[wp-forums] Sigs

Wed Feb 8 19:08:51 GMT 2006

Though Murray claims to be checking out, I'd like to add that the forums and
most decisions are very much made by a consensus open discussion ,
etc.etc.etc.
This mail list has numerous times been posted in the forums, encouraging
users to sigin up and voice their opinion on how the forums work.  Some
decisions, such as bbPress being the backend, aren't up for discussion,but
outside that, most ideas are bounced around here, as the feeling is the
forum itself isn't the appropriate place.  I'm not sure exactly how long
Murray's been around, personally, I've been around a little less than a
year.  And the discussion of sigs has been very few and far between, both on
this list and in the forums.  Though some ideas of having to spell out in
black and white for new users the policy so they don't offended a few days
later is well taken, I don't see the big issue.
Walking into something and making blanket accusations and pointing fingers
with asking is quite unfair to all that VOLUNTEER their time.

On 2/8/06, Vogel, Andrew (vogelap) <VOGELAP at ucmail.uc.edu> wrote:
>
> There are forums that administratively allow or disallow signatures, as
> well as on a user basis in preferences -- you can decide for yourself if
> you want to see signatures.
>
> Wouldn't that be a good solution? Those that want 'em can see 'em, those
> that don't, well... don't.
>
> -andrew vogel
> Manager of Professional Programs
> University of Cincinnati
> College of Pharmacy
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com
> > [mailto:wp-forums-bounces at lists.automattic.com] On Behalf Of Melanie
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 11:36 AM
> > To: wp-forums at lists.automattic.com
> > Subject: Re: [wp-forums] Sigs
> >
> > Just speaking for myself here, but I assumed that sigs were
> > not allowed when I first joined the forum. Not because it's
> > written anywhere, or because it needed to be, but for the
> > simple fact that it's not a feature in the forum software. If
> > there's not an option to automatically add a sig in a  forum,
> > I usually assume that's because at some point it's been
> > decided not to allow or encourage sigs.
> >
> > And just speaking for the aesthetic point of view - the way
> > the forums are designed makes it very hard to distinguish
> > sigs from the rest of the message. I personally took this as
> > further discouragement against signatures, but then again,
> > I'm not a huge fan of big lumbering sigs even in phpBB or
> > vBulletin forums where they are distinct.
> >
> > No forum anywhere is a true democracy. This one is far more
> > collaborative than most, which is the nature of open source,
> > but like any forum that's going to remain useful among
> > spammers and general nonsense, it requires some policing,
> > which means there will be rules imposed upon all users, both
> > implied and explicitly stated.
> >
> > And just for the record, if it were a democracy, I'd
> > definitely vote against sigs. You can argue all day long
> > about the philosophy behind it, but the simple truth is that
> > if they were allowed it would get out of hand. Take a look at
> > any forum anywhere that allows sigs, and you'll see what I
> > mean. For every user that has a modest sig, there are 5 who
> > push the limits as far as they'll go, and then some.
> >
> > Mel
> >
> >
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