it to the first one I bought on my oh-so-sad first job outta college salary.

I cried.
Ardchoille
05-02-2009, 05:45
Pfft! I shrank a hand-knitted Aran jumper bought on the Isle of Aran on our honeymoon!

I think recriminations over that kept us together longer than we should have stayed.
No Names Left Damn It
06-02-2009, 13:27
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14484353&postcount=9

MODEDIT: Abridged.
No Names Left Damn It
07-02-2009, 22:26
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14487450&postcount=1

MODEDIT - It is 8 lines. Learn to count. Also, I have taken the liberty of editing your grammatically incorrect signature. It's been bothering me for quite some time now.

MY EDIT: No, you learn to count. A quote box takes up 5 lines, and there are 4 other lines of text. That's 9 lines.

MODEDIT 2 - It's called discretion and I'm exercising it. Most of what you report is just petty. Please report legitimately long signatures.

MY EDIT 2: So discretion means ignoring the facts and the rules of the website because you can't count?
No Names Left Damn It
08-02-2009, 13:03
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14434382&postcount=22

MODEDIT - condensed because it was more than 8.
Hydesland
08-02-2009, 19:38
I don't think I've ever seen an EDIT: debate before.
Kryozerkia
08-02-2009, 19:40
That's because NNLDI doesn't understand the concept of discretion and my cold meds make me a cranky mod.
Frisbeeteria
08-02-2009, 22:34
MY EDIT 2: So discretion means ignoring the facts and the rules of the website because you can't count?

The purpose of the "rules of the website" is not to blindly follow them, but to improve the gaming experience for most or all players. If the sole purpose of this thread is for NNLDI to be a letter-of-the-law rules bitch, then we can close it right now.

There are several reasons you don't see me moderating sigs. First, it's a pain in the ass to do, taking several minutes to log in and out of the Mod CP, decide what to cut, and all the associated work. Second, I long since improved my user experience by disabling sig display, a feature available to all.

Sig length is described in the rules, but it's so minor that violations aren't even tagged on nations. If I see more pedantic bullshit on this subject again, I'll check with Jolt to see if we can't generally resolve it by turning off the user sig entirely and eliminate this useless argument. Clear enough?
Bouitazia
08-02-2009, 22:46
I'll check with Jolt to see if we can't generally resolve it by turning off the user sig entirely.

I by no means wish to draw the mighty mods wrath down upon me,
and I can understand the frustration,
but is not disabling sigs completely for all because of one person a tad over the top?

*chanting the old magics of mysticism for protection*
Ardchoille
08-02-2009, 22:51
MY EDIT 2: So discretion means ignoring the facts and the rules of the website because you can't count?

Don't be snippy. The reason we began limiting sigs was to make the forums readable.

We know a quote-box makes five lines. Some quotes, however, (eg, one-liners amid white space) are less visually obtrusive than others.

Some eight-liners by standard count are a punch in the eye because of smilies or big, bold typefaces (you listenin', Lapse?). They get altered; usually a polite TG, or a subtle hint, as above, is all it takes.

Long, detailed sigs are often less obtrusive in RPs because posts are longer than General's and the sigs are often part of the RP -- eg, "Defcon (whatever)", or embassy details.

So we set a standard -- eight lines -- to give people a guide on what to report. Then we use discretion to decide whether the sig is sufficiently obtrusive to edit.

Most of them are. Some of them aren't. If mods let pass a sig that a player has reported, the player has every right to challenge the ruling, because that's one of the ways NS modding tries to stay even-handed.

Equally, mods have a right to expect that sig reports will not be frivolous or malicious.

And all of us have a right to expect that such interactions will be reasonably polite.

EDIT: Posted before seeing Fris's. All hail His Brevity. :D
Frisbeeteria
09-02-2009, 03:30
but is not disabling sigs completely for all because of one person a tad over the top?

Yes. So what? Made my point, didn't it?
Shazbotdom
09-02-2009, 08:43
Adunabar
Please just don't report any more Sigs if your 4 or 5 complaints a day are going to cause the rest of us to lose our Signiture rights. I enjoy being able to have a quick reference in other posters signitures to information about their nation instead of having to hunt for that information throughout the forums and/or figuring out what Wiki they use.
Lapse
09-02-2009, 13:48
Some eight-liners by standard count are a punch in the eye because of smilies or big, bold typefaces (you listenin', Lapse?). They get altered; usually a polite TG, or a subtle hint, as above, is all it takes.

Nag nag nag nag, is that all I ever get from you :p
No Names Left Damn It
09-02-2009, 18:35
taking several minutes to log in and out of the Mod CP, decide what to cut, and all the associated work.

Sorry, I just thought you could magically edit them or whatever. I'll stop posting.
Kryozerkia
09-02-2009, 18:39
Sorry, I just thought you could magically edit them or whatever. I'll stop posting.

No one said you had to. You can keep posting; not all will be edited. It's subject to the discretion of the mod who checks it.

