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PhantomCaleb (talk | contribs) (Elaborated which method should be used when. The staff has been telling people to use method two but this page kinda steers them towards method one. :P) |
PhantomCaleb (talk | contribs) (→Rules Regarding Signatures: The more concise the rules are, the more likely people will read them.) |
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While we're fairly lenient when it comes to signatures, there are a few rules that we ask you please adhere to in your signature. These are primarily to prevent certain signatures in a post from "standing out" amongst the crowd, potentially drawing readers to that message and away from other messages. | While we're fairly lenient when it comes to signatures, there are a few rules that we ask you please adhere to in your signature. These are primarily to prevent certain signatures in a post from "standing out" amongst the crowd, potentially drawing readers to that message and away from other messages. | ||
'''<big>Please <u>do not</u> use...</big> | |||
*Images. | |||
* | *Quotes or extra wording. | ||
*"Talk" or "word bubbles." Only standard text is allowed. | |||
* | *Highly distracting colors. Take into account the dark blue background color they'll be used on. | ||
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=== Other Notes === | === Other Notes === | ||
*Make sure to close all coding. (For example, every <nowiki><font></nowiki> tag should have the corresponding <nowiki></font></nowiki>.) Broken codes affect any pages that the signature is placed on. | |||
*Do not add a time function to your signature manually (i.e. adding in five tildes [<nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>]). This will be done automatically for you. | *Do not add a time function to your signature manually (i.e. adding in five tildes [<nowiki>~~~~~</nowiki>]). This will be done automatically for you. | ||
*You are allowed to use a piped link to display a name other than your user name - e.g. <code><nowiki>[[User: | *You are allowed to use a piped link to display a name other than your user name - e.g. <code><nowiki>[[User:John|Zeldafan999]]</nowiki></code> is acceptable. |