# Question about sigs **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 3, 2001, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sigs/48219 "2001-01-03T10:27:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sigs/48219/1 "2001-01-03T10:27:47Z")
Whats the proper etiquette for quoting a fellow SDMBer in my sig. Do I need to get some sort of OK from them, or am I free to quote away? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sigs/48219/2 "2001-01-03T10:39:41Z")
I’d say _mostly_ people don’t mind being quoted. But the polite thing is to ask first. It would, perhaps, also depend on _what_ you’re planning to quote. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sigs/48219/3 "2001-01-03T10:42:01Z")
Thanks Coldfire. I’ll check to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sigs/48219/4 "2001-01-03T11:14:17Z")
Even if you don’t ask for permission (it could just slip your mind or something), at the very least, respect a person’s wishes if they ask you later to remove their quote. After all, what may be innocuous to you mightn’t be to others. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2001, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sigs/48219/5 "2001-01-03T13:10:57Z")
> [@](#): > > After all, what may be innocuous to you mightn’t be to others. P.S. Do we need to tell you that it’s tacky to quote where somebody called you a “numbnuts”? Unless you’re really, really proud of it… 😃 Sometimes people do it, mainly to express their anger. But there’s a better way to express anger about this–in the Pit. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sigs/48219/6 "2001-01-05T00:28:27Z")
Quotes are fine. I used one for a while and nobody called me on it (of course, absence of evidence is not evidence of absence (I love that phrase. :))). It was one said by **sailor** , a regular I happened to see post something that looked really dumb out of context. Here it is, for all to see: “What year is it?” -sailor It was the last line of my sig for a while. I replaced it with one that has more practical value. ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sigs/48219/7 "2001-01-05T01:37:42Z")
test ---
**Author:** ![That\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e79b87/32.png) [@That\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Girl)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-sigs/48219/8 "2001-01-05T04:14:26Z")
Got your email, blur. Fine with me. In fact I’m \_\_\_\_\_ (Pick one: flattered/ honored/ amused/ abashed) 😉