Just remember: I've been the one doing the majority of the edits. *EVIL GRIN*
No Names Left Damn It
09-02-2009, 18:47
Just remember: I've been the one doing the majority of the edits. *EVIL GRIN*

EDIT THIS! :http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14490463&postcount=5

*Throws in Kryo's face then runs for the hills*

MODEDIT - wow, it was actually more than 8 lines! It was...spaced out. Condensed.
Tmutarakhan
10-02-2009, 22:52
Works fine for me.Very odd. When I click on Hydesland's second box (no other HideText has ever done this to me), I get Done Error on Page, no change on screen.
No Names Left Damn It
12-02-2009, 20:57
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14506034&postcount=14

It's ridiculously overlong.

MODEDIT - indeed it is. It has been... neutered.
WC Imperial Court
13-02-2009, 00:19
Could some one please explain to me how many lines a quote box takes up in a sig, how I am supposed to KNOW how many lines a quote box takes up on a sig, and, given the difficulty 1) for a normal person to know how to count quote box lines and 2) a mod to edit the stupid sig, why the hell someone didn't send me a PM so I could just make it the proper length?

By my count, my sig was 8 lines long, and the last 2 lines were in size 0 font.

Also, if the Powers the Be decide that they have nothing better to do than edit my sig, must they really post something so. . . stupid and juvenile?

Also, NNLDI, why do you have nothing better to do than count sig lines? Possibly you disable sigs, and spend your new found free time working at a local charity to improve the world around you! Like, seriously.

But yeah, the pettiness and effort that must go in to reporting the sig, checking the sig, editing the sig all seems pretty ridiculous given that a "Please, your sig is too long" PM would've solved the whole mess. And then it wouldn't've deleted my quote from TBD that got erased when the whole forum came under new management, and then I wouldn't be in the moderation forum being snarky and irritable.

Just sayin.
Ardchoille
13-02-2009, 01:06
How big? A quote box is five lines.

How know? Fris repeated it in this thread, here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14440248&postcount=72).

Why cut? Because. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14492228&postcount=114)

Why joke? Uh ... well, what would you expect to happen when an aimless but good-hearted bunch of no-account larrikins stumbles over a mysterious crate of mod powahs one day while dumpster diving and is compelled to use them when they find themselves pursued by the rightful owners -- a bunch of very pissed-off alien vampire Mafioso? With incredibly cool cars and things that go boom?

Starring Fris as the streetwise, cynical, sometimes-employed PI, Kat as the hard-edged but stunning computer geek, Ardchoille as don'-you-give-me-none-o'-that-sass Big Momma, Kryo as the innocent undergrad with the little-girl voice and the killer gambling system ... Coming soon to a cinema near you!.
Svalbardania
13-02-2009, 13:20
Why joke? Uh ... well, what would you expect to happen when an aimless but good-hearted bunch of no-account larrikins stumbles over a mysterious crate of mod powahs one day while dumpster diving and is compelled to use them when they find themselves pursued by the rightful owners -- a bunch of very pissed-off alien vampire Mafioso? With incredibly cool cars and things that go boom?

Starring Fris as the streetwise, cynical, sometimes-employed PI, Kat as the hard-edged but stunning computer geek, Ardchoille as don'-you-give-me-none-o'-that-sass Big Momma, Kryo as the innocent undergrad with the little-girl voice and the killer gambling system ... Coming soon to a cinema near you!.

I'd watch it
Bears Armed
21-02-2009, 16:41
Hammurab's current sig (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14534281&postcount=34) would seem to be about 12 lines long... which is significantly longer than the actual posts to which I'm seeing it attached.

EDIT: Okay, so my sig is right at the upper limit of 8 lines & longer than this post was pre-edit, too, but most of my posts are considerbaly longer than this so that it isn't so much of a mismatch...

[MODEDIT] (in best Inspector Clouseau imitation) Not any more.
Katganistan
21-02-2009, 17:34
I'd watch it
Why? Is it going to do anything?

*peers*
Gauntleted Fist
21-02-2009, 22:22
Why? Is it going to do anything?

*peers*It's going to drag that Christmas tree out of your attic so you have to work to put it back up there.
Chazaka
28-02-2009, 23:58
Not NNLDI but long sig.
linky (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14560135&postcount=105)
Erastide
01-03-2009, 00:59
Long bit removed.
Katganistan
01-03-2009, 01:38
It's going to drag that Christmas tree out of your attic so you have to work to put it back up there.
Jokes on you. The tree's tied up, and has duct tape over its.....


Nevermind.
Fartsniffage
01-03-2009, 02:05
Out of idle curiosity, is this now the longest Moderation thread ever?
No Names Left Damn It
01-03-2009, 13:42
I asked that, apparently it's not.
Katganistan
01-03-2009, 17:38
Out of idle curiosity, is this now the longest Moderation thread ever?
No. (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=14463975&postcount=82)