Signatures

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Signatures

Signatures may include images with a total display are of up to 990 pixels in width by up to 100 pixels in height and up to five lines of text. See below for details on both.

 

Intent

Minimize “signal to noise” so that members can focus on the content (posts/replies, the “signal”) while still allowing members a degree of freedom to express their individuality, primary personal links, etc. (signature, the “noise”).

Members are encouraged to use their “About Me” page for more personal expression, allowing them to reduce signature content.
 

Signature Content

The standard “family-friendly” rules for B&C content apply, though image content in signatures is not restricted to B&C content (i.e., you may include non-WH40K stuff in your images). In addition, your signature is an acceptable place to “advertise” (Internet auction sites, stuff you’re selling/looking for (as long as the stuff is WH40K stuff), etc.). Exercise common sense.
 

Text

Your signature may include up to five lines of size 16 or smaller text. If you use larger text, the line count will be reduced accordingly. For our purposes, we'll say that five lines of size 16 or smaller text equates to 80 points of text height, allowing you to determine your line count for larger text simply by dividing 80 by your font size (round any decimals/fractions down). Note that blank lines count towards the total line count.
 

Images

The total area of images as they appear on the screen is up to 990 pixels in width by up to 100 pixels in height.

Examples:

A single image 990x100 would appear as:



Alternately, you may have multiple images separated vertically by text:


Thought for the day: Obey your orders.


Alternately, you may have multiple images separated horizontally by text:
 

IMPORTANT!

The “total image display area” of 990 pixels in width by 100 pixels in height includes any text and negative space that separates images. So everything within the rectangular area of all images in your signatures counts.

 

So while you may have two 495x100 images displayed side by side and immediately adjacent to each other, as…



…you may not have the same images separated horizontally by text, as…

Oops! This is too wide. Images are "soft returned" and create additional image height.

…and while you may have two 990x50 images displayed top/bottom and immediately adjacent to each other, as…




..you may not have the same images separated vertically by text, as…


Oops! This is too tall.

 

AND ANOTHER THING

 

Certain formatting options count as images for the purpose of these rules. These include headers (both full and half), quotes, and spoilers. The reason for this is that these formatting options create image-like content in the signature. Note that by quotes we mean only the quote formatting button – you may quote someone as pure text without it counting as an image. Also note that spoilers will be evaluated when clicked/open.

 

Non-Compliance

If your signature is found to be non-compliant with these rules, you may receive a PM from a moderator. If no action is taken, or if the admins catch it, we may edit (in part or en toto) your signature content.

Note that we don’t generally apply warnings for signature non-compliance with regard to image dimensions and text, but repeated violations may earn you a warning point (you’ll receive a message if this happens, so don’t worry about it if you don’t see anything other than the spoiler tags). Warnings may be issued if your content violates the forum rules, however.

If you see a member whose signature appears to be non-compliant with these rules, be a pal and send them a PM letting them know. Be polite and friendly – your goal is to help them avoid the angst of dealing with the mods/admins. Such communications should come across as, “You may want to fix this before the mods/admins notice” (and not “fix this or I’ll report you to the mods/admins”). This should be one friend hooking another friend up, not tin badge moderation. Alternately, you can report the member with a note that their signature doesn’t comply with the forum rules (or if the member doesn’t fix the signature). The mods/admins will take it from there.

It should be noted that members that don't desire to view signatures have that option in their settings.