# another addition to our little group **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 14, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558 "2003-01-14T19:03:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/1 "2003-01-14T19:03:26Z")
No, not a new moderator! But :dubious: has arrived. Thank you jdavis. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/2 "2003-01-14T19:04:17Z")
N.B. the “text to replace” for the new smiley is “:dubious:” (without the quotation marks.) ---
**Author:** ![Meatros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Meatros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meatros)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/3 "2003-01-14T19:04:51Z")
:dubious ---
**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/4 "2003-01-14T19:05:45Z")
:dubious Neato. Welcome to the SDMB, Dubious! ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/5 "2003-01-14T19:06:40Z")
:dubious: Are we sure we needed this? (just testing) ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/6 "2003-01-14T19:09:31Z")
:dubious: I heard Arnold is working for the smilie lobby. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/7 "2003-01-14T19:11:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*I heard Arnold is working for the smilie lobby. \*\* I don’t know, I’m a bit :dubious about this claim. Cite? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/8 "2003-01-14T19:12:01Z")
Testing . . . :dubious :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/9 "2003-01-14T19:12:18Z")
How come it doesn’t need the closing colon? :dubious: closing colon… sounds like a renal disorder… :dubious ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/10 "2003-01-14T19:13:33Z")
Hmmm . . . I think you might want to add that closing colon to the “text to replace” for consistency with the other smileys. Notice how people are including it out of habit. I don’t think people will easily remember that “Dubious” is the only one without it. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/11 "2003-01-14T19:13:49Z")
:dubious why do you want to know Amp? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/12 "2003-01-14T19:14:30Z")
You forgot :wally which also doesn’t have a closing colon. We were inconsistent before :dubious came along. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/13 "2003-01-14T19:14:41Z")
I haven’t used the smackster and I won’t use this one. Fie on new smilies. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/14 "2003-01-14T19:36:32Z")
Got something against smilies, have you, Lightning? Interesting :dubious ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/15 "2003-01-14T19:37:54Z")
: checks Smilies pop-up : Well I’ll be danged. You oughta fix that one too! (Yeah, I know – consistency, hobgoblins, little minds, etc. I’m a copyeditor, it’s my job, shut up. 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/16 "2003-01-14T20:02:23Z")
My personal preference is: if the text to replace for a smiley is a simple graphical symbol or a single letter, like 🙂 or :j then only use one colon. Is the text to replace for the smiley is a “word” like :wally or :dubious then use two colons - :wally: or :dubious:. However: :wally has been around too long to change it now, to add the requirement of a second colon. (Was added before I was a moderator.) jdavis added :smack: with two colons and :dubious with one colon. I could change :dubious: to require two colons, but heck, I figure this will be one of the little quirks about our board that make life more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Mars\_Horizon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mars_horizon/32/2804_2.png) [@Mars\_Horizon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mars_Horizon)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/17 "2003-01-14T20:35:36Z")
We used to have a poster named Dubious, er, Doobieous. IIRC, he was somewhat “interested in colons” too. [sub]D&R[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/18 "2003-01-14T20:38:53Z")
Was it necessary for me to jump on the bandwagon? :dubious ---
**Author:** ![Truth\_Seeker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Truth\_Seeker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Truth_Seeker)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/19 "2003-01-14T21:09:56Z")
I hereby move that the 😉 be renamed :winkie: in honor of **Arnold’s** tireless dedication to the cause of smiley liberation. All in favour? (And, no, **Arnold** , you don’t get to vote! 😉 ) ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558/20 "2003-01-14T21:11:59Z")
:dubious Cool! Mr. Dubious seems to be missing his sledgehammer. Will that be added later? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-addition-to-our-little-group/148558.md?page=2)