# No longer allowed put URLS in signatures? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 9, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481 "2010-12-09T00:09:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/1 "2010-12-09T00:09:27Z")
Whenever I try to do a new sig I get “BB code url is not allowed”. ---
**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:** [December 9, 2010, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/2 "2010-12-09T00:12:31Z")
testing P.S. An Gadai, care to send in a photo for the gallery? ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/3 "2010-12-09T00:14:58Z")
Good god no, I don’t wanna break it. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/4 "2010-12-09T00:32:12Z")
[I’m pretty sure only members can show sigs,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697069#post7697069) so that might be the problem. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/5 "2010-12-09T00:34:31Z")
Is that a recent rule? ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/6 "2010-12-09T00:38:49Z")
I don’t know the timeline, I just went and looked at the rules thread. ETA: Hm. Or an old one? Not sure! ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/7 "2010-12-09T01:03:47Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > [I’m pretty sure only members can show sigs,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697069#post7697069) so that might be the problem. I’m pretty sure I was using ego sigs even before I was sponsored… ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/8 "2010-12-09T15:49:19Z")
Yes, a fairly recent change but one that has been in place for a while now. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/9 "2010-12-09T16:20:01Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > [I’m pretty sure only members can show sigs,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7697069#post7697069) so that might be the problem. Do you mean only members can put URLs in their sigs? ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/10 "2010-12-09T16:21:35Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Yes, a fairly recent change but one that has been in place for a while now. Aren’t “fairly recent” and “been in place for a while now” opposites? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/11 "2010-12-09T16:44:16Z")
> [@AClockworkMelon](#): > > I’m pretty sure I was using ego sigs even before I was **sponsored** … Sneak-bragging! ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/12 "2010-12-09T16:44:20Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > Aren’t “fairly recent” and “been in place for a while now” opposites? 🙂 Yes but there’s a point of equilibrium, an instant in time when something fairly recent transitions to something that’s been in place for a while now. At the midpoint of that transition, it’s both, like Schrodinger’s Cat. Against considerable odds, **TubaDiva** happened to post at that instant in time. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-longer-allowed-put-urls-in-signatures/563481/13 "2010-12-09T21:58:34Z")
> [@Tahssa](#): > > Do you mean only members can put URLs in their sigs? No, as of a couple months ago (not researching that) only paid members can have automatic sigs.