# Here's an idea - Put your location in your sig.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-idea-put-your-location-in-your-sig/225387>\
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**Created:** [January 21, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-idea-put-your-location-in-your-sig/225387 "2004-01-21T00:18:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-idea-put-your-location-in-your-sig/225387/1 "2004-01-21T00:18:04Z")

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I know this is obvious, like saying “If you feel cold then put some clothes on”, but for those who want to display your location - put it in your sig, there’s more room there and you can use code.

I have only just found the customised layout of SDMB (choose ‘straight dope’ from the dropdown at the bottom) Great job all involved!

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-idea-put-your-location-in-your-sig/225387/2 "2004-01-21T07:00:24Z")

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Please note that displaying sigs adds to the load on the servers. Since the current config displays sigs by default, we have not warned anyone about the overuse of sigs.

While the idea of adding your location to the sig line is a good one, please realize that the current config is only temporary. If you wish to add your location to the sig line, please refrain from displaying your sig with every post.

Appreciate your understanding.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![netscape\_6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8c91f0/32.png) [@netscape\_6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/netscape_6)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-idea-put-your-location-in-your-sig/225387/3 "2004-01-21T18:56:34Z")

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Just wondering, will the location likely be coming back?

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**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\
**Post date:** [January 22, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-idea-put-your-location-in-your-sig/225387/4 "2004-01-22T23:37:41Z")

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I’ve had the location in my .sig since the conversion.

(chants “Legacy template! Legacy template! Legacy template!”)

Okay, enough of that.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2004, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-idea-put-your-location-in-your-sig/225387/5 "2004-01-28T20:29:54Z")

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Some time in the last day or so, the tech people added the location to the data area of the posts. Clearly, they are hard at work behind the scenes.

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-idea-put-your-location-in-your-sig/225387/6 "2004-01-29T00:03:57Z")

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> [@Q.E.D.](#):
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> Some time in the last day or so, the tech people added the location to the data area of the posts. Clearly, they are hard at work behind the scenes.

Data area?

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**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-idea-put-your-location-in-your-sig/225387/7 "2004-01-29T00:57:54Z")

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> [@Lobsang](#):
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> Data area?

If you use the drop-down at the bottom to choose Straight Dope Message Board vBulletin 3 style, then you get the location. But you also go back to the narrow format introduced when we first upgraded.

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**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2004, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-an-idea-put-your-location-in-your-sig/225387/8 "2004-01-29T05:55:08Z")

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The location field disappeared again. Apparently the growing pains are pretty bad this time.