A Modest Proposal Regarding Posting Etiquette

[Rick TYler]

The polite, helpful tone in the ChiefDelphi FIRST forum is one of its main strengths. It remains a shining example that not all Web forums must degenerate into flame wars, trolling, porn, and advertising. It is truly refreshing. I would like to suggest an addition to the group posting standards.

Excessively long signature blocks make reading the forum much more difficult. I sometimes feel like I spend more time scrolling past huge sigs (nearly all of which I've seen before) than I do reading. This is especially painful when someone posts a one-line response that then includes a huge sig block. Here is a sample of a post with five percent signal and ninety-five percent noise:

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You could just use the Skyway wheels from the KOP.

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Bobby Smith


Rookie in 2002


Team Fierce Wombats!!3!


I want to work with dolphins after I graduate from college:


http://www.martinsguesthouse.co.za/america/fri13th/0010.JPG


Use Linux!


Stacie and Bobby 4EvuR!


Give me a hug at the Phoenix regional!

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How about a little forum rule limiting signature blocks to five or six lines of text, or graphics images no more than 150 pixels high?

My page-down finger gets sore reading this forum.

[Greg Needel]

The signatures are already limited to 200 pix in height, and you can also turn off signatures all together in your User control panel under the options section.

[Swan217]

There is already a rule limiting signatures to 200 pixels. See this thread: http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30697&highlight=signature

If you feel that someone is breaking this rule, tell a moderator.

EDIT: I just realized my signature was breaking the rule, albeit not as bad as others :yikes:.

[Rickertsen2]

We should all eat our babies!! (if you don't get this allusion, don't worry about it)

[Brandon Martus]

If you feel that someone is breaking this rule, tell a moderator.
An order of events that I would prefer:
Send them a PM, referring them to the rules.
If the signature doesn't change in 48 hours, then send me a PM with a link to their profile and I will take care of it.